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A sliced loaf of banana bread on a metal baking sheet

Lincoln, Rhode Island

Deaf students' banana bread became a Lincoln football tradition

Students in the Rhode Island School for the Deaf life-skills program bake for every game day. Players met the bakers on the field before a win.

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A very large orange pumpkin on a wooden pallet, with a white pickup truck behind it

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Warren, Rhode Island

A Rhode Island grower's 3,156-pound pumpkin tops the world record

Ron Wallace of Greene won the Southern New England Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Warren. His pumpkin beat the previous world record by nearly 300 pounds, pending certification.

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