Singular politician Buddy Cianci to be laid to rest

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Buddy Cianci, the wisecracking politician who led the city of Providence during a turbulent and troubled six terms as mayor, will be laid to rest in an event as big as his personality. The former mayor will be carried through the streets of the city he loved by horse-drawn carriage on Monday, accompanied by the police department's mounted command. They will escort him to the Roman Catholic cathedral, where the Bishop of Providence will preside over his funeral. He will t

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Buddy Cianci, the wisecracking politician who led the city of Providence during a turbulent and troubled six terms as mayor, will be laid to rest in an event as big as his personality. The former mayor will be carried through the streets of the city he loved by horse-drawn carriage on Monday, accompanied by the police department's mounted command. They will escort him to the Roman Catholic cathedral, where the Bishop of Providence will preside over his funeral. He will t…