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‘Godfather’ Theme Meme Makes Dem’s Chairmanship Sleep With the Fishes

Matthew McDonald

Patrick Ward, the chairman of the Providence Democratic City Committee, resigned after posting a scene from The Godfather, Part II with mobsters Michael and Fredo Corleone and adding the first names of two Italian-American members of the Providence City Council. They were not amused.

$560 Million Lottery Winner: I Want To Stay Anonymous
Around New England

$560 Million Lottery Winner: I Want To Stay Anonymous

Matthew McDonald

An unidentified woman says she has the winning $560 million Powerball lottery ticket she bought in Merrimack, New Hampshire — but she is suing to try to collect the money without making her name public. One lawyer who has represented 17 lottery winners in New England said harassment from solicitors and people seeking money becomes so bothersome that one man slept with a gun by his bedside, while another kept a basket filled with $1 bills "that he would hand out and encourage them to take the same chance that he did," according to The Union Leader.

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