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Pumpkins invade Colorado town

In the town of Boone, Colorado, the residents woke up Halloween morning to find pumpkins lining up everywhere.

There were pumpkins on house porches, along streets, and along the border of the city park. One of the residents said that he was walking his dogs at 10 p.m. the night before and didn’t see any pumpkins. When the postmaster drove to work at 7:30 a.m. the next day, she noticed the pumpkins were all over the place. No one is sure who did it, but they like the uniqueness of the prank nonetheless.



Trump in trouble for 80-foot pole

Donald Trump has been cited by the city of Palm Beach, Florida for having a flag pole taller than 42 feet. He also did not have a building permit and permission to install the pole in his Mar-a-Lago estate and club.

According to the city, he has until the end of November to apply for approval for face fines of $250 per day.

Trump was quoted as saying, “You don’t need a permit to put up the American flag. The day you need a permit to put up the American flag, that will be a sad day for this country.” Trump feels that anyone who does not like the flag should not be in a public office.



Internet Reaches Milestone

The month of October 2006 can now be remembered as the month the Internet reached 100 million sites.

Netcraft, an Internet monitoring company announced the milestone, stating that all of those sites have domain names and content. This achievement is due to the ease at which websites can be created today. In May 2004, there were 50 million websites.

For the curious: the very first website ever created contained information on high energy particle physics data. Its author: Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the Internet.