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You can catch the Spiderwick Chronicles at the IMAX theatre at Providence Place Mall tonight -- a fantasy film filled with adventures and creatures that......
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6:37 PM Fri, Feb 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Bob Thayer U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings looks over a school project during a visit to teacher Colleen Driscoll's second-grade classroom......
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6:10 PM Fri, Feb 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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Joanna Gonzalez, a 28-year-old mother of three who owned a Porsche and other vehicles while collecting welfare -- and heading up a large Providence drug......
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5:49 PM Fri, Feb 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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Michael P. Lewis, the controversial director of Boston’s embattled Big Dig construction project, is coming to Rhode Island. Lewis will take over as head of......
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5:13 PM Fri, Feb 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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Career Education Corporation announced today that it plans to close all of its Gibbs schools and colleges -- including the one operating in Cranston --......
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3:07 PM Fri, Feb 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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WEST WARWICK -- Relatives of the 100 people killed by The Station nightclub fire will mark the fifth anniversary of the blaze with a memorial......
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1:07 PM Fri, Feb 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- The jury in the bribery and conspiracy trial of former Lincoln Town Administrator Jonathan F. Oster today watched and heard a taped meeting......
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12:52 PM Fri, Feb 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will visit Rhode Island on Sunday, Feb. 24, her campaign announced today. Republican candidate John McCain visited the state yesterday......
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12:48 PM Fri, Feb 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- A Warwick man has been sentenced to eight months in federal prison for posing as a federal Homeland Security agent to extort $25,000......
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12:02 PM Fri, Feb 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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LINCOLN -- A 56-year-old man barricaded himself inside his apartment with a loaded shotgun this morning after preventing workers from getting in to work on......
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11:56 AM Fri, Feb 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- The governor's office announced a major shakeup this morning of key directors and top aides. At least one high-profile member of Governor Carcieri's......
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11:22 AM Fri, Feb 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photo/ Kathy Borchers Robert Payette is arraigned before Judge William Carnes. At right is his lawyer Collin M. Geiselman, public defender. Superior Court......
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10:58 AM Fri, Feb 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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Governor Carcieri on Tuesday will announce the winners of an award that honors the victims, survivors and affected family members of The Station nightclub fire,......
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9:57 AM Fri, Feb 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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A disabled vehicle has slowed traffic on Route 195. The the vehicle, a truck, is stopped on the westbound side of the Washington Bridge. For......
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9:41 AM Fri, Feb 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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The bail hearing for a 21-year-old Cranston woman accused of stabbing the father of her child to death has been postponed. Pawtucket police say on......
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9:20 AM Fri, Feb 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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The U.S. Secretary of Education is coming to the Ocean State today. Margaret Spellings will be visiting classrooms at a local elementary school. She’ll also......
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7:44 AM Fri, Feb 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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A 45-year-old West Warwick man is set to be arraigned in court today in the stabbing death of 66-year-old Ronald Dufour. Robert E. Payette was......
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7:29 AM Fri, Feb 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Sex Workers Art Show nationwide tour is making a stop in Providence. Sunday at 7 p.m., strippers, phone sex operators, internet models and a......
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7:02 AM Fri, Feb 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- A sentencing hearing has been set for an accused drug dealer who made corruption allegations against a Providence lawyer now facing federal criminal......
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7:01 AM Fri, Feb 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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It's going to warm up today, with the National Weather Service forecasting a high temperature of 48 degrees and some sunshine. The winds haven't died......
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7:00 AM Fri, Feb 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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Today's front page features coverage of presidential candidate Sen. John McCain's visit to Rhode Island. Download a copy of today's front page in .pdf format.......
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7:20 PM Thu, Feb 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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FORT WORTH, Texas -- Roman Catholic church officials in Texas say a priest who is accused of sexually abusing children --and who once served as......
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6:59 PM Thu, Feb 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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While affairs of the heart may be top of mind for some tonight, a musical alternative is on tap. Local high school bands will jazz......
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6:23 PM Thu, Feb 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island announced this evening that Frank J. Montanaro will resign as board chairman when his term ends April......
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5:32 PM Thu, Feb 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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BOSTON -- Republican campaign dropout Mitt Romney endorsed Sen. John McCain for the party's presidential nomination and asked his national convention delegates to swing behind......
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4:40 PM Thu, Feb 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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A national survey released today says larger numbers of children as young as 11 are sexually active -- and experience abusive relationships of some kind.......
