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6:47 PM Fri, Oct 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- They're compositions by some of the great serious composers -- but on Halloween they're just more spooky tunes. Tonight, at five minutes before......
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6:22 PM Fri, Oct 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John Hill Journal staff writer Well, it looks like the first return for the presidential election is in, and Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau is......
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5:24 PM Fri, Oct 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / John Freidah Spanish students from East Greenwich High School host kindergartners from Laurel Hill Elementary School in Providence today to teach......
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5:04 PM Fri, Oct 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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Make sure you feel well all winter -- drop into one of a handful of participating walk-in clinics around the state tomorrow and get vaccinated......
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3:45 PM Fri, Oct 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- The police this afternoon have identified a woman who was critically injured in a hit-and-run yesterday evening as 38-year-old Providence resident Michelle Nicholson.......
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3:20 PM Fri, Oct 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- Charlestown assistant solicitor for Indian Affairs Joseph S. Larisa Jr. has agreed to step aside and let a former U.S. solicitor general argue......
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2:51 PM Fri, Oct 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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SWANSEA, Mass. -- Swansea Lounge Inc., the company that owns the Venus de Milo restaurant, will pay $160,000 in restitution and a $50,000 penalty to......
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2:47 PM Fri, Oct 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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As Rhode Island suffers from the highest unemployment rate in the country, the state Department of Labor and Training's call center will be open to......
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1:13 PM Fri, Oct 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photo/ Steve Szydlowski A worker from Clean Harbors spreads a drying agent on a fuel spill on North Main Street, Providence, after a......
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12:31 PM Fri, Oct 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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CENTRAL FALLS -- The Police Department and the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility unveiled a revised juvenile curfew today -- a Halloween rule that is......
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11:56 AM Fri, Oct 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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The U.S. Supreme Court has sent the question of who will handle a landmark tribal land case back to the parties involved. This morning, the......
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11:28 AM Fri, Oct 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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Good news: We get an extra hour this weekend. Even better news: It might be good for your heart. Daylight Saving Time ends this weekend......
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11:19 AM Fri, Oct 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photo/ Bill Murphy A firefighter from the East Providence Fire Department's hazardous materials team gets help with his boot as he dons a......
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7:59 AM Fri, Oct 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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WARWICK -- Some 200 people showed up this morning at 8 for what they thought was the grand opening of the first Rhode Island Trader......
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7:57 AM Fri, Oct 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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NORFOLK, Mass. -- Norfolk police have charged a teenager in connection with a drinking party that resulted in the death of a high school student.......
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7:47 AM Fri, Oct 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- A woman is in critical condition at Rhode Island Hospital after she was hit by a car yesterday evening. The woman's name was......
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7:20 AM Fri, Oct 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Richard C. Dujardin Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE -- The state's Roman Catholic bishop announced he plans to join with the anti-abortion group 40 Days......
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7:03 AM Fri, Oct 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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On this day in 1999, EgyptAir Flight 990 crashed off the Massachusetts coast, killing all 217 people aboard. In the aftermath, Rhode Island becomes the......
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7:01 AM Fri, Oct 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- Happy Halloween! We got a cold start (again) but temperatures should be warming up to near 59. Tonight, temperatures should remain on the......
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7:00 AM Fri, Oct 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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Today's front page features a Halloween story about a vampire legend in Exeter. There's also continuing coverage of the presidential election and scary news on......
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6:44 PM Thu, Oct 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Bob Thayer Twelve-month-old Peri Skovron, of Johnston, acts like a baby chick during the preschool Halloween parade at Barnes & Noble......
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6:33 PM Thu, Oct 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- One-time presidential candidate and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee returns to Rhode Island tonight for a speech at Brown University. Huckabee will deliver......
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6:24 PM Thu, Oct 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Alisha A. Pina Journal staff writer EAST PROVIDENCE -- The contract for the city's about 500 teachers expires tomorrow on Halloween, creating the possibility......
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6:17 PM Thu, Oct 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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Democrat Barack Obama powered to an overwhelming presidential victory this week among thousands of Rhode Islanders -- except that they can't really vote for him......
