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PROVIDENCE -- Ten days after the General Assembly cut local community aid and some health-care benefits to balance this year's state budget, it has an......
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5:30 PM Fri, May 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- U.S. Magistrate Judge David L. Martin today entered an order which clears the way for Jeffrey and Michael Derderian to be questioned under......
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4:39 PM Fri, May 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach Trent Sonnenfeldt listens to teammate Alexander Ku as he makes a suggestion during the National School Scrabble tournament today.......
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PROVIDENCE -- The state's fiscal 2009 budget deficit has grown to more than $430 million, based on information released today. The deficit for the year......
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3:50 PM Fri, May 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
Journal photo/ Bill Murphy As a peregrine falcon swoops in, Mike Amaral from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, left, ducks while lifting a......
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2:47 PM Fri, May 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Brandie Jefferson Email
Energy drinks, coffee, Bloody Marys, breakfast … it's the perfect recipe for an all-nighter. But these goodies, and more, aren’t being offered to late-night study......
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2:35 PM Fri, May 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
Journal photo/ Steve Szydlowski Governor Carcieri signs autographs for students from the Henry Barnard School, while everyone walks around the indoor track at the......
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By Brandie Jefferson Email
Tomorrow could be just another Saturday, but for dozens of students at a Providence school, it will be a day of cleaning, learning and service......
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By Brandie Jefferson Email
A seven-car accident has the highway partially closed downtown this afternoon. The Transportation Management Center is reporting the left and right center lanes are blocked......
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1:11 PM Fri, May 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
Pick a plant. Get gardening. The East Farm Spring Festival offers the opportunity. Tomorrow, rain or shine, the University of Rhode Island’s College of Environment......
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12:05 PM Fri, May 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Brandie Jefferson Email
There are two reasons to mail your Mothers’ Day card on time: 1) It will make you look good 2) If you wait until Monday,......
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12:00 PM Fri, May 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- Thomas "T.J." Wright had bruises all over his body, slap marks on his face, large pockets of blood in his skull, and a......
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11:50 AM Fri, May 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Brandie Jefferson Email
BOSTON — A compromise bill on Beacon Hill would allow offshore wind farms in ocean sanctuaries, but only if they are “appropriately scaled” and subject......
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11:06 AM Fri, May 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Brandie Jefferson Email
Thousands of athletes are coming to Rhode Island this summer to walk, run, swim –– even bowl –– in a sporting championship event that shows......
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10:43 AM Fri, May 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Brandie Jefferson Email
A Brown University graduate and former visiting fellow at Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies has died while working in Afghanistan, according to a......
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By Mike McKinney Email
PROVIDENCE -- They're playing Round One of the National School Scrabble Championship , held today at the Rhode Island Convention Center. Students from around the......
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7:02 AM Fri, May 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
BOSTON -- The operator of New England's power grid has lifted a power watch for Boston and northeastern Massachusetts. ISO-New England issued the advisory yesterday......
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7:01 AM Fri, May 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Brandie Jefferson Email
Don't let the mild morning fool you -- it's about 50 degrees at 6:30 a.m., but the National Weather Service is forecasting a high of......
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By Jack Perry Email
Today's front page features a story about a Newport woman accused of bilking investors out of $7.3 million. There's also a story about which candidate......
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7:08 PM Thu, May 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
The East Side Horns and Mac Odom and Chill play rhythm and blues and Motown at The Hi-Hat, 3 Davol Square, Providence. Call 453-6500, www.thehihat.com.......
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7:05 PM Thu, May 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- A bill introduced today would require state lawmakers to pay a share of medical, dental and vision plans that the state currently provides......
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6:34 PM Thu, May 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
Journal photo / Gretchen Ertl Caroly Shumway, director of conservation science for The Nature Conservancy's Providence office, drops some of the 20,000 pounds of......
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5:53 PM Thu, May 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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View Larger Map SOUTH KINGSTOWN -- After looking into other possible locations for the company’s headquarters, American Power Conversion has decided there’s no place like......
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5:11 PM Thu, May 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- Katherine Bunnell broke down in the court today, interrupting her trial on child murder charges, as the lead investigator read a statement he......
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4:58 PM Thu, May 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Brandie Jefferson Email
A Newport woman duped investors out of $7.3 million, using some of the money to buy a 65-foot yacht, rent a house in St. Barths......
