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PROVIDENCE, R.I., July 1 (UPI) -- Rhode Island's attorney general has refused to endorse a proposed federal shield law partly inspired by the conviction of a Rhode Island reporter.

WASHINGTON, May 16 (UPI) -- A five-year struggle continues between Fall River, Mass., residents and Weaver's Cove Energy LLC over a proposed LNG facility. While the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved the project, the Coast Guard opposes it as an unacceptable safety risk.

PROVIDENCE, R.I., July 13 (UPI) --

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NEW YORK, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- A convicted criminal allegedly tried to scam his way into the home of a top New York police union official -- a decision that landed him in jail.

PROVIDENCE, R.I., May 10 (UPI) --

NEW YORK, Feb. 12 (UPI) -- A New York City police officer may have one of the most exciting and respected jobs in law enforcement, but the rookie pay is low.

NEW YORK, Sept. 27 (UPI) --

PROVIDENCE, R.I., Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Great White vocalist Jack Russell still fears possible criminal charges in the Rhode Island nightclub fire that killed 100 people last February.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill., July 16 (UPI) -- Illinois has become the first state to allow HIV-infected people to become organ donors, to others already infected.