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5:12 PM Thu, Oct 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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CHARLESTOWN -- A 4 p.m. deadline passed today, and still two of the four Charlestown Town Council members did not attend a special meeting, leaving......
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5:07 PM Thu, Oct 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John Hill Journal staff writer North Smithfield High School was evacuated and a student was arrested this afternoon after school officials emptied the school......
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4:43 PM Thu, Oct 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Bob Thayer Carl V. Dupre of Coventry, right, winner of the Scare Rhode Island competition, shares a jail cell today with......
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4:32 PM Thu, Oct 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Timothy C. Barmann Journal staff writer A toilet pipe in a bathroom became clogged at the Adult Correctional Institutions in Cranston on Wednesday, causing......
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4:29 PM Thu, Oct 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Lisa Vernon-Sparks Journal staff writer WARWICK -- Beginning Nov. 1, ratepayers would see an average increase of about 22 percent in their quarterly water......
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4:27 PM Thu, Oct 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- The mother of a 22-day-old baby girl hospitalized Saturday with a fractured skull and facial injuries was arraigned in District Court, Providence, and......
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4:13 PM Thu, Oct 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Gina Macris Journal staff writer TIVERTON -- The teachers union, whose 200 members have been working more than a year without a contract, says......
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4:01 PM Thu, Oct 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Donita Naylor Journal staff writer EXETER -- Governor Carcieri dedicated $5.7 million in improvements at the Rhode Island Veterans Cemetery this morning, saying the......
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3:59 PM Thu, Oct 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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CHARLESTOWN -- For the second time today, two of the four Charlestown Town Council members did not attend a special meeting, putting on hold a......
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3:34 PM Thu, Oct 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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CHARLESTOWN -- Citing alarm "at the prospect of the U.S. Supreme Court refusing to hear the land-trust case because of the intransigence and narcissism of......
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2:31 PM Thu, Oct 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photo/ John Freidah The restored Abraham Lincoln statue at Roger Williams Park in Providence was rededicated today during a ceremony attended by Governor......
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1:42 PM Thu, Oct 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Journal staff writer BARRINGTON -- Because Halloween is tomorrow, students are out of school Tuesday for Election Day, and Wednesday......
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1:02 PM Thu, Oct 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today it is fining Arkwright Inc., now renamed Océ Imaging Supplies, Inc., up to $200,000 for violating the Clean......
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12:59 PM Thu, Oct 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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WARREN -- An East Greenwich man is accused of robbing a 27-year-old woman at a bus stop in Warren Monday. He allegedly theatened to shoot......
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11:46 AM Thu, Oct 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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FALL RIVER, Mass. -- A 20-year-old was shot dead last night in Fall River, the Bristol County District Attorney's Office said. The man, Eric Sullivan......
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11:03 AM Thu, Oct 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- A Warren-based agency that provides housing for the homeless is receiving a $2 million grant from the federal government to provide services for......
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10:58 AM Thu, Oct 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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FALL RIVER -- A 20-year-old Fall River man was shot dead last night in Fall River, the Bristol County (Mass.) District Attorney's Office said. The......
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10:47 AM Thu, Oct 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- Rhode Island arts organizations are being hard hit by the economic downturn, according to a study released today by the Rhode Island State......
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10:15 AM Thu, Oct 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photo/ Bill Murphy After protesting outside, members of Ocean State Action went into the State House this morning to deliver a book to......
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9:32 AM Thu, Oct 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photo/ Bill Murphy Onlookers from inside The Rug Factory store, located in a former mill building on Mineral Spring Avenue in Pawtucket, check......
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9:15 AM Thu, Oct 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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EXETER -- Gov. Carcieri, Sen. Jack Reed and Congressmen Patrick Kennedy and James Langevin this morning will dedicate the new administration building and information kiosk......
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8:16 AM Thu, Oct 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- The mother of a 22-day-old baby girl hospitalized Saturday with a fractured skull and facial injuries will be arraigned this morning in Providence......
