500 people in R.I. get duplicate tax-refund checks

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Five hundred Rhode Island residents have received duplicate tax-refund checks totaling $364,000. A state official said human error is to blame. The checks were sent in a group of refunds mailed Friday. The checks people received are identical, but only one of the two checks can be cashed. Rhode Island Department of Administration policy director Allison Rogers said people can cash one check and return the other to the state, along with a brief explanation...