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Muslim leaders in New York recently announced plans to build Cordoba House, a 13-story Islamic community and prayer center, not far from where the World Trade Center once stood.

Nothing beats kicking back on the porch on a breezy summer evening. Except doing it with friends - and cocktails.

Dave Brubeck played at one of the first Newport Jazz Festivals, in the mid-'50s, so it seemed incomprehensible that this week's CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival would go on without him in the year that he turns 90 .

Jennifer Kreisberg, winner of a Nammy, the Native American equivalent of the Grammy, is coming to town Friday to open the three-day 2nd Annual Indigenous Film Festival at the Kettle Pond Visitors Center, 50 Bend Rd., Charlestown.

Sen. John Kerry says he always intended to pay taxes in Massachusetts on his $7 million yacht but concedes he mishandled the public furor over his decision to dock the vessel in tax-free Rhode Island.Kerry tells The Boston Globe that he doesn't believe he dealt with the issue quickly enough or effectively enough.

The unmistakable folk sounds of the Indigo Girls and the hard blues-rock chords of George Thorogood & The Destroyers will engulf the Newport Yachting Center's Nantucket Nectars Sunset Music Series on Thursday, July 29 and Friday, July 30, respectively.

My boss readily admits that she doesn't know a whole lot about jazz. But she lets me write all this nonsense on the Internet, so I'm not complaining.

Starting the school day just 30 minutes later in the morning might help teenagers be more productive and decrease the chances of them oversleeping on weekends, according to a group of sleep scientists.

Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., said he would voluntarily pay $500,000 in taxes to the state of Massachusetts for his new $7 million yacht after the state's Department of Revenue began looking into claims that he docked the new yacht in Rhode Island to avoid Massachusetts taxes.

By Eric Tucker NEWPORT, R.I. -- Marble House oozes decadence at every corner, from the 22-karat gold leaf decorations to the Corinthian columns at the front entrance to the lavish ceiling paintings of Greek gods.But for more than 80 years, the Gilded Age mansion has been without one of its most treasured features: a vast collection of more than ...

This 1919 oil on canvas by George Bellows, titled "Sun Beams and Rain ," is on display as part of a benefit exhibit in Newport.

Julius Trombino's band will be warming up the crowd for the Jonas Brothers. BERNARDS TOWNSHIP - Earlier this month, Ridge High School junior Julius Trombino was sitting on the beach in Newport, R.I., enjoying some sun when his dad approached him with what he thought was a prank.

Two outdoor film screenings in July will officially launch newportFILM, a new organization that will bring film and filmmakers to the area and create a richer experience of the medium for Newport residents and visitors.

SUPER TRIO Jason Moran's Bandwagon trio play Newport Jazz on August 8. The Newport Jazz Festival has plenty of big guns worth your attention on the main Fort Stage - from Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Ahmad Jamal, and Wynton Marsalis with Dave Brubeck to the Maria Schneider Orchestra and Arturo O'Farrill's Latin Jazz Orchestra.

The Rhode Island Food Bank's Neighborhood Pantry Express on Tuesday distributed fruits and vegetables to more than 200 people at the Martin Luther King, Jr.

For many years, folk festival impresario George Wein brought New Orleans marching bands to Newport to welcome people to the festival and serenade them on the way out.

Senator John Kerry insists he's not trying to dodge taxes on his new yacht. He spoke recently about his new $7-million yacht, and the controversy over the fact he chose to dock it in Newport, Rhode Island.

Like many Democrats, Sen. John Kerry does not hesitate to suggest that his fellow citizens should pay higher taxes.

Congressional spend management: craving junk food as much as anyone else. Congress' Food Tab: $604,000 for Bottled Water, $152 at Quiznos -- House members spent part of their Members Representational Allowances on these items -- and more -- during the nine-month period between late 2009 and early 2010 covered by the Sunlight Foundation's House ...

There is a movement of sorts of people who are sick of the "American is a Christian Nation" lie.