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July 8, 2008 Archives

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Tonight: Take your pick of outdoor concerts

6:54 PM Tue, Jul 08, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Andrea Panciera    Email

Too summery to stay inside tonight? Then you might enjoy one of these outdoor summer concerts: The John Moitoza Band, Dixieland jazz, Easton’s Beach, 175......

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PUC hears pleas against utility rate hikes / Photo

5:55 PM Tue, Jul 08, 2008 | | Comments (17)
By Andrea Panciera    Email

Journal photo / Andrew Dickerman Ada Morales, of Providence, wipes away tears as she shows notices that gas and electricity are going to be......

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Update: Whitehouse reads Washington's letter to Touro

5:14 PM Tue, Jul 08, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Brandie Jefferson    Email

Rhode Island Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse was among U.S. senators today who read from important documents that helped shape our nation, as the Senate celebrated Independence......

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Rhode Islander moving in to Big Brother house

4:42 PM Tue, Jul 08, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Andrea Panciera    Email

A new chapter is about to open in the saga of Rhode Islanders and reality TV. Michelle Costa, 28, of Cumberland is one of 13......

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Narragansett tribe member stabbed at Cape powwow

2:41 PM Tue, Jul 08, 2008 | | Comments (3)
By Jack Perry    Email

A 19-year-old Narragansett tribal member is in stable condition at Cape Cod Hospital after being stabbed while trying to break up a fight at a......

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Inmate returned to ACI after assault charge

11:48 AM Tue, Jul 08, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Brandie Jefferson    Email

An inmate at the Adult Correctional Institutions who is accused of assaulting another inmate is back at the ACI after a judge ordered him held......

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Education Partnership's finances, scholarship aid awry

11:38 AM Tue, Jul 08, 2008 | | Comments (12)
By Jack Perry    Email

PROVIDENCE -- The financial records of the nonprofit Education Partnership are in such disarray they will require a forensic accountant to review them, the lawyer......

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Survivor of Middletown plane crash still critical

10:21 AM Tue, Jul 08, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Brandie Jefferson    Email

The sole survivor of a plane crash in Middletown is still listed in critical condition today, according to Rhode Island Hospital spokeswoman Jill Reuter. Keith......

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Audubon to reopen Bristol boardwalk today

9:48 AM Tue, Jul 08, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Brandie Jefferson    Email

It’s a nice day for a walk by the waterfront. Luckily for Rhode Islanders, the Audubon Society is reopening a boardwalk that was damaged in......

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Search continues for missing boater from Conn.

9:35 AM Tue, Jul 08, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

The Coast Guard and other agencies were continuing their search this morning for a Connecticut man who fell off his sailboat yesterday afternoon near the......

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Traffic Alert: Oil spill on Route 95

8:21 AM Tue, Jul 08, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Brandie Jefferson    Email

An oil spill has a lane closed and is slowing traffic this morning. The accident, on the southbound side of the roadway has the right......

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Today in history: The king grants R.I. a charter

7:02 AM Tue, Jul 08, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

On this day in 1663, King Charles II of England granted a charter to Rhode Island. Read more about today in history. Watch a video......

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A high near 89, humid, thunderstorms possible later

7:01 AM Tue, Jul 08, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

The temperature in the Providence area should climb to 89 degrees under partly sunny skies today, according to the National Weather Service. The warm and......

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Today's front page: Paroled killer charged in robbery

7:00 AM Tue, Jul 08, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

Today's front page features the story of a paroled murderer accused of entering a North Kingstown house, threatening a woman at home with her baby......

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