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7:55 AM Thu, Oct 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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WOONSOCKET, R.I. (AP) -- Drugstore operator and pharmacy benefits manager CVS Caremark Corp. says its profit grew 7 percent in the third quarter as retail......
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7:45 AM Thu, Oct 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- The Rhode Island Health Literacy Project will hold a panel discussion this morning on health literacy. Studies show that some 47 percent of......
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7:15 AM Thu, Oct 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- Today is all about the economy as state and local leaders meet to discuss the economic outlook. General Treasurer Frank T. Caprio kicks......
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7:05 AM Thu, Oct 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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On this day in 1938, the radio play "The War of the Worlds," starring Orson Welles, aired on CBS. The live drama, which employed fake......
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7:01 AM Thu, Oct 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- It is cold, all right. While sunny, today's high should top at near 50, with a northwest wind between 7 and 14 mph......
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7:00 AM Thu, Oct 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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Today's front page features photographs and a story about Rhode Island students participating in a mock election to increase awareness of the electoral process. There's......
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6:40 PM Wed, Oct 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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Head to Brown University for a sonic experience tonight. Known as "Automatic Nervous Response," the ongoing project is said to explore extreme states of body......
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6:17 PM Wed, Oct 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- At least 500 members of the city's six unions turned out Wednesday evening to protest a change in their health care benefits. The......
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5:49 PM Wed, Oct 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Tatiana Pina Journal staff writer PAWTUCKET -- The mother of a 22-day-old baby girl hospitalized Saturday with a fractured skull and facial injuries has......
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5:30 PM Wed, Oct 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Journal Staff Writer SOMERSET, Mass. -- A long-running controversy over property once owned by a former town official came to......
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5:01 PM Wed, Oct 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By RICK MASSIMO Journal pop music writer The University of Rhode Island's Songs of Social Justice series was one of the highlights of the 2006......
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4:52 PM Wed, Oct 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- The Carcieri administration has given its chief of legal services, Louis DeQuattro, a new title and a $33,183 raise. In response to inquiries,......
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4:45 PM Wed, Oct 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Bruce Landis Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE -- Superior Court Judge Francis J. Darrigan this afternoon dismissed ethics charges against former Senate President William V.......
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4:43 PM Wed, Oct 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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JOHNSTON -- Fifteen acres of Mathewson Farm will be preserved now that the state Department of Environmental Management has obtained the land's development rights. The......
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4:38 PM Wed, Oct 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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Until recently, Rhode Island treated its chronic homeless population much like other states. It placed each person in a night-to-night shelter on the condition they......
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4:34 PM Wed, Oct 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Felice J. Freyer Journal Medical Writer The Rhode Island Free Clinic, in South Providence, unable to meet the demand, is asking primary care doctors......
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4:22 PM Wed, Oct 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Tatiana Pina Journal staff writer WOONSOCKET -- The police have arrested a 19-year-old Woonsocket man in connection with the killing of 22-year-old Robert Jones,......
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3:47 PM Wed, Oct 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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DURHAM, N.H. -- The U.S. Forest Service and state agencies across the Northeast say residents can help protect forests by buying and burning only local......
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3:44 PM Wed, Oct 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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Test results today show total coliform bacteria is still present in one building at the University of Rhode Island's main campus in Kingston. With that......
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3:42 PM Wed, Oct 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Tatiana Pina Journal staff writer CENTRAL FALLS -- A 24-year-old woman is being held at the Adult Correctional Institutions after she allegedly punched a......
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3:23 PM Wed, Oct 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Lisa Vernon-Sparks Journal staff writer COVENTRY -- Myles Marino, a second-grader at Tiogue Elementary School, closely surveys his list of choices. Each one had......
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2:43 PM Wed, Oct 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Philip Marcelo Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE -- Members of six city unions opposing a plan to change the city's health care benefit manager are......
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2:18 PM Wed, Oct 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photo/ Steve Szydlowski Rhode Island College sophomore Aaron Buckley voices his displeasure over tuition hikes at Rhode Island College before he and others......
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The American Civil Liberties Union's Rhode Island chapter asserts in a federal lawsuit that the city of East Providence violated former state Sen. Michael J.......
