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After 40 Years, $2 Toll to Newport Might Rise

Aug. 8, 2009
The Claiborne Pell Bridge in Rhode Island has had the same cash rate since it opened, but now more revenue is needed for upkeep.
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Claiborne Pell, college grant author, dies

NEWPORT, R.I., Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Former Sen. Claiborne Pell, D-R.I., the legislative author of a college fund program named for him, has died at his home in Newport his family said. He was 90.
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch