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Usher to perform at Dunkin' Donuts Center in May


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Published Feb. 18, 2011 at 10:12 p.m.
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Associated Press Photo / Joel Ryan ... Usher performs in London on Feb. 2 ... PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- R&B/pop star Usher will bring his OMG Tour to the Dunkin' Donuts Center, 1 La Salle Square, on Wednesday, May 4, at 7:30 p.m. Akon will open the show ... Tickets will go on sale Friday, Feb. 25, at 10 a.m. They'll be available at the box office, at al Ticket,aster loutlets, by calling Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000 and at www.ticketmaster.com ... Usher has sold 45 million records worldwide and won

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The tyranny of nice


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Published Nov. 2, 2010 at 10:45 p.m.
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Assessing public art in Rhode Island ... Over the past several weeks, Mikyoung Kim's new $480,000 public art installation Horizon Garden has taken shape at southwest corner of Providence's Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence ... ‘URBAN OASIS’ Kim’s Horizon Garden ... Over the past several weeks, Mikyoung Kim's new $480,000 public art installation Horizon Garden has taken shape at southwest corner of Providence's Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence. A pair of curved, corrugated,

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R.I.P., Ben Mondor (1925-2010)


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Published Oct. 8, 2010 at 12:34 a.m.
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The beloved Mr. Mondor; Environmental blinders; Volume control; Insane Clown Posse ... Flags at half-mast at Casa Diablo and black mourning mantillas over Phillipe and Jorge’s heads on learning of the death of Ben Mondor Sunday at his home in Warwick Neck at age 85 ... Flags at half-mast at Casa Diablo and black mourning mantillas over Phillipe and Jorge’s heads on learning of the death of Ben Mondor Sunday at his home in Warwick Neck at age 85 ... As everyone who is a true-blue resident of

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SMG wins new contract to manage R.I. Convention Center and The Dunk


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Published Aug. 31, 2010 at 5:45 p.m.

SMG has won a contract to manage the Rhode Island Convention Center and the Dunkin’ Donuts Center ...

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WaterFire on schedule for Providence NCAA tourney site


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Published Feb. 24, 2010 at 5:26 p.m.

PROVIDENCE, RI -- Basketball fans coming to Providence to cheer on their alma maters in the NCAA tournament in March will get to see the bright side of the city as the tourney planning group has found a sponsor for WaterFire ... Dunkin' Donuts will pay to create a limited version of the city's signature cultural event Friday, March 19 -- the off day that comes in the middle of the two-day college hoops tournament, according to the Providence-Warwick Convention and Visitor's Bureau. The WaterFire

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Live chat: Join URI basketball player Cothran at 1:30


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Published Feb. 15, 2010 at 5:33 p.m.

Keith Cothran, the senior guard and scoring leader for the University of Rhode Island Rams basketball team, will take questions from projo readers Monday in a live chat from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m ... You can submit a question now: Go to projo.com/chat, click the red "launch chat" button, choose a display name (you don't need a password) and enter the "college hoops" chat room ... When typing a question, do not press enter or click send until you have completed your thought; doing so will cause an

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OnMilwaukee.com Sports Weekend Preview: December 11-13, 2009


Published Dec. 11, 2009 at 9:26 p.m.


The schedule is stacked this weekend. UW-Whitewater tries to clinch another title berth, WIsconsin and Marquette renew their annual rivalry and the Bucks, Admirals and Wave are home, too. And of course, it all comes to a head Sunday, when the Packers and Bears renew acquaintences for the 179th time, at noon at Soldier Field.

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PawSox win on Wagner's two home runs


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Published Aug. 1, 2009 at 5:14 a.m.

Special to The Journal ... THE HIGHLIGHTS: Mark Wagner's first two home runs of his Triple-A career paced Pawtucket to victory and prevented a series sweep. Both home runs came on 1-2 counts. Wagner's first shot gave the PawSox a 3-0 lead in the third. The second was a solo shot that extended the PawSox lead to 4-2 in the eighth. Brian Anderson, who scored on Wagner's first homer, got his first RBI as a PawSox when his double brought home Jeff Natale. PawSox right fielder Bubba Bell made a

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Chaka Khan to replace Etta James at Newport festival


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Published July 14, 2009 at 7:43 p.m.

The organizers of George Wein's CareFusion Jazz Festival 55, to be held in Newport Aug. 7-9, announced Tuesday that singer Chaka Khan would perform at the opening concert on Friday, Aug. 7, at the International Tennis Hall of Fame ... Khan will replace Etta James, who has backed out due to illness. She was scheduled to perform at the JVC Jazz Festival-Newport in 2007, but also had to cancel ... Clarinetist Anat Cohen and guitarist Howard Alden will open the show ... Tickets for the festival are

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2 arrested on charges they stole Buchholz's auto wheels


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Published July 10, 2009 at 11:05 p.m.

PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- The police arrested two Pawtucket men on charges that they stole wheels from the car of Triple-A All-Star pitcher Clay Buchholz of the Pawtucket Red Sox ... Detective Donti Rosciti said a neighbor of Buchholz's called the police at 4 a.m. Friday to report a theft in progress ... When officers arrived, they found Buchholz's 2007 BMW hoisted on bricks. Two of the car's four wheels had been removed ... Tony Reverdes, 28, of 172 Magill St., and Airton Monteiro, 21, of 52 Centre

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