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Campaign 2008

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Dem ad: McCain `doesn't get it' despite Palin

Republican John McCain Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin

M. Charles Bakst: McCain tries to shake up political equation with VP pick

Most GOP delegates from R.I. approve of Palin

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Cathedral organist: 'I try to make music and raise people up'

Providence's Cathedral of Saints Peter & Paul organist Philip Farone

Journal photo / Connie Grosch

Philip Faraone at the electric pipe organ at the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul in Providence, one of the largest of its type in the world.

To better appreciate what Philip Faraone does, you must get inside his passion. Literally inside. Follow him as he enters Providence's Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul and crosses the polished marble floor to the north transept wall. His footsteps echo in the vastness of the place, empty and shadow-filled on this late-summer morning.

Video: An interview with Philip Farone at the organ of the Cathedral of SS. Peter & Paul

Lawyer admits taking $2.5 million from clients

PROVIDENCE -- A Cranston lawyer who handles real-estate closings has admitted to stealing more than $2.5 million from homeowners who were refinancing or buying new homes, the state's chief disciplinary counsel said yesterday.

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