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The capital of Rhode Island boasts ethnic enclaves, old-money WASPs, chic sophisticates, and an amazing character named Buddy Cianci. As mayor, Buddy helped transform a once-dying town into an arts and tourist mecca. But Buddy was lining his own pockets in the process, and in 2002 he was sent to prison. It was Buddy's second run-in with the law; in 1984, he pled guilty to torturing a man he suspected of sleeping with his estranged wife. Despite his sins, Cianci remains popular in Providence to this day.
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