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In this April 25, 2017 photo, Stephen Faulkner, owner of Faulkner's Landscaping & Nursery, holds a shovel at a landscape project in Manchester, N.H. Innkeepers, restaurateurs and landscapers around the U.S. say they’re struggling to find seasonal help and turning down business in some cases because the government tightened up on visas for temporary foreign workers. At issue are H-2B visas, which are issued for seasonal, nonagricultural jobs. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

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Visa crackdown threatens seasonal help at US resorts

by Jennifer McDermott Associated PressMay 2, 2017

This undated photo provided by the Wampanoag Confederation and made at their Massachusetts repository shows a pipe that once belonged to Massasoit Ousamequin, the Wampanoag leader who signed the first treaty with the Mayflower's Pilgrims in 1621. It is one of several artifacts that will be repatriated in a May 2017 ceremony to his original burial site on Burr's Hill Park overlooking Narragansett Bay in Warren, R.I. (Wampanoag Confederation via AP)

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Tribal chief who signed treaty with Pilgrims to be reburied

by Jennifer McDermott Associated PressApril 14, 2017

A buyer looks through his catalog during an auction Curt Schilling’s bankrupt company, 38 Studios, in Providence.

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Settlement in Schilling’s failed R.I deal ends case

by Michelle R. Smith Associated Press, and Jennifer McDermott Associated PressFebruary 10, 2017

A copy of a decoded telegram is displayed at a gathering at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, R.I.

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Secret WWI telegram holds lessons for today, historians say

by Jennifer McDermott Associated PressJanuary 15, 2017

The International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators says there has been an increase in the use of these dogs at colleges over the past year with bombings occurring more frequently worldwide. Above is bomb-sniffing dog Bella with handler officer Brian Lavelle in Worcester, Mass.

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Newest members of many college police departments: Bomb dogs

by Jennifer McDermott Associated PressDecember 14, 2016

FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2010 file photo, former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling shows his support for Massachusetts State Senator Scott Brown at a rally in Worcester, Mass., during a campaign rally to fill the U.S. Senate seat left empty by the death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass. Schilling announced plans on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016 during a radio interview at Rhode Island's WPRO-AM, to run in 2018 against Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., if his wife agrees. Schilling also said he's ultimately responsible for the collapse of his 38 Studios video game company in Rhode Island. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

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Curt Schilling eyes US Senate run against Elizabeth Warren

by Jennifer McDermott Associated PressOctober 18, 2016

Nathan and Linda Carman, of Middletown, Conn.

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Rescued boater spent week adrift on raft; mom presumed dead

by Denise Lavoie Associated Press, and Jennifer McDermott Associated PressSeptember 26, 2016

Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo, left, speaks with Deepwater Wind CEO Jeffery Grybowski while touring a staging site at Port of Providence, in Providence, R.I. Deepwater Wind anticipates opening the first U.S. offshore wind farm off Rhode Island's coast in the fall.

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1st US offshore wind farm to usher in new era for industry

by Jennifer McDermott Associated PressAugust 12, 2016