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4:26 PM Thu, Feb 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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SOMERSET, Mass. -- Expect some headaches for the next two weeks if you travel between Somerset and Fall River along Route 6. And the headaches......
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3:45 PM Thu, Feb 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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A Pawtucket man has been arrested on cocaine and marijuana charges by a State Police/Federal Bureau of Investigation task force, the State Police announced today.......
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3:24 PM Thu, Feb 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Mary Murphy Republican GOP candidate Sen. John McCain speaks to supporters at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Warwick this afternoon. WARWICK......
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3:10 PM Thu, Feb 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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A woman arrested in Fall River, Mass., on gun and drug distribution charges has been convicted in Taunton, Mass., Superior Court after a two-day trial.......
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2:05 PM Thu, Feb 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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WARWICK -- Governor Carcieri, who originally supported former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney in the 2008 presidential race, gave a ringing endorsement today to Sen. John......
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2:03 PM Thu, Feb 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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The U.S. Secretary of Education is coming to the Ocean State tomorrow. Margaret Spellings will be visiting classrooms at a local elementary school. She’ll also......
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12:47 PM Thu, Feb 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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Governor Carcieri has selected Anna Cano-Morales, chairwoman of the Central Falls School Board, as his nominee for the State Board of Regents for Elementary and......
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12:36 PM Thu, Feb 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- To help crack an alleged bribery scheme involving then-Lincoln Town Administrator Jonathan F. Oster, the State Police needed to show accused co-conspirator Robert......
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12:24 PM Thu, Feb 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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University of Rhode Island's star guard Jimmy Baron will answer projo.com readers' questions in a live chat today from 1 to 2 p.m. You can......
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11:58 AM Thu, Feb 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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Former Republican U.S. Sen. Lincoln Chafee today endorsed Democrat Barack Obama for president, citing the Illinois senator’s longstanding opposition to the war in Iraq. Chafee,......
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11:52 AM Thu, Feb 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Rhode Island Supreme Court today issued a ruling that upholds the state legislature’s right to restrict the issuance of commercial fishing licenses as part......
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10:50 AM Thu, Feb 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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The campaign of Democratic presidential candidate Barrack Obama says it will announce a "key" Rhode Island endorsement today at 11 a.m. The announcement will be......
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9:44 AM Thu, Feb 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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BOSTON (AP) - Injured Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling has arrived at spring training. Schilling was at the team's facility in Fort Meyers, Fla., Wednesday......
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9:11 AM Thu, Feb 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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Miriam Hospital's critical care unit has a new director. Paul L. Marino has been named director of that unit, and will be responsible for overseeing......
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9:02 AM Thu, Feb 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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The clouds are breaking, and the sun is making a welcomed appearance this morning, but there are still flood warnings in several parts of the......
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8:37 AM Thu, Feb 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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Since 2003, the Providence Police Department has opened up community police substations across the city. Today, Police Chief Dean N. Esserman, Mayor David N. Cicilline,......
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8:34 AM Thu, Feb 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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The traffic Tribunal's got a new chief magistrate. William R. Guglietta will be sworn in tomorrow afternoon in a ceremony in Cranston. Rhode Island Supreme......
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7:57 AM Thu, Feb 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photo/ Bill Murphy The Blackstone River is high this morning following yesterday's record rainfall. This view is from the Blackstone River Bikeway in......
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7:02 AM Thu, Feb 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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Republican presidential candidate John McCain will come to Rhode Island this afternoon for a rally in Warwick. He's the first presidential candidate to do so......
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7:01 AM Thu, Feb 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Brandie Jefferson Email
We may see more rain or snow, or rain and snow, this morning, but the clouds should clear later in the morning and the National......
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7:00 AM Thu, Feb 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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Today's front page features coverage of a fatal police shooting in Pawtucket, including an interview with the mother of the 30-year-old man who was shot......
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6:55 PM Wed, Feb 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Boss gets a tribute show in Providence tonight. And at Providence Black Repertory Company, there's an exploration of Latin jazz and salsa -- with......
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5:55 PM Wed, Feb 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- Police are the scene of a building collapse at Smith and Orms streets, which has littered the area with debris. No one was......
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5:45 PM Wed, Feb 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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Warwick Mayor Scott Avedisian told The Journal today that he quit the Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation board in frustration over paralysis on the board,......
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5:10 PM Wed, Feb 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- None of the “gap kids” charged with felonies during the 130 days that 17-year-olds were prosecuted as adults will go to trial until......
