Providence, R.I., ex-mayor out of prison
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The city's colorful ex-mayor Vincent "Buddy" Cianci left a federal prison Wednesday after more than four years and headed to Boston, where he'll spend his days promoting a luxury hotel and his nights sleeping in shared quarters at a halfway house.
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Former "Lost" star Michelle Rodriguez has found her way out of jail.
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Marion Barry, the former Washington mayor infamous for being caught smoking crack on an FBI videotape, staged another political comeback Tuesday, ousting an incumbent city councilwoman.
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Inured to bad boys in politics, this tolerant city on Tuesday was quick to absolve the state's latest scandal-tainted politician, Sen. David Vitter, a Republican who admitted to being involved in an alleged prostitution ring.
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(PROVIDENCE, RI) - A conviction for criminal contempt could land a Rhode Island TV reporter in jail for six months. The reporter refuses to name a source who gave him an FBI videotape showing a Providence city official taking a bribe.
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Former Haitian Prime Minister Yvon Neptune was released from jail Thursday, more than two years after his arrest on charges of orchestrating the killing of political opponents at the start of a rebellion that engulfed the country.
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County Mayor Nancy Workman, facing criminal charges of misspending taxpayer money, announced she was withdrawing from the Nov. 2 election for health reasons.
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Marion Barry, the U.S. capital's  former mayor jailed after smoking crack on an FBI videotape,  returns to politics in January after an election that left many  in the city stunned by the re-emergence of a polarizing figure.
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The advocate for assisted suicide walked out of a prison this morning after serving eight years.
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Police confirm a convicted killer from Greater Manchester has absconded from a controversial open prison.
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SANFORD, Fla. - A convicted felon was mistakenly released from state prison after serving only about half of his sentence on drugs and weapons charges. He was free 16 days before corrections officials realized their error and put him back behind bars.
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By Benjamin N. Gedan, The Providence Journal, R.I.  Jun. 2--CRANSTON, R.I.
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Prosecutors moved Friday to drop the murder case against a man freed after nearly a decade in prison, but stopped short of saying he was exonerated by the DNA evidence that led a judge to overturn his conviction.
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Joseph Estrada's pardon gets the former Philippines leader out of prison  -- and could potentially get his successor, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, out of hot water
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Wes Ballard is trying to put his life back together after serving 10 months in jail because of lies told by an informant who was handled by a federal agent now facing multiple investigations himself.
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A teen freed from prison this year after his life sentence for killing a young playmate was overturned received an extended probation period Friday after violating his curfew, and was freed once more.
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A convicted triple-murderer escaped from the Kentucky State Reformatory early Tuesday but was quickly caught, corrections officials said.