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Curt Schilling wants 38 Studios lawsuit dismissed
Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling asked a Rhode Island judge to dismiss a state economic development agency's lawsuit over its $75-million loan guarantee for his now-defunct video game company, calling claims he and fellow executives misled the...
Tags: Laws, Bankruptcy, Gaming Industry, Keith Stokes, Gaming
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Rhode Island House OKs gay marriage bill; Senate action uncertain
Rhode Island's House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday that would legalize same-sex marriage, setting up a crucial vote in the Senate on the controversial issue. The state would become the 10th to recognize same-sex marriage, which is also...
Tags: Politics, Same-Sex Marriage, Gays and Lesbians, U.S. Senate, Marriage
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'Christmas tree or holiday tree?' issue haunts R.I. lighting ceremony
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, that warm and fuzzy time of year when adults engage in public verbal brawls over whether to call a Christmas tree a Christmas tree. Rhode Island’s governor, Lincoln Chafee, got so fed up with...
Tags: Religious Festivals, Politics, Holidays, Interreligious Dialogue, Government
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Governors petition DEA to reclassify medical marijuana
A pair of U.S. governors appealed to the Drug Enforcement Administration on Wednesday to reclassify marijuana as a drug with accepted medical uses, saying current federal law makes it difficult for states that have legalized medical marijuana to safely...Tags: Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, American Medical Association, Christine Gregoire, Crime, Law and Justice
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Late Night: Jon Stewart officially declares war on Christmas
Show TrackerJon Stewart: On "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart officially declares war on Christmas.... -
Rhode Island governor uses term 'holiday tree'; outrage ensues
Nation Now'Holiday' tree uproar: Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee finds himself at the center of the "Christmas Tree" Vs. "Holiday Tree" controversy, and he's not budging.... -
Rhode Island Democratic candidate tells Obama he can 'take his endorsement and really shove it'
Top of the TicketIn 1977, Johnny Paycheck had a No. 1 hit with the David Allen Coe-penned "Take This Job and Shove It." Thirty-three years later, Frank Caprio, the Democratic nominee for Rhode Island governor, is echoing the sentiments by telling President Obama...... -
On Location: ABC's 'Body of Proof' TV drama moving to L.A. from Rhode Island
Company TownIn a coup for local film production, ABC is moving its high-rated TV drama "Body of Proof" to Los Angeles from Rhode Island. The new crime drama starring Dana Delany and Jeri Ryan filmed its first season in Providence, R.I.,...... -
Tropical forests: Will the U.S. ride to the rescue?
GreenspaceSaving the rain forest is no longer just about helping such countries as Brazil and Indonesia preserve their exotic fauna and flora. Now it is about benefiting American corporations too. A report released today by a blue-ribbon panel estimates that...... -
Friday's TV Talk Shows: Michael Moore is on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live'
Show TrackerClick here to download TV listings for the week of Oct. 4 - 10 in PDF format This week's TV Movies The Early Show Chef Alton Brown. (N) 7 a.m. KCBS Today (N) 7 a.m. KNBC KTLA Morning News (N)...... -
Q&A with Max Blumenthal, author of ???Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party???
Top of the TicketAuthor Max Blumenthal says the Republican Party has become a party of extremists that is losing touch with America.... -
Give Bolton the Boot
STEPHEN SCHLESINGER is the author, most recently, of "Act of Creation," on the founding of the United Nations.ALL SUMMER, the Bush administration has been pressuring the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to make John Bolton the permanent U.S. envoy to the United Nations. Bolton is serving until January on a temporary assignment because his notorious anti-U.N....Tags: Adlai Stevenson, Human Rights, United Nations, Republican Party, Firearms
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