State House Raid
Gordon Fox to Serve 3 Years in Prison

Former Rhode Island House Speaker Gordon D. Fox, 53, of East Providence, has waived federal indictment and is expected to plead guilty in federal court to three-counts  charging him with wire fraud, bribery and filing a false tax return. The charges stem from former Speaker Fox’s theft of $108,000 donated by campaign supporters to pay for personal expenses; his acceptance of a $52,000 bribe to advocate and move for issuance of a liquor license for an East Side restaurant while serving as Vice-Chairman of the City of Providence Board of Licenses in 2008; and his failure to account for these illegal sources of income on his tax returns.

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 Franchise This!

The confetti from the New England Patriots Super Bowl parade is still being swept up from the snow banks of Boston, but the NFL is already making headlines again only a few short weeks into the off-season. Yesterday at 4 p.m. ET was the deadline for team management to offer a player their franchise tag. This is a one-year tender offer for an amount no less than the average of the five highest...

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NHL Notebook
Trades, Sharks, and Predators 

In his team debut, Ben Smith (1-1-2) posted his third multi-point performance of the season to power the San Jose Sharks to a 4-0 shutout victory against the Montreal Canadiens. The Sharks snapped a three-game losing skid and are 31-25-8 (70 points) this season. San Jose moved within three points of the idle Minnesota Wild, who occupy 

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Senate Snowball Fight Inhofe v. Whitehouse

In his latest floor speech against climate alarmism, US Senator James Inhofe (R-Oklahoma) bagged a snowball from outside the capital, then threw it to the presiding officer Senator Ben Saase (R-Nebraska) during the Feb. 26 Senate session.
 
Inhofe's remarks prefaced a large photo with a snow pile, featuring his daughter and her children. The record snow fall five year ago was so great...

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Pulse on Politics
Inside Baseball

Pawtucket is a big loser this week as the new owners of the PawSox announced its intention to move the team from Pawtucket to Providence -- possibly on the vacant 195 land.  This move has the potential to devastate the already depressed city of Pawtucket.

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FCC Votes to Protect Net Neutrality

Ending lingering uncertainty about the future of the Open Internet, the Federal Communications Commission today set sustainable rules of the roads that will protect free expression and innovation on the Internet and promote investment in the nation’s broadband networks.

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Sandra Cano - "I Heart Pawtucket"

This week on the Rotunda, host Scott Rotondo was joined by Pawtucket city councilwoman, Sandra Cano to talk about how her city plans to persuade the Pawtucket Red Sox to stay in town.

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Projo Posts Fake News Article Mocking Infanticide, Alzheimer's

The Providence Journal this week transitioned to a new website, and one major error has already been spotted. An article posted January 20, 2015, and entitled "Mother Cooks Son, Puts TV Dinner...

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Under The Covers
Sex Games

There is a lot to be said for fun in the bedroom. I think some people think that doing’ it has to be all candles, and rose petals and soft lighting. You know, ‘romance.’

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9 Can't Miss March Events in New England

In like a lion, out like a lamb.  March, assuming the idiom is true, is slated to be warm, and dry-- and we New Englanders certainly deserve it after all we've been through this winter. 

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