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A pre-trial hearing for a former Central Falls councilman who faces three charges of sexual assault has been postponed to May 28. Luis Gil was......
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3:06 PM Thu, May 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
BARRINGTON -- A high school student has been charged with second-degree sexual assault following allegations that he molested a 16-year-old girl on multiple occasions, some......
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2:09 PM Thu, May 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
PROVIDENCE — A judge today said she needs to know more before deciding whether to ask the state Supreme Court if the Superior Court can......
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By Brandie Jefferson Email
BOSTON — The unusually large concentration of rare right whales that gathered last month to feed in Cape Cod Bay has moved on. The state......
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The Facebook social networking Internet site has agreed to carry out more than 40 safeguards that Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch and 48......
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By Mike McKinney Email
The Red Cross' Rhode Island chapter today announced a local address for people to send donations to help those affected by the deadly cyclone that......
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NEWPORT -- Phish-heads and Parrot-heads, unite! Trey Anastasio, the former Phish lead singer, has been added to the Newport Folk Festival, joining Jimmy Buffett, the......
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12:07 PM Thu, May 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- The babysitter who was there the night that toddler Thomas "T.J." Wright was fatally beaten came under withering cross examination today, as the......
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11:56 AM Thu, May 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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Aldi, a Germany-based chain, opens its second market in Rhode Island today at 1138 Pontiac Ave., in Cranston. Aldi opened its first Rhode Island store......
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11:25 AM Thu, May 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Brandie Jefferson Email
Journal Photo/Glenn Osmundson Wood is added to the fire at the First WaterFire of the season in 2003. PROVIDENCE -- The city's popular WaterFire......
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11:24 AM Thu, May 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
Lawyers for CapLease, the town of Johnston, and FM Global clashed this morning in Superior Court. CapLease, which owns FM Global's existing headquarters, is pursuing......
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9:56 AM Thu, May 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
PROVIDENCE -- A hearing is scheduled for Superior Court today involving a same-sex couple who were married in Massachusetts and are trying to get a......
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8:47 AM Thu, May 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Brandie Jefferson Email
A former Central Falls councilman who faces three charges of sexual assault is scheduled to appear in court this morning. Luis Gil was arrested Nov.......
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7:10 AM Thu, May 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Brandie Jefferson Email
Journal Photo/Gretchen Ertl Ticks used in a URI research study A University of Rhode Island Professor is warning that this summer may be a......
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7:06 AM Thu, May 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Brandie Jefferson Email
LOS ANGELES -- A Marine from Massachusetts sentenced to 15 years in the brig for killing an Iraqi civilian had his term reduced by four......
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7:06 AM Thu, May 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Peter Phipps Email
New bridge restrictions and the latest sounding on the Democratic primary lead today's Journal. Download file......
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7:02 AM Thu, May 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Brandie Jefferson Email
The weight limit on the Pawtucket River Bridge has been lowered again -- to 18 tons. More vehicles, including some full school buses, will be......
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7:01 AM Thu, May 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Brandie Jefferson Email
You can see for yourself, the warm, sunny days are over for the week. It's still warm, with a high temperature near 74 degrees, but......
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6:50 PM Wed, May 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
A new musical, Drowsy Chaperone, is onstage at 7:30 tonight at the Providence Performing Arts Center, 220 Weybosset St. The Journal today said the musical......
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6:46 PM Wed, May 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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BOSTON -- A man accused of raping and stalking a mentally disabled man is being held without bail in Bristol County after he was allegedly......
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6:17 PM Wed, May 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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SOUTH KINGSTOWN -- The school bus drivers ratified a three-year contract this afternoon, ending the threat of a strike that hovered over the district over......
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5:42 PM Wed, May 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
BROOKLINE, Mass. -- Despite a recent high-profile defeat, legislation to legalize casino gambling in Massachusetts "may yet come back," Gov. Deval Patrick said today. Patrick......
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4:47 PM Wed, May 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
When the Rhode Island Supreme Court hears arguments next week in the appeals of the state's landmark lead-paint decision, anyone with Internet access will be......
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3:02 PM Wed, May 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Brandie Jefferson Email
Governor Carcieri has removed Ellen R. Nelson as director of the state Department of Mental Health, Retardation and Hospitals, and appointed her his special adviser......
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2:57 PM Wed, May 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
Journal photo / Bill Murphy Nanci Sarganis, left, of Providence, chats with Anna Galloway, of East Greenwich, as the latter celebrates her 101st birthday......
