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PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Frank Ferri made peace with God years ago. He defeated the Roman Catholic Church just last month.

The openly gay state representative led the fight to legalize same-sex marriage in what may be the most Catholic state in the nation’s most Catholic region. And, in early May, Rhode Island became the sixth and final New England state to allow gay couples to marry when its Democratic-dominated Legislature, led by an openly gay House speaker, reversed course after years of the Catholic Church successfully lobbying lawmakers to resist legalization.

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Stardom has never looked so scary to Matt Roloff and his family.

The Roloffs — stars of the reality TV show “Little People, Big World” — are the latest celebrity victims of disturbing online threats and harassing phone calls from an unknown stalker.

The family lives on an Oregon farm, and Matt Roloff told The Huffington Post that some of the threats have been very specific. “They’ve been to the farm. They know it. Is it somebody on our farm? Someone in our own network of people we know, or some random individual? We don’t know who’s up to it, and it’s spooky,” Roloff said.

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BAGHDAD — The United Nations mission to Iraq said Saturday that more than 1,000 people were killed in violence across the country last month – the highest monthly death toll in years.

Violence has increased sharply in Iraq over the past two months, with bombings in civilian areas growing more frequent as fears grow that widespread sectarian conflict may once again break out in the country. The bloodshed has accelerated since a deadly April 23 crackdown by security forces on a Sunni protest in the northern town of Hawija.

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KINGSTON, N.H. — A memorial service is planned in New Hampshire on Saturday for Nancy Lanza, whose son shot her to death in their Connecticut home in December before driving to Sandy Hook Elementary School and gunning down 20 students and six educators.

The service is set for the First Congregational Church in Kingston, where Lanza once lived. Police Chief Donald Briggs said only friends and family are invited.

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As with previous releases, the newest Mint iteration, “Olivia,” comes in two distinct flavors: Cinnamon and MATE. While both have received a bit of polish, it’s the fresher Cinnamon that has gotten the most attention. Version 1.8 of the desktop environment has received plenty of bug fixes, along with a new dedicated settings panel that bypasses the GNOME control center. Support for “Desklets” (read: widgets) has also been added and the log-in screen is completely customizable through HTML5. Both versions benefit from the addition of MintSources, for managing software repositories, and MintDrivers, for managing drivers, obviously. While they’ll come in handy for consumers, the biggest advantage is that IT managers may now be more accepting of the refreshingly green Ubuntu derivative. The developers are calling version 15 their most ambitious release yet, and while we’re not completely convinced that’s true, it’s certainly a significant upgrade over November’s Nadia. You’ll find the full changelog and download links at the source.

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