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1:37 PM Wed, Oct 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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LITTLE COMPTON -- A Little Compton officer whose police gear was stolen last week while off duty in Portsmouth has been suspended without pay for......
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12:50 PM Wed, Oct 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- At the rate recession-wary Rhode Islanders are buying Lottery tickets and playing their favorite video slot machines, the state's gambling receipts will fall......
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Journal photo / Frieda Squires Kris Maynard, 20, left, and Danny Descosiers, 19, right, special needs students at Hope High School, get help from......
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12:07 PM Wed, Oct 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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WARWICK -- Jurors in the retrial of James Richardson, accused of murdering Margaret Duffy-Stephenson of Warwick in 2005, today are hearing a police detective talk......
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11:57 AM Wed, Oct 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- Rhode Island is joining six other Northeast states in petitioning the EPA to control out-of-region mercury emissions that contaminate fish, the state Department......
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PROVIDENCE -- Bishop Tomas J. Tobin issued this week guidance to Rhode Island Catholics on how to vote in the upcoming elections. In his weekly......
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11:11 AM Wed, Oct 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- In a state with a growing percentage of residents who are obese or overweight, Governor Carcieri this morning recognized five innovative programs that......
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9:48 AM Wed, Oct 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- A 31-year-old Massachusetts man has pleaded guilty to taking part in a $1.8 million credit card scam at Foxwoods Resort Casino, federal......
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LOWELL, Mass. -- A Lawrence, Mass., barber who killed one man and wounded two others during an alcohol-fueled argument in a moving van over a......
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PROVIDENCE -- Rhode Island College students plan to rally today to protest tuition hikes and the state's funding cuts to higher education. The rally is......
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WOONSOCKET, R.I. (AP) -- The Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence has launched a review of a Woonsocket parish's finances after the parish council questioned what......
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8:07 AM Wed, Oct 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- Today is day two of the state's semiannual Revenue & Caseload Estimating Conference when budget officers and fiscal advisers (and guest economists) discuss......
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7:38 AM Wed, Oct 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- The state Department of Transportation today is opening a temporary on-ramp from Blackstone Street to Route 95 south accessible from Allens Avenue. The......
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An accident has blocked the two right lanes on Route 95 north at Exit 27 for downtown Pawtucket, according to the state Traffic Management Center.......
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On this day in 1929, stock prices collapsed on the New York Stock Exchange amid panic selling. Thousands of investors were wiped out. Read more......
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PROVIDENCE -- Cloudy and breezy. Not bad compared to yesterday. Highs will top near 48 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. We'll still see......
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Today's front page features coverage of two key state Senate races. One is the Senate District 17 race between incumbent Democrat Joseph A. Montalbano, the......
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6:58 PM Tue, Oct 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Gregory Smith Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE -- The police are paying special attention to an armed robber who has held up two apparel shops......
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ATTLEBORO, Mass. -- A homeless man who stole a $1 bill and a bag of empty cans from a 10-year-old girl has been sentenced to......
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TIVERTON -- There was an electrical accident in Tiverton today in which a man came into contact with a power line, according to National Grid......
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4:53 PM Tue, Oct 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike Stanton Journal staff writer Thomas A. Lynch, the former Warwick state senator and $250,000-a-year chief lobbyist for Blue Cross & Blue Shield of......
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BOSTON -- An Attleboro manufacturer will pay $2.3 million to settle allegations it broke state pollution laws in the second largest environmental protection settlement in......
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3:49 PM Tue, Oct 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By W. Zachary Malinowski Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE -- A former organizer for the Laborers International Union of North America and a Seekonk-based contractor were......
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NORTH PROVIDENCE -- John J. Whiting, the chief of the criminal investigative division of the Pawtucket police and the department's senior ranking major, has been......
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Journal photo/ Bill Murphy The NBA championship trophy and briefcases containing the Boston Celtics' championship rings were on display at T. F. Green Airport......
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By Lynn Arditi Journal staff writer A $267-million project under way to link T.F. Green Airport in Warwick with the commuter rail trains to Boston,......
