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Rhode Island’s fool’s game with Curt Schilling

By Tom Keane

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  May 19, 2012

I have never felt so proud to be a Massachusetts’ resident upon hearing how Curt Schilling snookered Rhode Island. An overstatement, perhaps. But still, the Commonwealth is coming out a rose on this one. Rhode Island is staring in the face of a possible $75 million (or more) loss to its taxpayers after Schilling’s video game company, 38 Studios LLC, just defaulted on a $1.1 million loan payment due the state.

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