Crime is down in Providence. Providence Police Chief Dean Esserman says crime fell by 17 percent in the first quarter of this year compared to the year before.
Last year, the police reported a 12 percent increase in crime. In this most recent quarter, officials say there were five murders, nine sexual assaults, 88 robberies, 344 [...]
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U2’s Bono says he has plenty of money from his lucrative music career, but that illegal downloading is still a huge problem in the industry.
He tells USA Today that his secure finances don’t make it OK to pirate U2’s new album. “No Line on the Horizon” was downloaded 445,000 times before it was officially released, [...]