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Central Falls Rhode Island

Ex-Official Apologizes, Pleads Guilty To Corruption Charge

AP | DAVID KLEPPER and ERIKA NIEDOWSKI | Posted 01.19.2013 | Politics
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The former mayor of a Rhode Island city that recently emerged from bankruptcy pleaded guilty to a federal corruption charge M...

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Bankrupt Town's Mayor Committed Massive Foreclosure Fraud

Reuters | Posted 11.19.2012 | Business
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* US prosecutors to recommend prison for mayor, backer * City saw 156 foreclosures in 2008 * Central Falls filed for ban...

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Bankruptcy Plan Saves Tiny City, But Not Without Scars

Reuters | Posted 11.03.2012 | Business
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* State intervention protects bondholders, stops contagion * Retirees' pensions slashed, elected officials stripped of power ...

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Failing Students At Rhode Island Middle School Allowed to Graduate

Posted 06.13.2012 | Home
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Dozens of eighth graders at Rhode Island’s Calcutt Middle School who failed two to three of their core classes of math, science, English and social ...

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Matt Sledge

How Do You Solve A Problem Like Detroit?

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 03.29.2012 | Detroit
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PHILADELPHIA -- Bankers, consultants and elected officials gathered at a conference here on Wednesday to discuss a hot political question for the form...

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Meryl Streep Donates $10,000 To Struggling Rhode Island Charter School

AP | By ERIKA NIEDOWSKI | Posted 08.09.2012 | Home
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Meryl Streep has donated $10,000 to a charter school in the struggling Rhode Island city of Central Falls after a plug from fellow...

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How A Chocolate Bar Could Save A City

AP | By ERIKA NIEDOWSKI | Posted 02.27.2012 | Home
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CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. -- Mike Ritz is trying to help save Central Falls – one chocolate bar at a time. While Central Falls is often called a "fai...

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