Providence Journal

blogs.providencejournal.com — BOSTON -- Briefly losing his spot in the Red Sox rotation back in May didn't demoralize Felix Doubront. It instead appeared to light a fire under him. In seven starts since he was removed from and then inserted back into the Red Sox rotation, Doubront has a 2.81 ERA in

news.providencejournal.com — PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- With the scheduled launch of casino gambling just hours away, the House and Senate voted Tuesday to pass a last-minute "anti-cheating" bill that defines casino crimes and establishes penalties for them -- steps that supporters said are critical as the Twin River slot parlor in Lincoln begins to offer round-the-clock table games.

news.providencejournal.com — PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The General Assembly's Democratic leaders unveiled a new state budget on Tuesday that includes the first direct -- and highly controversial -- taxpayer payment for the state's failed $75-million investment in former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's 38 Studios. The proposed budget contains $2.5-million to cover the

blogs.providencejournal.com — BOSTON -- Clay Buchholz punctuated a brief bullpen session between games of Tuesday's doubleheader with a fist bump for his catcher. He even seemed to have a spring in his step as he jogged in from the bullpen. It was the most positive indication yet of the way he was

news.providencejournal.com — PROVIDENCE, R.I. --The state budget plan to be unveiled by Rhode Island lawmakers Tuesday will include a plan to pay the 38 Studios debt, confirmed Senate Finance Committee Chairman Daniel DaPonte. "As far as we've come so far, it is," he said following a more than hour long briefing for senators on why the state needs to honor the debt, which is roughly $100 million when interest is factored.

blogs.providencejournal.com — BOSTON -- Concerned that a tardy Alfredo Aceves might not actually arrive in time to pitch, the Red Sox had to send Franklin Morales out to the bullpen shortly before the scheduled first pitch on Tuesday afternoon. It appeared for a brief time that Morales might need to make a

news.providencejournal.com — Providence Journal photo / Frieda SquiresFormer Brown University president Vartan Gregorian is interviewed by e-newsletter class pupils (L-R) Sasha Missiuro, Dylan Itkin and Nevaeh Mitchell Tuesday at the Vartan Gregorian Elementary School.PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The city's Vartan Gregorian Elementary School on Tuesday celebrated the promotion of its fifth-graders onto middle