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By Peter B. Lord Journal environment writer NEWPORT -- Governor Carcieri and Democratic leaders of the state House of Representatives brought their battle over control......
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Photo courtesy of Barry Blair The elaborate dance floor at Barry's, where the spiral staircase descended right onto the floor and the metallic platforms......
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LITTLE COMPTON -- A Little Compton officer whose police gear was stolen last week will be disciplined for the actions that resulted in the theft......
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PROVIDENCE -- Colorful plastic balls and gauzy, brightly hued scarves go whizzing through clear plastic air tubes as children -- and their parents and grandparents......
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By Philip Marcelo Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE -- Mayor David N. Cicilline presented this morning a wide-ranging plan that would reduce the city's contribution to......
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PROVIDENCE -- The Women's Center of Rhode Island will hold a vigil tonight in memory of Miledis Hilario, killed last year by an former boyfriend.......
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The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority received a $500,000 check this morning to help with "development, design and installation of the E-ZPass" toll system......
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BANGOR, Maine -- A 49-year-old Florida man is going to prison for 76 months for his involvement in a crack cocaine scheme in Maine. Pedro......
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By the Associated Press PROVIDENCE -- Governor Carcieri said today he supports abolishing the state income tax, which could drastically reduce tax revenue just as......
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By the Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Although the Connecticut state Supreme Court decision allowing gay marriages is taking effect, it could be a......
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BOSTON -- A hearing has been postponed for a North Providence man trying to get out of jail while he awaits trial on federal charges......
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NEWPORT -- A Portsmouth youth charged in the theft of a police officer's weapon and other gear is due back in court today on a......
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NEWPORT -- The state Supreme Court today will hear a request by the state House of Representatives on whether the House has the right to......
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WARWICK -- The media is getting an early peek this morning into what T.F. Green Airport's "intermodal transportation facility" will look like. The $267-million transportation......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Rhode Island's Secretary of State is preparing for what is projected to be record voter turnout in next week's presidential elections.......
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PROVIDENCE -- The city of Providence is going green, or at least coming up with a blueprint to do so. At 10 this morning, Mayor......
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PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) -- Plymouth residents have given an emphatic thumbs up to a proposed movie studio in the historic town. Town meeting voters last......
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On this day in 1886, the Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France, was dedicated in New York Harbor by President Grover......
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PROVIDENCE -- Showers and thunderstorms are moving in this morning and will stay with us through tomorrow. By the afternoon, though, the wind will pick......
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Today's front page features gloomy news from some economists , who claim that Rhode Island is in for a long period of high unemployment and......
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There's a chance of rain tonight, but betting on that chance becomes much less of a gamble during the day tomorrow, when the National Weather......
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By Gina Macris Journal staff writer BRISTOL -- The Rhode Island Veterans Home, sharply criticized in a recent report for past management practices that intimidated......
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The state Health Department today lifted the boil-water advisory in all but one of the buildings at the University of Rhode Island's main campus in......
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A Portsmouth youth who is one of four teens accused in the theft of a police officer's weapon and other gear from a truck parked......
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By RICK MASSIMO Journal pop music writer The first Rock the Ink Festival, the three-day bonanza of tattooing and hard rock that took over the......
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By Lisa Vernon-Sparks Journal staff writer EAST GREENWICH -- Tomorrow, town officials plan to dedicate a new 13-acre waterfront park at the site of a......
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NEWPORT -- Organizers of the Newport International Film Festival warn the annual event may be shut down unless they can raise tens of thousands of......
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Journal staff writer BARRINGTON -- It was billed as a student assembly to celebrate the school's science test scores. But......
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By Tatiana Pina Journal staff writer CENTRAL FALLS -- Two men were stabbed early Sunday during an apparent altercation as people were leaving El Chapin......
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Rhode Island sold some $25 million in bonds today to individuals and small businesses in the state, according to General Treasurer Frank T. Caprio's office.......
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PAWTUCKET -- The father of a baby girl has been charged with first-degree child abuse after the infant was hospitalized with serious head trauma, including......
