Rhode Island

Rhode Island

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  US diocese leader arrested for drunken driving

  The leader of a Roman Catholic Diocese was arrested over the weekend on a drunken driving charge after an alleged hit-and-run accident. 

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  Uncle: Family to claim Boston bomb suspect's body

  Relatives of the dead suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing will claim his body now that his wife has agreed to release it, an uncle said as ... 

• FBI visits home of wife of dead bombing suspect

  FBI agents investigating the Boston Marathon bombings have visited the Rhode Island home of dead suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev's in-laws and carried away ... 

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  Parents: Speechless after Pope hugged disabled son

  A U.S. couple says they were speechless and moved to tears when Pope Francis hugged and kissed their 8-year-old son in St. Peter's Square on Easter ... 

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  POPE LIVE: End of a papacy, dawn of a retirement

  "Pope Live" follows the events of the final day of Pope Benedict XVI's papacy as seen by journalists from The Associated Press around the world. 

• COMMENTS FROM PROVIDENCE

  In Rhode Island, one of the nation's most Catholic states, several hundred people packed the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Providence for a ... 

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  Ex-Legion priest says he saw fiscal improprieties

  A former priest for the disgraced Roman Catholic religious order the Legion of Christ said in sworn testimony that he witnessed financial ... 

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  US records: Relatives worried about Catholic widow

  The disgraced Roman Catholic religious order the Legion of Christ bent its own rules for a wealthy elderly woman while it also isolated her from some ... 

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  Records show inner workings of Legion of Christ

  Documents released Friday shed light on the inner workings of a secretive and now-disgraced Roman Catholic order called the Legion of Christ, ... 

• US ruling means release of Legion of Christ docs

  Documents related to a disgraced Roman Catholic organization called the Legion of Christ could soon be unsealed and available to the public following ... 

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  Northeast slowly recovering from blizzard

  Travel eased and life slowly returned to normal for most New Englanders after a massive blizzard, but many remained without power in cold and darkened ... 

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  New England begins the big dig-out after epic snow

  New Englanders began the back-breaking job of digging out from as much as 3 feet (a meter) of snow Saturday and emergency crews used snowmobiles to ... 

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  Monopoly fans vote to add cat, toss iron tokens

  The Scottie dog has a new nemesis in Monopoly after fans voted in an online contest to add a cat token to the property trading game, replacing the ... 

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  Smallest state is big battleground on gay marriage

  Hundreds of supporters of same-sex marriage rights assembled at the Rhode Island Statehouse on Tuesday, urging lawmakers to make the nation's smallest ...