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5:08 PM Wed, Feb 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Frieda Squires Heavy rain was causing flooding around the state today. This truck splashed along Route 114 in Warren. The rain......
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4:51 PM Wed, Feb 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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CUMBERLAND -- A bomb squad today searched the North Cumberland Middle School and found nothing, according to Schools Supt. Donna E. Morelle. At about 1:30......
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4:26 PM Wed, Feb 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- Presidential candidates are starting to take notice of Rhode Island ahead of the state's March 4 primary. Republican front-runner John McCain is scheduled......
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4:18 PM Wed, Feb 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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PAWTUCKET -- The police officer who shot and killed a 30-year-old man yesterday was identified by the city's Police Department as Officer Wallace Martin. Martin......
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4:15 PM Wed, Feb 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- In his opening statement at the outset of ex-Lincoln Town Administrator Jonathan F. Oster's bribery trial, defense lawyer C. Leonard O'Brien promised the......
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4:07 PM Wed, Feb 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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Starting tomorrow, the state Department of Transportation will do soil borings in the area of the Pawtucket River Bridge in Pawtucket, which will mean temporarily......
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2:45 PM Wed, Feb 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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As if the weather is not reason enough to stay home, it’s peak influenza season in Rhode Island, according to the state Department of Health.......
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2:21 PM Wed, Feb 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Brandie Jefferson Email
Power has been restored to the liquid natural gas tanker that went adrift earlier this week off the coast of Massachusetts, but the ship still......
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1:56 PM Wed, Feb 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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Winter weather got you down? What could be better than a double dose of kung fu to get the blood flowing? Tonight marks the second......
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1:32 PM Wed, Feb 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- Irony was on the menu. Over a meeting at Shanna's Country Kitchen in Lincoln, contractor Robert Gelfuso wore a state police listening device......
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1:27 PM Wed, Feb 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- Clear Channel Broadcasting has tentatively agreed to pay $22 million to the victims of The Station nightclub fire, bringing the pool of settlement......
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1:19 PM Wed, Feb 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Ruben W. Perez Youngsters make their own Valentine's Day cards this week at the Middletown Public Library. Haven't got one yet......
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12:48 PM Wed, Feb 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE — The West Warwick fire inspector who failed to detect flammable soundproofing foam blamed for fueling the 2003 Station nightclub fire has retired. West......
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12:01 PM Wed, Feb 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- The defense lawyer in ex-Lincoln Town Administrator Jonathan F. Oster's bribery and conspiracy trial this morning questioned contractor Robert Gelfuso about the method......
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11:00 AM Wed, Feb 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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A simple test done to people admitted to the emergency room can detect carbon monoxide poisoning in people who did not suspect they were poisoned,......
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10:45 AM Wed, Feb 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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It’s never too early to start thinking about lunch. And if you like gyros, you’re in luck, at least according to Esquire magazine, says East......
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10:44 AM Wed, Feb 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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Betty Swift said when her 30-year-old son had emotional problems a few months ago in Massachusetts, she called the police for help. They took him......
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9:20 AM Wed, Feb 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photo/ Bill Murphy A plow clears the slushy snow on Route 116 in Lincoln this morning. The temperature has climbed since last night's......
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8:52 AM Wed, Feb 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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Learn about the media’s coverage of Iraq from a reporter who’s covered the country from the ground. National Public Radio’s Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman is......
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8:18 AM Wed, Feb 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photo/ Bill Murphy Betty Fayan, of Cumberland, clears the snow from her car this morning. Heavy rain today should follow last night's snow......
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7:49 AM Wed, Feb 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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Federal representatives are coming to Jamestown to consider giving the town a special designation that would highlight the fragile nature of its water supply. The......
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7:02 AM Wed, Feb 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE — Opening statements are scheduled for today in a trial over a secret telephone monitoring system at the Providence Public Safety Complex. About 150......
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7:01 AM Wed, Feb 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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It's like some sort of dangerous ice kingdom out there. Everything from stairs, to cars, to banisters are covered in a thin, slick layer of......
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7:00 AM Wed, Feb 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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Today's front page features coverage of Barack Obama's moving past Hillary Rodham Clinton with primary wins in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. The......
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7:39 PM Tue, Feb 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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Republican presidential candidate John McCain will come to Rhode Island Thursday afternoon for a rally in Warwick. He's the first presidential candidate to do so......
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7:26 PM Tue, Feb 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- Mayor David N. Cicilline focused his fifth State of the City address this evening in part on the city's economic concerns relative to......
