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Carolyn Gordon hugs a pumpkin before the 45th annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off on Monday, Oct. 8, 2018, in Half Moon Bay, Calif. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group via AP)

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One special seed” and months of care by an Oregon commercial pilot produced a massive pumpkin that tipped the scales at a global weigh-in Monday in Northern California, the fourth time his gargantuan plants were awarded top honors.

By HAVEN DALEY, Associated Press October 9, 2018