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After months of waiting, we finally know what was ordered at the infamous Philly lunch that led to a national scandal. Heres what else we found.

Other top reads for the week of June 18: ex-RI hockey player/coach cleared on sex assault charges; Providence housing crunch; RI's confusing villages.

Other top reads for the week of June 18: ex-RI hockey player/coach cleared on sex assault charges; Providence housing crunch; RIs confusing villages.

Thorsen - who attended the Philly trip and was Pattens supervisor - denied seeking special treatment from Scout in exchange for awarding a lucrative contract.

Jeff Britt says the governor's invited Scout to the lunch, contradicting what McKee had suggested on Wednesday.

STORY OF THE WEEK: The after-life of the March trip by two Rhode Island officials to Philadelphia continued to echo loudly. After an initial burst of media coverage, the story got picked up by the …

The state GOP called on the Ethics Commission to look into the lunch between the governor, Scout officials and their lobbyist in January.

Columnist Mark Patinkin writes, \

Other top reads for the week of June 11: David Patten resigns amid rising ridicule of his antics on a state trip; how the Awful Awful got its name.

Other top reads for the week of June 11: David Patten resigns amid rising ridicule of his antics on a state trip; how the Awful Awful got its name.