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6:44 PM Tue, Feb 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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NEW YORK -- NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell will meet tomorrow with U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter to discuss the Spygate case involving the New England Patriots.......
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6:34 PM Tue, Feb 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- Firefighters and rescue personnel are on scene of a fire reported in a three-story occupied building at 106 Tobey St. The call came......
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6:03 PM Tue, Feb 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- The Ethics Commission today refused to approve the hiring of the son-in-law of Warren's police chief as a police and emergency dispatcher......
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5:55 PM Tue, Feb 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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CHARLESTOWN -- A harp seal that was rescued last month after getting stranded off Napatree Point in the Watch Hill section of Westerly has been......
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5:37 PM Tue, Feb 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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Another messy winter storm is on the way. Rhode Island storm response planners expect snowfall to begin closer to the end of this evening's commute......
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4:12 PM Tue, Feb 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Bob Thayer Police officials leave the scene of the fatal shooting at 71 Lupine St. PAWTUCKET -- A 30-year-old man was......
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4:06 PM Tue, Feb 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Steve Szydlowski Chief Sachem Matthew Thomas of the Narragansett Indians listens as Judge Susan E. McGuirl issues her ruling today. PROVIDENCE......
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3:51 PM Tue, Feb 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- Lt. Gov. Elizabeth Roberts unveiled her proposed health-care reforms today to a State Room packed with legislators, advocates and medical professionals. "People have......
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3:43 PM Tue, Feb 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to see Bob Breidenbach's photos from today in Fort Myers, and to hear how it all sounded today, as recorded......
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3:08 PM Tue, Feb 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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Artwork by people suffering from Alzheimer's Disease and other memory disorders will be displayed at an art gallery on Providence's East Side starting tomorrow. An......
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3:02 PM Tue, Feb 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photo/ Mary Murphy Johnson & Wales School of Technology 's first distinguished visiting professor Gianfranco Zaccai, inventor of the Swiffer mop, speaks about......
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2:49 PM Tue, Feb 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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The most recent version of a 30-year-old bill that sets the parameters for spying gives the court the ability to approve law enforcement’s strategy for......
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2:31 PM Tue, Feb 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Rhode Island chapter of the American Red Cross is providing shelter, food and clothing to three adults and three children whose North Smithfield home......
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2:21 PM Tue, Feb 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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Edward J. McElroy, a past president of the Warwick and state teachers unions, announced today he will not seek re-election as leader of the national......
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2:17 PM Tue, Feb 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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AP/Photo Road traffic winds through Middlebury, Conn. after a tractor trailer carrying compressed hydrogen overturned and shut down Route 84. WATERBURY, Conn. — Dozens......
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2:13 PM Tue, Feb 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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Sharon Barr, the town’s finance director for the first five months of Jonathan F. Oster’s administration in 2001, and the wife of former state Rep.......
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A key Senate committee issued a comprehensive report today warning that there aren’t enough Department of Children, Youth and Family workers looking after neglected and......
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1:17 PM Tue, Feb 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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Providence Journal/Bill Murphy Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court John Roberts applauds the singing of "America The Beautiful" during his visit today......
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BOSTON — The Coast Guard says a problem with the computers that control an LNG tanker’s boilers caused a loss of power that left the......
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Pawtucket police were involved in a shooting early this morning. The shooting was at 71 Lupine St., at about 7:31 a.m., according to a statement......
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Providence Journal/Andrew Dickerman The group -- some in symbolic orange jumpsuits -- protested the erosion of of habeas corpus and other constitutional rights as......
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The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory, effective at 5 p.m., for "a significant winter storm" expected to affect southern New England......
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The state fire marshal told a jury today that when an alleged ally of the Lincoln town administrator was shaking down a contractor, the contractor......
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ALDI Supermarkets, the German-based company that plans to open five stores in Rhode Island is recruiting cashiers and shift managers for stores in Warwick and......
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Providence Journal/Bob Breidenbach There is already a lot of activity at the Boston Red Sox training facility in Fort Myers, Fla., today as the......
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Providence College made the honor roll last year. The school is one of nearly 530 schools across the country that made the President's Higher Education......
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PROVIDENCE -- A group of protesters has gathered outside the U.S. District Court, Providence, for the arrival of U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John G.......
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It’s a cold day for a swim, unless you’ve got blubber keeping you warm. Luckily for the harp seal rescued from Watch Hill, it’s got......
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PROVIDENCE -- U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts is set to visit Rhode Island today for a celebration of the federal courthouse in......
