Newport, Rhode Island
Newport is a city located in Newport County, Rhode Island.
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Newport County - Rhode Island
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It is the largest (and only) city on Aquidneck Island in Narragansett Bay.
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Aquidneck Island - Narragansett Bay
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As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 26,475.
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It was founded in 1639 and incorporated as a city in 1784.
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It was an important port during the slave trade (particularly a key port in the Triangular trade) and has since become a favourite holiday location and well-known summer colony.
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Slave trade - Triangular trade - Summer colony
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It is the home of the International Tennis Hall of Fame, where important tennis players are commemorated, as well as a number of mansions dating back to the Gilded Age, including The Breakers, Belcourt Castle, Chateau-sur-Mer, Malbone Castle and Estate, Rosecliff, Marble House and The Elms. Some of these are open for guided tours. The nearby Blithewold Mansion, Gardens and Arboretum has a fine collection of trees and plants, including the largest sequoia on the East Coast.
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Tennis Hall of Fame - Tennis - Gilded Age - The Breakers - Belcourt Castle - Chateau-sur-Mer - Malbone Castle and Estate - Rosecliff - Marble House - The Elms - Blithewold Mansion, Gardens and Arboretum
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The Newport Bridge, the longest suspension bridge in New England, connects Newport to neighboring Conanicut Island across the East Passage of the Narragansett Bay.
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Newport Bridge - Conanicut Island
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With coastlines on the west, south and east, Newport is a maritime town. Its harbors teem with commercial fishing boats, power and sail pleasure craft. Many defenses by the New York Yacht Club of the America's Cup yachting prize took place here. Newport Country Club was one of the five founding clubs of the United States Golf Association, and the venue of the first U.S. Open, which was played in 1895.
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Commercial fishing - New York Yacht Club - America's Cup - Yachting - Newport Country Club - United States Golf Association - U.S. Open
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The city has long been entwined with the U.S. Navy. It has been home to many warships, though none since the early 1990s. It held the campus of the U.S. Naval Academy during the Civil War, when the undergraduate officer training school was temporarily moved north from Annapolis, Maryland. It remains today the location of the U.S. Naval War College, the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, and a major naval training center.
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U.S. Navy - U.S. Naval Academy - Civil War - Annapolis, Maryland - U.S. Naval War College - Naval Undersea Warfare Center
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier were married in St. Mary's Church in Newport on September 12, 1953. Ref: http://www.lifetimetv.com/shows/weddings/kennedy/jfk.html
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Newport is also home to the Newport Tower, Salve Regina University, Hammersmith Farm and the Touro Synagogue, the oldest Jewish house of worship in the United States.
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Newport Tower - Salve Regina University - Hammersmith Farm - Touro Synagogue
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The city is also known for the Newport Jazz Festival, Sunset Music Festival, Newport Baroque Orchestra and Newport International Film Festival.
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Newport Jazz Festival - Sunset Music Festival - Newport Baroque Orchestra - Newport International Film Festival
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Latest news on newport, rhode island
Sunny von Bulow dies after years in coma
After almost three decades in a coma, the wife of British society figure Claus von Bulow died yesterday aged 76. The heiress Martha von Bulow, who was also known as 'Sunny', died at a nursing home in New York.Her estranged husband, who currently lives in London and writes arts reviews, was accused of inducing his late wife's vegetative state 28 years ago with two unsuccessful murder attempts.Mr von Bulow, however, was acquitted of charges alleging that he had tried to kill her by injecting her with insulin at their estate in Newport, Rhode Island. He stood trial twice. In 1982, at the first trial, von Bulow was convicted of trying twice to kill her, but this verdict was thrown out on appeal. He was acquitted at a second trial in 1985, but the case continued to divide Newport society for many years.In 1990 the film Reversal of Fortune, starring Glenn Close and Jeremy Irons as the Von Bulows, maintained public interest in the case. Prosecutors argued that Von Bulow had wanted to kill his wife in order to inherit her wealth. But defence lawyers suggested that Mrs von Bulow, who suffered from low blood sugar, was addicted to alcohol and prescription drugs and had simply drunk herself into a coma. Two years later, her husband was exonerated and agreed to give up his claim to his wife's fortune, estimated at between £17m and £27m. He agreed to divorce her and refused to live on the income of an £81,000 trust she had created. He promised that he would leave the country and would not attempt to profit from the story. Reversal of Fortune was based on a book by Alan Dershowitz, who handled Von Bulow's appeal and his second trial. The lawyer said: 'It's a sad ending to a sad tragedy that some people tried to turn into a crime. There are no winners in a case like this.'United Statesguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2008 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
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