(Updated, 3:30 p.m.)Textron Inc. – the Providence-based company that includes Bell Helicopter and Cessna Aircraft – was removed from the 4th Toxic 100 Air Polluters list released by the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. more

The 21.5 percent share of revenue Massachusetts will earn from a casino built by the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe is the most any state has ever negotiated with an American Indian Tribe, according analyst Clyde Barrow. more

Rhode Island had the fifth-highest Mortgage Fraud Index rating in 2011 for fraud investigations, according to LexisNexis’ 14th Annual Mortgage Fraud Report. more

Living in Italy was a dream come true for Jessica Ricci, even if the dream she ended up with was different than the one she planned. more

Dr. Adam C. Levine was recently honored as the inaugural recipient of the Global Emergency Medicine Academy’s Humanitarian Service Award. Levine is an emergency physician at Rhode Island Hospital and an assistant professor at Brown University’s medical school. His award recognizes his commitment to serving distressed countries, primarily as a volunteer physician with International Medical Corps. During the last few years, he has worked in Haiti, Libya and Sudan, providing clinical care, running a trauma field hospital and managing a medical clinic. He holds an M.D. from University of California, San Francisco and master’s of public health from the University of California, Berkeley. more

The executive director of the Steel Yard is leaving the metalwork art and training nonprofit in the spring to open an urban farming supply store on the city’s west side. more

Hotels in Providence reached an 81.4 percent occupancy rate in June, their best rate since October 2004, according to an analysis recently released by Smith Travel Research. more

AS220 Youth – the arts collaborative’s free arts education program for at-risk teens – has won a 2012 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award from the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, AS220 announced Friday. more

Dear Kate, the rebranded line of specialty lingerie that mixes fashion and function, is launching online this month with shipping to start in early December in anticipation of the holiday season. more

Union Studio architects have redesigned Gilbane Development Co.’s proposed 102-unit luxury student apartment building on Thayer Street in response to neighborhood complaints that the original plan was “massive” and “monotonous.” more