Rhode Island briefs (The Providence Journal) Women’s Leadership Series: Leadership Rhode Island will host the Women’s Leadership Series: The Political Process, a program focusing on women in politics with networking receptions, roundtable discussions and speakers at each session. Rhode Island Folk Festival kicks off Saturday in Foster (Westerly Sun) If you play an instrument, bring it. If you don’t play, come and sing. If you can’t carry a tune, come and listen. There’s something for everyone and everyone is encouraged to participate at the Rhode Island Folk Festival, held in Foster this Saturday and Sunday, May 10-11. Rhode Island yachtswoman charged with embezzling $7.3M (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Dozens of people who thought they were getting big returns by investing with a Rhode Island day trader and yachtswoman were instead embezzled out of $7.3 million, state police said Thursday. Rhode Island police chief: It's about serving community (Savannah Morning News) A police chief from Rhode Island told about 100 Georgia-area law enforcement officers Thursday that policing is in transition. PROXY Governance Joins Glass Lewis in Recommending That Bancorp Rhode Island Shareholders Vote fo... Bancorp Rhode Island, Inc. (NASDAQ: BARI) today announced that PROXY Governance, Inc., a leading independent proxy advisory firm, recommends that BancorpRI shareholders vote FOR all the company's director nominees at BancorpRI's May 21, 2008, Annual Meeting of Shareholders. PROXY Governance Joins Glass Lewis in Recommending That Bancorp Rhode Island Shareholders Vote fo... Bancorp Rhode Island, Inc. (1099;NASDAQ:BARI) today announced that PROXY Governance, Inc., a leading independent Fight Over Gay Divorce Moves To Rhode Island Superior Court (WCSH 6 Portland) PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- A lawyer for a lesbian married in Massachusetts has asked Rhode Island's Superior Court for a divorce after an earlier attempt to dissolve the marriage failed. Minutemen Travel To Rhode Island For Three Games This Weekend (CSTV's College Sports) UMass looks to move up the conference standings as the season winds down. AMHERST, Mass. - UMass baseball (16-22, 9-12 A-10) hits the road this weekend for a crucial three-game Atlantic 10 series at Rhode Island (25-21-1, 12-8-1 A-10). The series commences on Friday with first pitch slated for 3 p.m. at Bill Beck Field in Kingston, R.I. Saturday's ...... Rhode Island parlor takes advantage of 24-hour gambling (AP via Yahoo! Finance) One of Rhode Island's two slot parlors wasted no time taking advantage of a new state law that permits around-the-clock gambling on weekends and holidays.
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