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2:44 PM Wed, May 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
BURRILLVILLE — In the aftermath of a shooting involving a security guard, the Rhode Island Department of Mental Health, Retardation & Hospitals has cancelled its......
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1:50 PM Wed, May 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
PROVIDENCE -- The Route 146 exit from Route 95 north was shut down for a time overnight because the police found a man's body on......
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1:15 PM Wed, May 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- The state Department of Transportation said this morning that it has again reduced the weight limit on the Pawtucket River Bridge, which carries......
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12:23 PM Wed, May 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
WASHINGTON -- Lease-abiding renters in four New England states are losing their homes to foreclosure as fast or faster than single-family homeowners who default on......
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12:02 PM Wed, May 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
PROVIDENCE -- The babysitter whom Katherine S. Bunnell hired to care for her children the night 3-year-old Thomas "T.J." Wright was killed took the witness......
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12:00 PM Wed, May 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photo/ Bill Murphy CVS Chairman Tom Ryan at the annual shareholders meeting. Shareholders gathered this morning for CVS Caremark Corp.'s annual meeting narrowly......
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11:37 AM Wed, May 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Brandie Jefferson Email
AP/Photo Alex the parrot is pictured in a 2006 handout photo. In two decades of studies at MIT, Alex -- who died last September......
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11:14 AM Wed, May 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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NEW LONDON, Conn. -- The Coast Guard Academy says Vice President Dick Cheney will speak at its commencement ceremony May 21. Academy officials say the......
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10:51 AM Wed, May 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
Although Sen. Barack Obama's near-miss in Indiana and his crushing victory in North Carolina have made Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's pursuit a majority of Democratic......
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10:28 AM Wed, May 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Brandie Jefferson Email
BOSTON — Gov. Deval Patrick says a bill to bring legalized gambling to Massachusetts “may yet come back in the Legislature.” And he says he’s......
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10:08 AM Wed, May 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Brandie Jefferson Email
AP/Photo A rare North Atlantic right whale dives in Cape Cod Bay near Provincetown, Mass. ON CAPE COD BAY, Mass. (AP) — A spotter......
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9:50 AM Wed, May 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Brandie Jefferson Email
An arraignment is scheduled today for a man accused of shooting killing an acquaintance last May after an argument. Kelbyn Ramirez, also known as Kelvyn......
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By Brandie Jefferson Email
How is science used in the political sphere? Do the tenants of science and the results of research influence policy in a straightforward way? Or......
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The Mayor of Pawtucket and the state's Attorney General are announcing a new program to help families who may be in danger of losing their......
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8:58 AM Wed, May 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
PROVIDENCE -- From expert advice on decorating your home office to dining etiquette for the busy professional to fine tuning your résumé, several free seminars......
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8:40 AM Wed, May 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Brandie Jefferson Email
Traffic on Route 195 in East Providence is snarled this morning after a fuel leak led to lane and exit closures. The accident, on the......
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8:32 AM Wed, May 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
PROVIDENCE -- The second and last day of Business Expo 2008 will be held today at the Rhode Island Convention Center, highlighted by a keynote......
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7:40 AM Wed, May 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
This Sunday has a special place in the hearts of many women -- it's Mother's Day. Yes, it may be a card-company opportunity, and exploited......
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7:26 AM Wed, May 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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Testimony is set to resume today in the trial of a 24-year-old woman who faces murder charges after the beating death of her 3-year-old nephew,......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- House lawmakers plan to debate two bills that would allow gay couples legally united elsewhere to divorce in Rhode Island courts. The......
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7:01 AM Wed, May 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Brandie Jefferson Email
It's already nice outside, and it's only going to get better. By 6:30, we were already seeing temperatures in the 50s and the National Weather......
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7:00 AM Wed, May 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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Today's front page features coverage of the Democrat primaries with the John Mulligan of the Journal's Washington bureau reporting from Indiana. Download a copy of......
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7:00 PM Tue, May 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
Alternative rockers Third Eye Blind, whose debut album in the late 1990s helped established wide fan appeal, play Providence tonight. Third Eye Blind perform tonight......
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5:55 PM Tue, May 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- Within minutes of the General Assembly's override of Governor Carcieri's veto of legislation allowing weekend and holiday 24-hour gambling, a spokeswoman for Twin......
