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Federal judge hears would-be casino developer's legal challenge
South Coast TodayNew Bedford
Feb 01K.G. Urban Enterpise's legal challenge of the state's casino-enabling legislation got its first airing in U.S. District Court Tuesday, with Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton peppering both parties with specific questions on points of law. »
Boston Real Estate Developer To Be Sentenced In Campaign Case
Boston Weather, Breaking News and Sports from WBZ-TV
Jan 29A prominent Boston real estate developer faces sentencing this week for campaign law violations. »
Wareham officer files unfair firing suit against town
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Jan 27WAREHAM — Detective Lt. Donald Bliss has filed suit in U.S. District Court against an array of town officials and one private citizen, seeking unspecified damages for allegedly orchestrating his unjustified firing in February 2009 and ruining his... »
Thailand native gets 10 years in prison
WPRI.com Providence News
Jan 26A native of Thailand living in Rhode Island has been sentenced to 10 years in prison on charges stemming from a 2011 search of his home that turned up drugs, a gun and nearly $25,000 in counterfeit cash. »
Cranston school ordered to remove prayer banner
Brown Daily Herald
Jan 25Tensions surrounding a lawsuit in Cranston have escalated after Rhode Island District Federal Court Judge Ronald Lagueux ordered the removal of a school's prayer banner Jan. 11. Jessica Ahlquist, a junior at Cranston High School West and a self-proclai... »
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Boston Real Estate Developer To Be Sentenced In Campaign Case
Boston Weather, Breaking News and Sports from WBZ-TV
Jan 29A prominent Boston real estate developer faces sentencing this week for campaign law violations. »
Hedge Fund Manager Arrested In Needham In $61 Million Stock Fraud Case
Boston Weather, Breaking News and Sports from WBZ-TV
Jan 18A hedge fund manager arrested in Needham Wednesday is one of seven people charged in a record-setting insider trading scheme that netted more than $61.8 million in illegal profits. »
Jessica Ahlquist — First Amendment Hero
Providence Daily Dose
Jan 14It surprises absolutely no one that the decision by U.S. District Court… »
Unconstitutional Judiciary Orders Destruction of Prayer
Anchor Rising
Jan 13So U.S. District Court Judge Ronald R. Lagueux has decreed (PDF) that the 46-year-old, mildly Christian prayer banner at Cranston High School West be removed. Judging from his description of its installation, as an old paper banner practically painted ... »
FBI: State Trooper Ran Gambling Ring, Threatened To Kill Informant
Boston Weather, Breaking News and Sports from WBZ-TV
Jan 03A State Trooper has been charged with extortion in running a bookmaking ring with an FBI informant whom he allegedly beat and threatened to kill if he didn’t get paid. »