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A judge is expected to decide whether or not seven Narragansett Indians will have to stand trial for various misdemeanor charges resulting from a 2003......
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Today looks like yesterday, minus wind, plus snow. The National Weather Service is forecasting a high temperature near 29 degrees with a much milder wind.......
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Today's front page reports that a Brown University poll found that three-quarters of Rhode Islanders think the state is heading in the "wrong direction," and......
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7:10 PM Mon, Feb 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts is slated to visit Rhode Island tomorrow for a celebration of the federal courthouse in......
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The 933-foot liquefied natural gas tanker Catalunya Spirit is disabled and adrift in wind-driven seas some 37 miles east of Chatham, Mass., today. But the......
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Journal photo / Kris Craig Teachers' union members demonstrate their dissatisfaction this afternoon in front of the School Administration building. PROVIDENCE -- Carrying signs......
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PROVIDENCE -- The defense lawyer for ex-Lincoln Town Administrator Jonathan F. Oster this afternoon sought again to raise doubts about allegations that his client was......
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4:13 PM Mon, Feb 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Bob Thayer The Somerset Station power plant on Riverside Avenue, north of the Brightman Street Bridge, as it appears today. SOMERSET,......
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PROVIDENCE -- The chief public defender is accusing the attorney general’s office of displaying stunning “audacity” by trying to proceed with felony cases against 17-year-old......
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Ciresi PROVIDENCE -- A suspended North Providence police sergeant has been convicted of nine of 10 charges against him, including two counts of burglary,......
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2:46 PM Mon, Feb 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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BARRINGTON -- Frustrated by dozens of unsolved overnight breaks into cars parked in driveways near Rumstick Road, police today posted a $500 reward for information......
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1:34 PM Mon, Feb 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- The jury in ex-Lincoln Town Administrator Jonathan F. Oster's trial today heard a recorded meeting at a North Providence restaurant where a businessman,......
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U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy visited the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Providence this morning and announced that $6.9 million in federal money had been approved......
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1:11 PM Mon, Feb 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE — Superior Court Judge Susan E. McGuirl will rule tomorrow on whether to dismiss the cases against the seven Narragansett Indians charged in the......
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1:08 PM Mon, Feb 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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CRANSTON -- U.S Rep. Jim Langevin this morning announced legislation to provide health coverage for all Americans through a system modeled after the program that......
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Journal archive photo / Kathy Borchers Soap fragments go through a dryer inside Bradford's West Warwick plant in 2005. WEST WARWICK -- Employees at......
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Alfred J. Verrecchia said this morning he will step down in May from his post as chief executive officer of Hasbro Inc., the Pawtucket-based toymaker.......
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Journal photo/ Mary Murphy Joe Dutra, left, and Martha and George Neale with their daughters Chandler, 14, and Hadley, 17, stand on the Neale's......
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Sen. Hillary Clinton holds an 8-point lead over Sen. Barack Obama among likely Rhode Island Democratic presidential primary voters, a Brown University poll released this......
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So is this the worst wind we’ve had in years, or what? The short answer is no. Still, it's uncomfortable. As of 11 a.m., the......
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By Jack Perry Email
A.H. Belo Corp., the newspaper company spun off from Dallas-based Belo Corp., began trading this morning under the ticker symbol AHC on the New York......
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By Brandie Jefferson Email
What's the state of the city? Mayor David N. Cicilline is preparing to give his take on that question tomorrow at his annual State of......
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Gasoline prices in Rhode Island dropped another five cents to fall below $3.00 per gallon for the first time since early November, according to AAA......
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A 56-year-old man is scheduled for arraignment today for allegedly being half of a bank robbing duo. The police say Dennis Evans charged into a......
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By Jack Perry Email
Sales of Transformer action figures and purchases by consumers in foreign countries helped boost Hasbro's fourth quarter profits by 24 percent. Net income rose to......
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Journal photo/ Bill Murphy A woman battles the cold as she waits for a bus in Kennedy Plaza in Downtown Providence this morning. The......
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A Rhode Island Democrat and a Connecticut Republican are set to announce a universal health care plan today in Cranston. U.S. Rep. James Langevin, of......
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By Brandie Jefferson Email
And all of a sudden, it's winter again. Not a pretty winter-wonderland kind of winter, either. It's freezing; actually, below freezing, with the National Weather......
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By Jack Perry Email
Today's front page features a story about a United Way-sponsored hotline that helps people in need, fielding 100,000 calls in its first seven months. Download......
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