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5:48 PM Tue, May 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Frieda Squires Scott Hobson, director of environmental permitting for Caputo and Wick, LTD., Rumford; Scott Ruhren, director of conservation for the......
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5:10 PM Tue, May 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
PROVIDENCE -- The General Assembly has overriden Governor Carcieri's veto of legislation allowing 24-hour gambling on weekends and holidays at Twin River in Lincoln and......
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4:59 PM Tue, May 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- The House voted 51 to 16 late this afternoon to override Governor Carcieri's veto of legislation allowing 24-hour gambling on weekends and holidays......
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4:54 PM Tue, May 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- Jeffrey and Michael Derderian say they are willing to submit to questioning under oath by lawyers representing victims of the disastrous 2003 fire......
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4:14 PM Tue, May 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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ATTLEBORO, Mass. -- An Attleboro man was charged with assault with intent to murder after the police investigated the case of a male with multiple......
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4:00 PM Tue, May 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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The state Department of Health has shut down Prime Drug Pharmacy in Providence, whose owner is one of two elderly men charged in federal court......
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3:56 PM Tue, May 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- Despite suffering a minor stroke last week, Senior U.S. District Judge Ronald R. Lagueux is expected to continue handling cases such as a......
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3:43 PM Tue, May 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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Sonny Rollins, Herbie Hancock and Chris Botti are among the headliners of this summer's JVC Jazz Festival Newport, which announced its lineup today. A lot......
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By Brandie Jefferson Email
Two lanes on Route 95 are blocked this afternoon after an accident just south of Providence. The accident is on the northbound side of the......
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AP/Photo Race driver Danica Patrick prepares to practice today for the Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. –– For......
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2:24 PM Tue, May 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal Photo/Brandie M. Jefferson Sometime Tuesday morning, this banner was secured to the Broadway Street overpass in Providence. Journal Photo/Brandie M. Jefferson Just after......
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The Rhode Island Foundation today announced that is has named Neil Steinberg, a former bank chairman and current chief of Brown University's money-raising campaign, to......
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1:44 PM Tue, May 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- Two elderly men, including an owner of Prime Drug, were charged in federal court today with multiple counts alleging that they illegally distributed......
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PROVIDENCE -- Three-and-a-half years after a 3-year-old boy was brutally beaten to death in Woonsocket, a prosecutor sought today to blame the beating on his......
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12:19 PM Tue, May 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Brandie Jefferson Email
A company proposing an offshore wind farm in Buzzards Bay is dropping one of three locations it was considering. Patriots Renewables said it’s no longer......
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The state Emergency Management Agency, partnering with the state Department of Health, has begun delivering $533,000 worth of equipment and medications for licensed ambulances to......
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12:01 PM Tue, May 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- Opening statements are expected to begin shortly in the conspiracy and murder trial of Katherine Bunnell, the 24-year-old Woonsocket woman accused with her......
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By Jack Perry Email
PROVIDENCE -- Free, expert business advice. That’s what you’ll get when you visit The Providence Journal’s booth at this year’s Business Expo, today and tomorrow,......
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Fire crews from Central Falls and a rescue team from Pawtucket are on the scene at a Central Falls Fire. The scene, at 36 Clay......
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10:12 AM Tue, May 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Brandie Jefferson Email
SPEEDWAY, Ind. –– Indiana’s crucial Democratic presidential primary is too close to call –– at least if there’s any trend to be gleaned from random......
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Local businesses in the Ocean State are owned by Rhode Islanders who’ve settled here from around the world. The annual Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce's......
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7:51 AM Tue, May 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Brandie Jefferson Email
Journal file photo Katherine Bunnell of Woonsocket, aunt and legal guardian of 3-year-old T.J. Wright, at her 2005 arraignment in Providence County Superior Court......
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PROVIDENCE -- More information will be released today on last night's raids by federal and state officials on a Providence drug store and a Cranston......
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The Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce's 2008 Business Expo is hosting more than a dozen workshops and lectures with local and international appeal to help......
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Look out for a bit of fog this morning before 9, aside from that, we can expect a nearly perfect day with mostly sunny skies,......
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Today's front page features a story about a sharp decline in state revenue and coverage of the Democrat primary in Indiana by John Mulligan of......
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Coming to AS220 in Providence tonight are rock bands Off Target, Animals Amongst Men, Bill and People of Color. The club is at 115 Empire......
