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	Al Sharpton for president? He will spark controversy, but could also inflict pain on Democratic frontrunners BY SETH GITELL

ON COLLEGE HILL

Debate continues on arming Brown police

CENSORSHIP
Hip-hop mags unwelcome at the ACI

AS THE PROJO TURNS
Divide remains wide with start of NLRB hearing

POLITICS
Black activists form new PAC

Better days
Rhode Island's approach to welfare reform is helping people to become self-sufficient. But with the state facing a deficit, will the effort be sustained long enough to ensure success?
BY BRIAN C. JONES

Prom night for the usual suspects
Last Friday, February 22, your superior correspondents attended the Providence Newspaper Guild Follies, one of the annual social highlights for the residents of Casa Diablo. Held on the last Friday in February for the past 29 years, the Follies were conceived in the wake of a bitter 1973 labor dispute (featuring a 12-day strike). This fact presumably invested this year's event with some added drama.

On the Ball & Off the Wall: A live one
R.D. Rosen carves out another Providence jewel
BY CHIP YOUNG

A beautiful bind
New cures offer hope of fixing what ails us. But why do some treat them like an insult?
BY KRIS FRIESWICK

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Al Sharpton for president?