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September 29, 2008 Archives


Tonight: Alanis Morissette's music in Providence

7:10 PM Mon, Sep 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

Alanis Morissette performs at 7:30 tonight at the Providence Performing Arts Center in support of a new album, 'Flavors of Entanglement.' Tickets are $75.50, $52.50,......



'Pilgrimage of Peace' participants invite others

7:00 PM Mon, Sep 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

EXETER -- Participants in an interfaith Pilgrimage of Peace who plan to travel around New England on foot over the next 15 days to promote......



AG: School Board can confirm post in closed meeting

6:55 PM Mon, Sep 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

PROVIDENCE -- Reversing its earlier decision, the attorney general's office has now ruled that the School Board does not have to confirm Supt. Tom's Brady's......



Update: Providence teacher receives national honor / photo

6:51 PM Mon, Sep 29, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Mike McKinney    Email

Tina Pelit, a third-grade teacher at the Harry Kizarian Elementary School in Providence, was honored today with the No Child Left Behind American Star......



Update: Providence man recovering from bullet wound

6:41 PM Mon, Sep 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

PROVIDENCE -- Ricky Saunders, 32, of 118 Donelson St., Wanskuck, is recovering at Rhode Island Hospital after he was shot over the weekend, the police......



Providence teacher receives national honor / Photo

5:14 PM Mon, Sep 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
By maria caporizzo    Email

Tina Pelit, a third-grade teacher at the Harry Kizarian Elementary School in Providence, was honored today with the No Child Left Behind American Star......



Mall patrons' opinions vary on Wall Street bailout / Video

5:14 PM Mon, Sep 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
By maria caporizzo    Email

Paul Cardullo, 83, left, of Lakeland, Fla., and Anthony Balasco, 78, right, of Cranston, talk about the bailout during lunch at Warwick Mall. Providence Journal......



No West Nile or EEE found in latest R.I. tests

5:02 PM Mon, Sep 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

Tests turned up no West Nile Virus or Eastern Equine Encephalitis in 76 mosquito pools, or samples, from traps set around Rhode Island, the state......



Council 94 denied block of higher health-care costs

4:56 PM Mon, Sep 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

By Cynthia Needham Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE -- A Superior Court judge has denied a last-minute attempt by the state's largest public-employee union to......



Carcieri to recognize RI's Olympians this afternoon

3:42 PM Mon, Sep 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
By maria caporizzo    Email

Governor Carcieri plans to recognize several summer Olympians with Rhode Island ties this afternoon in the State House's State Room. At least three athletes will......



Update: Route 95 tractor-trailer rollover cleared / Video

3:33 PM Mon, Sep 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

Journal photo/ Bill Murphy Route 95 north at Warwick's exit 13 area has fully reopened after a tractor-trailer rollover there affected traffic for some......



Langevin on bailout failure: 'Skydiving without a parachute'

3:03 PM Mon, Sep 29, 2008 | | Comments (8)
By Mike McKinney    Email

By John Mulligan Journal Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- "We are now skydiving without a parachute," Rep. James R. Langevin said this afternoon as the $700......



Update: Narragansett search continues/ Photo

3:00 PM Mon, Sep 29, 2008 | | Comments (2)
By Mike McKinney    Email

The Providence Journal photo /Frieda Squires Family and friends gathered on the rocks at Black Point, off Ocean Road, Narragansett, look for Michael Oliveira,......



ACLU takes case of immigrant who died in custody

2:51 PM Mon, Sep 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

The Rhode Island affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union is providing legal representation to the family of Hui Liu Ng, the 34-year-old Chinese detainee......



$50M bail set for man calling himself 'Rockefeller'

1:26 PM Mon, Sep 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

BOSTON -- The man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller -- a German citizen whose twisted life of multiple aliases unraveled after he was charged with......



Audit finds misuse of funds at Education Partnership

12:43 PM Mon, Sep 29, 2008 | | Comments (8)
By Mike McKinney    Email

By Edward Fitzpatrick Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE -- To cover operating expenses, the Education Partnership grabbed a total of $784,000 from a scholarship fund and......



20 Providence firefighters are promoted

12:20 PM Mon, Sep 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

PROVIDENCE -- About 150 people -- family, friends and colleagues -- were on hand as 20 Providence firefighters and emergency medical services personnel were promoted......



Closing arguments begin in execs' corruption trial

11:52 AM Mon, Sep 29, 2008 | | Comments (2)
By Mike McKinney    Email

By W. Zachary Malinowski Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE -- Closing arguments got under way this morning in the corruption trial of two former Roger Williams......



Gas prices fall 6 cents

11:17 AM Mon, Sep 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

The price for gasoline dropped again last week, falling below $3.50 for the first time since April, according to AAA Southern New England. The average......



Crane damages school being built in Woonsocket

11:04 AM Mon, Sep 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

A crane fell and damaged a school building under construction in Woonsocket this morning. Nobody was injured, but the crane bent some of the steel......



RI to get $1.3M in region's $38M carbon credit auction

11:01 AM Mon, Sep 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
By maria caporizzo    Email

The historic auction of carbon credits for power plants in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic states raised more than $38 million on Friday, according to reports......



Arraignment today for man who calls himself Rockefeller

10:27 AM Mon, Sep 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
By maria caporizzo    Email

BOSTON -- The man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller is scheduled to be arraigned today on a variety of charges. Rockefeller is in Suffolk Superior......



Coast Guard searching off Narragansett, 1 body found

8:16 AM Mon, Sep 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

The Coast Guard and other public safety officials are still searching for a missing person near Black Point in Narragansett after recovering one body from......



Providence man shot in chest

7:26 AM Mon, Sep 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

By W. Zachary Malinowski Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE -- A city man was seriously wounded on Saturday morning after an unknown assailant shot him in......



Corruption trial resumes, Driscoll to be in court

7:22 AM Mon, Sep 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

By W. Zachary Malinowski Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE -- Closing arguments in the delayed federal corruption trial of two former Roger Williams Medical Center executives......



Today in history: The greatest catch ever

7:18 AM Mon, Sep 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

On this day in 1954, New York Giants centerfielder Willie Mays made a running catch with his back to home plate on a 450-foot blast......



More rain showers this morning

7:01 AM Mon, Sep 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

Look for more showers this morning with patchy fog in the Providence area. The high temperature should reach about 69 and while the showers should......



Today's front page: State workers head for the door

7:00 AM Mon, Sep 29, 2008 | | Comments (2)
By Jack Perry    Email

Today's front page features a report that the number of state workers opting for retirement has soared and continuing coverage on Congress's plan for bailing......



Traffic alert: Overturned truck on 95N near airport

6:59 AM Mon, Sep 29, 2008 | | Comments (2)
By Jack Perry    Email

An overturned truck is blocking traffic on Route 95 North near T.F. Green Airport, according to the state Traffic Management Center. Three left lanes are......