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Journal photo / Kathy Borchers Mtembei, right, at about 10 feet tall, celebrated his first birthday today with his mother Sukari, center, and Aunt......
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6:40 PM Mon, May 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
PROVIDENCE -- Governor Carcieri has vetoed legislation that would allow 24-hour gambling on weekends and holidays at the state’s two video-slot emporiums in Lincoln and......
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6:18 PM Mon, May 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- Jury selection got under way today in federal court in the corruption trial of two former CVS drugstore executives accused of bribing a......
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6:00 PM Mon, May 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
A group of Aquidneck Island residents has assembled the first organized opposition to Governor Carcieri’s plan to develop a large-scale wind farm off the coast......
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Journal photo / Andrew Dickerman SNM Liquors owner Sean Merilan listens as two Barrington teenagers testify before the Board of Licenses today. PROVIDENCE --......
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By Peter Phipps Email
PROVIDENCE –– The state’s largest revenue sources –– income and sales taxes –– are down sharply through the first 10 months of the fiscal year.......
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By Mike McKinney Email
BOSTON -- Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States, this morning began a two-day stint......
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PROVIDENCE -- U.S. District Judge Ronald R. Lagueux suffered a minor stroke on Thursday, April 24, the federal court disclosed this afternoon. A court statement......
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Earlier this year, the Department of Environmental Management put local businesses on notice: It's time to start following the state’s recycling rules. Tuesday the DEM......
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2:32 PM Mon, May 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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SOUTH KINGSTOWN — A Superior Court judge today ordered the woman police say was driving drunk when she hit a teenager changing a tire to......
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2:21 PM Mon, May 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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This booking photo released by the Nashua, N.H., Police Dept., shows Ivonne Hernandez on Friday after her arrest in Nashua. NASHUA, N.H. -- A......
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2:01 PM Mon, May 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Brandie Jefferson Email
The Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce's 2008 Business Expo is hosting more than a dozen workshops and lectures with local and international appeal to help......
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1:33 PM Mon, May 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
Journal file photo Katherine Bunnell of Woonsocket, aunt and legal guardian of 3-year-old T.J. Wright, at her 2005 arraignment in Providence County Superior Court......
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1:14 PM Mon, May 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
Gasoline prices in Rhode Island inched up another penny yesterday to average $3.609 a gallon, setting another record. A survey of local dealers by the......
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FOSTER -- An 80-year-old Connecticut man was killed and four other people injured in an accident yesterday afternoon on Route 6, the police said. Charles......
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By Brandie Jefferson Email
As the nation gears up for two more Democratic presidential primaries, here in Rhode Island, students are getting a lesson in civics that may help......
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By Mike McKinney Email
The Providence Housing Authority will get $266,713 in federal money to provide "permanent supportive housing" to about 35 homeless veterans, U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I.,......
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It’s time for spring cleaning in Ward 15. That means throwing out the trash, recycling, taking care of boarded up houses, and even doing something......
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PROVIDENCE -- Three men were charged with felony assault this morning for the vicious attack of a streetworker for the Institute for the Study......
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11:16 AM Mon, May 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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The keys to finding answers to some of the big problems may lie in understanding the nature of the very small. To that end, Brown......
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11:06 AM Mon, May 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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You may love your neighborhood, but that doesn’t mean it’s perfect. Residents of the Fox Point, College Hill and Wayland neighborhoods will get the chance......
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10:59 AM Mon, May 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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BURRILLVILLE -- A security guard at the Zambarano Hospital says he fired a gun at someone who came at him with a knife last night......
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10:00 AM Mon, May 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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Police departments are about to get some support from the federal government and local schools and universities for community policing programs. The Rhode Island Municipal......
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9:25 AM Mon, May 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. –– After what he called “a rough couple of weeks,” including a big loss in Pennsylvania and a flare-up over damaging remarks by......
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8:23 AM Mon, May 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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AP/Photo Members of Ballet Folklorico spin while marching during the Cinco de Mayo parade in Detroit yesterday. Today is not Mexican Independence Day. It’s......
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7:02 AM Mon, May 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- Jury selection was set to begin today in the trial of two former CVS executives accused in a widespread federal probe into corruption......
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Check this out: Cloudless, sunny skies. Temperatures approaching 70 degrees, and mild winds from the southeast. Sounds like the good side of spring. Tonight the......
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Today's front page features coverage of the makeover of the Silva family's home in Warwick. It was featured last night on the ABC television show......
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