Rhode Island

Boom Or Bust? Saving Rhode Island's 'Superman' Building

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:58:00 +0000

Rhode Island is home to beautiful beaches, top-notch universities and a thriving arts scene.

Rhode Island Becomes 10th State To Allow Same-Sex Marriage

Eyder Peralta — Thu, 02 May 2013 22:12:00 +0000

Update at 7:08 p.m. ET. Governor Signs The Bill:

"We are making history," Gov. Lincoln Chafee said right before he signed a bill that legalizes same-sex marriage in Rhode Island. "We are living up to the ideal of our founders."

With that, the state became the 10th to allow marriages between same-sex couples.

Body Is ID'd As Missing Student Falsely Linked To Bombings

Mark Memmott — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:58:00 +0000

A body pulled out of the water earlier this week in Providence, R.I., has now been identified as that of 22-year-old Sunil Tripathi, a Brown University student who had been missing since March 15.

Tripathi's death is national news because of the way his name mistakenly — and irresponsibly — got linked to the April 15 bombings at the Boston Marathon.

Fans Pitch Bids For Former Red Sox Pitcher's Blood-Stained Sock

Bradley Campbell — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 20:21:00 +0000

The 2004 Major League Baseball playoffs will always be remembered for an astonishing Red Sox comeback and a bloody sock worn by pitcher Curt Schilling.

Well, actually there were two bloodstained socks. But the first was thrown away, and now the second sock is being auctioned off to repay Schilling's debts.

Ask any die-hard Red Sox fan and he or she can recall the game by heart. It was Oct. 19, 2004. Schilling took the hill with a bum right ankle in a do-or-die playoff game against the Yankees.

He had torn his tendon sheath and before the game, a doctor had stitched him back together.

Failure To Ratify: During Amendment Battles, Some States Opt To Watch

Alan Greenblatt — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:37:00 +0000

Mississippi has received lots of attention this week for finally having ratified the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery.