By Thomas J. Morgan
A year ago today:
Anthony M. St. Laurent Sr., known as "The Saint," for years a key New England mob figure with a record of extortion and gambling crimes, is sentenced to seven years in federal prison for attempting to solicit someone to kill a longtime mob rival.
5 years ago today:
President George W. Bush welcomes the Brown University varsity women's crew and seven other national championship teams for an afternoon visit to the White House.
25 years ago today:
Six white men rejected for admission to firefighting school in the city of Providence sue the city and the Fire Department in U.S. District Court, asserting that Mayor Joseph R. Paolino Jr.'s 25 percent minority-hiring policy is unconstitutional.