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Journal photo/ Bob Thayer Tony Medina, 13, a student at the Feinstein Learning Academy in Woonsocket, lifts and folds a finished blanket ready for......
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A majority of school bus drivers and aides who work for First Student Inc. and serve North Smithfield voted today to unionize. They will form......
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By Katie Mulvaney Journal staff writer The Rhode Island Supreme Court has suspended a former state senator accused of mishandling his clients' mortgage money from......
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WOONSOCKET -- The Woonsocket Police Department is investigating the Sunday shooting death of a 22-year-old Woonsocket man. Police say preliminary reports indicate that the shooting......
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By Steve Peoples Journal State House bureau PROVIDENCE -- If there was any good news to come out of the State House this morning, it's......
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PROVIDENCE -- Nurse Debbie Beck believes this morning was the first time her young charge, Dante Pendleton, rode on a swing. At the just-named Alan......
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TIVERTON -- Thirteen National Grid customers remain without gas service in Tiverton following a distribution problem Thursday that resulted in a dramatic gas pressure drop.......
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Tonight's scheduled demolition work on the old Route 403 bridge, at exit 7A over Route 4 in East Greenwich, has been postponed. The state Department......
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BOSTON (AP) -- Just call Choochy the poodle a "runway runaway." The "fast and elusive" poodle scampered across runways and taxiways at Logan International Airport......
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Sharing spaces: Have you moved in with family or friends to save money? Has a foreclosure of job loss meant giving up your own space......
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Gas prices continue their decline, dropping 24 cents in Rhode Island over the past week, according to AAA Southern New England. The average price for......
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Students, teachers, police and emergency management agencies are practicing the handling of an emergency at Chariho Regional High School in Richmond this morning. A section......
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SOUTH KINGSTOWN -- A state Department of Health boil water advisory , issued more than a week ago, is expected to remain in effect through......
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PORTSMOUTH -- An 18-year-old Portsmouth man is expected to be arraigned this morning in District Court, Newport, on charges of stealing a loaded semiautomatic handgun......
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PROVIDENCE --The state today is scheduled to begin selling $350 million in short-term bonds to residents, small businesses and financial institutions. General Treasurer Frank T.......
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PROVIDENCE -- Today it'll be sunny and seasonally warm. That's fall talk for about 65. Not bad, considering the National Weather Service forecasts rain moving......
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On this day in 2004, the Boston Red Sox won their first World Series since 1918, beating the St. Louis Cardinals 3-0 in Game 4.......
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A Providence County grand jury has found the actions of East Providence police officers were "lawful and legally justified" in the death of a man......
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JOHNSTON -- A Johnston woman must serve 11 months of probation and pay $1,000 for muzzling her two pit bull dogs with tape and leaving......
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Journal photo / Mary Murphy Workers for National Grid today were at the site along Main Road in Tiverton, where the gas lines had......
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NEWPORT -- The city has received more than $430,000 in federal funding to repair seawalls damaged by a major storm last year. Eight hundred linear......
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Journal photo / Mary Murphy The hull of the unfinished tall ship Oliver Hazard Perry is docked at Bowen's Wharf this morning after it......
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PROVIDENCE -- Two men in the vehicle that police said tried to run over an East Providence police officer yesterday -- leading the officer to......
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PROVIDENCE -- A utility wire conduit that was hanging below the Washington Street overpass above Route 95 south has been secured. The work briefly forced......
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A boil-water advisory will remain in force through at least Tuesday at University of Rhode Island's Kingston campus while officials wait for three consecutive days......
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PROVIDENCE -- Members of the largest union of state employees have approved a new contract today by a vote of 1,569 to 1,075, resolving a......
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WARWICK -- Officials are gathering here this afternoon to celebrate preservation of 41 waterfront acres of the former Rocky Point amusement park. U.S. Sen. Jack......
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PROVIDENCE -- Rhode Island state troopers are bringing home some fitness accolades. Cpl. John A'Vant, Detective Scot G. Baruti, Trooper Joy M. Younkin, and Trooper......
