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July 25, 2008 Archives


Update: Russian sub finally makes it to the surface

7:07 PM Fri, Jul 25, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Andrea Panciera    Email

PROVIDENCE -- At 6:02 p.m. tonight, the Russian missile submarine Juliett 484 rose from under water, its bow majestically breaking through the surface of Providence......



Memorial set for Sea Breeze owner as search goes on

6:56 PM Fri, Jul 25, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Andrea Panciera    Email

The Coast Guard believes that Philip Ruhle Sr. is out there, somewhere. And the search for the missing captain aboard the Sea Breeze, which capsized......



Update: Local Idol winner is N. Kingstown teen / Video

5:06 PM Fri, Jul 25, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Andrea Panciera    Email

Journal video / Rita Escolero Idol hopefuls strut their stuff at Swansea Mall today. SWANSEA, Mass. -- The American Idol gods have spoken. After......



WJAR reporter caught in controversy is leaving

5:03 PM Fri, Jul 25, 2008 | | Comments (6)
By Andrea Panciera    Email

A WJAR television reporter whose two-part series called into question the effectiveness of Rhode Island tourism centers -- and set off a storm of controversy......



Police probing disappearance of Warren couple

4:35 PM Fri, Jul 25, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Brandie Jefferson    Email

WARREN -- The police department today issued a missing persons report for a Baltimore Avenue couple who've been missing for more than a week. For......



Concrete pour for Iway closing some Rte. 95 lanes

4:23 PM Fri, Jul 25, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Brandie Jefferson    Email

PROVIDENCE -- Up to two lanes will be closed on Route 95 north and south Saturday morning while workers pour concrete as part of the......



Advisory group picked to help oversee Landmark

4:14 PM Fri, Jul 25, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Brandie Jefferson    Email

An out-of-state health industry advisory group will work with a Pawtucket attorney overseeing the troubled Landmark Medical Center in Woonsocket. Superior Court Associate Justice Michael......



Traffic Alert: Route 95 @ Route 195

4:12 PM Fri, Jul 25, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Brandie Jefferson    Email

A lane is closed on Route 95 this afternoon after an accident. The lane, on the southbound side of the roadway, has closed the right......



Containers in E. Providence not dangerous / Video

3:33 PM Fri, Jul 25, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

Journal photo/ Bill Murphy East Providence firefighter Stephen Dominicone wears a hazardous materials suit as he examines suspicious containers found at Rose Larisa Memorial......



Sunken Russian sub on its way to the surface

2:30 PM Fri, Jul 25, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Andrea Panciera    Email

PROVIDENCE -- The sunken Russian missile submarine resting on the bottom of Providence harbor is on track to finally rise out of the water this......



Update: 3 suspects in wild bank robbery ID'd

2:21 PM Fri, Jul 25, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

PROVIDENCE -- A suspect in a wild bank robbery yesterday that led to police coming under fire and the suspect shooting himself dead has been......



Rip currents keeping Misquamicut lifeguards on run / Video

2:03 PM Fri, Jul 25, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Andrea Panciera    Email

WESTERLY -- Lifeguards at Misquamicut State Beach raced into the water five times this morning to rescue swimmers caught in dangerous rip-tide currents. "You can't......



Puerto Rican festival gets approval, starts tonight

1:44 PM Fri, Jul 25, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Jack Perry    Email

PROVIDENCE -- The City Licensing Board gave unanimous approval for a liquor license for the Puerto Rican Cultural Festival, a move that will enable the......



Cape man charged in baseball bat beating freed

12:39 PM Fri, Jul 25, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Brandie Jefferson    Email

BARNSTABLE, Mass. -- A Massachusetts judge has freed a Cape Cod man accused of using a baseball bat to assault a New York man because......



9 R.I. beaches closed after heavy rain

11:56 AM Fri, Jul 25, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Brandie Jefferson    Email

The sun is shining and the temperature is rising -- and it's the first day in a while that sunseekers might actually consider going to......



Carcieri to Council 94: No more negotiations

11:55 AM Fri, Jul 25, 2008 | | Comments (46)
By Brandie Jefferson    Email

One day after the state's largest employees union overwhelmingly rejected a four-year deal, the governor said he is done negotiating. Council 94, American Federation of......



Trooper says tribe member's movement caused ankle break

11:51 AM Fri, Jul 25, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

PROVIDENCE -- A state trooper accused of violating a Narragansett tribe member's civil rights during the 2003 smoke-shop raid continued his testimony this morning in......



Today's front page: 1 missing as fishing boat sinks

10:31 AM Fri, Jul 25, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

Today's front page reports on the sinking Wednesday of a Rhode Island fishing boat off the coast of New Jersey. Two crew members were rescued,......



Man accused of extreme drunk driving to be arraigned

9:41 AM Fri, Jul 25, 2008 | | Comments (3)
By Brandie Jefferson    Email

A man is scheduled for arraignment today after the police say he crashed his car on the highway and subsequently tested six times higher than......



Boston Herald: Defense lawyer Richard Egbert dies

9:26 AM Fri, Jul 25, 2008 | | Comments (7)
By Jack Perry    Email

Lawyer Richard Egbert, who has defended many well-known Rhode Islanders, including former Providence Mayor Vincent A. "Buddy" Cianci, has died of an apparent heart......



Storm fells tree in North Kingstown / Photo

8:40 AM Fri, Jul 25, 2008 | | Comments (3)
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

Two days of battering rain storms took their toll on this tree -- and another beside it -- on Candlewood Drive in North Kingstown overnight....



Search continues for missing R.I. fisherman

7:33 AM Fri, Jul 25, 2008 | | Comments (2)
By Jack Perry    Email

The Coast Guard continues its search this morning for a Rhode Island fisherman missing since his boat capsized and sank Wednesday night off Atlantic City,......



Another try for the Russian sub raising

7:02 AM Fri, Jul 25, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Jack Perry    Email

The effort has been delayed before, but the U.S. Navy says today it will try to raise a Russian sub that sank in the Providence......



Today in history: The Andrea Doria sinks

7:01 AM Fri, Jul 25, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

On this day in 1956, the Italian liner Andrea Doria collided with the Swedish ship Stockholm off the New England coast, claiming the lives of......



Sunny skies and a high near 85

7:00 AM Fri, Jul 25, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

The region should dry out today. The National Weather Service forecasts sunny skies with a high near 85 in the Providence area. The heavy rain......