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PROVIDENCE -- About a dozen protesters took to Governor Carcieri's office this morning asking him to release millions of dollars in heating aid to the......
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By Kate Bramson Journal staff writer TIVERTON -- Famous Pizza owner Vaselios Skarpos spent most of yesterday waiting to get his business back up and......
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Jane Olszewski of Corporate Accountability International watches as state senator and restaurant owner, Joshua Miller tastes different bottled waters to see whether he could tell......
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NEWPORT -- The hull of the Oliver Hazard Perry, which will serve as Rhode Island's own sail training tall ship, arrived around 10 a.m. at......
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TIVERTON -- Some 400 National Grid natural gas customers are still without gas after a distribution system problem that resulted in dramatic gas pressure drop......
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State unemployment benefits have been extended again because of Rhode Island's high unemployment rate, according to the state Department of Labor and Training. State unemployment......
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SUDBURY, Mass. -- A Providence man wanted in a September shooting outside a "sip joint" in the Elmwood section of Providence is being held in......
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A problem that left some Rhode Islanders unable to access their unemployment and disability benefits has been fixed, according to the state Department of Labor......
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On this day in 1945, the United Nations charter took effect. On a local note, on this day in 1999 Sen. John Chafee, R-R.I., died......
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PROVIDENCE -- A cold start for what promises to be a beautiful (autumn) day. Patchy fog before 9, but sunny otherwise with a high near......
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Today's front page features a report that the state is selling short-term bonds to residents, businesses and financial institutions to avert serious financial problems. Download......
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By Mark Reynolds Journal staff writer EAST PROVIDENCE -- The police have taken two men into custody after an undercover officer fired two shots in......
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TIVERTON -- Getting gas service restored for some 826 affected North Tiverton customers -- both residences and businesses -- is a task that apparently will......
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Journal photo / Steve Szydlowski Susie Cerroni, left, talks with Ann Upshall at the Mount Pleasant High class reunion today. Twenty-three members of Mount......
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A car -- apparently related to an incident in which shots were fired at East Providence police this afternoon -- was stopped in the exit......
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PROVIDENCE -- A New Jersey man today was sentenced to 2½ years in federal prison for money laundering, after immigration agents last year followed him......
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Traffic appears to be backing up on Route 95 north through Providence, where the state Transportation Management Center reported at 3:45 p.m. that a car......
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TIVERTON -- "Many" residences and businesses that have natural gas heating here have been affected today by a disruption to a portion of National Grid's......
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PROVIDENCE -- A person was reported shot in the vicinity of 220 Lenox Ave. today. Providence rescue was sent to the area at 12:50 p.m.,......
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At a time when Rhode Island holds the dubious distinction of having the highest-in-the-nation unemployment rate, Governor Carcieri says he will convene an economic forum......
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WARWICK -- The police are investigating a home invasion yesterday at 195 Country Club Drive. Sgt. Robert Bentsen said two people got into the house......
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SOUTH KINGSTOWN -- University of Rhode Island police have been asked to probe what the school's provost calls "insensitive, inappropriate, and degrading messages relating to......
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NORTH KINGSTOWN -- Rhode Island motorists have a new way of reaching the Quonset Business Park in North Kingstown. The state Department of Transportation Thursday......
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EAST PROVIDENCE -- Police and firefighters have responded to a report of a spill of about 70 gallons of home heating oil inside a Taunton......
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PROVIDENCE -- Andrew T. Bessette, a Lincoln teenager charged in a 2007 car accident in which his 15-year-old cousin died, will be tried as an......
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By Katie Mulvaney Journal staff writer WEST WARWICK -- A convicted murderer has been sent back to prison as a parole violator after police say......
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PROVIDENCE -- A Providence woman was sentenced to 10 years in prison for drug distribution and health care fraud, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced today.......
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SOUTH KINGSTOWN -- The University of Rhode Island's Kingston campus continues to rely on bottled water as the boil-water advisory issued Sunday remains in effect.......
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Journal photo/ Frieda Squires The Marine Corps colorguard stands at attention for the Pledge of Allegiance during a memorial service at the Portsmouth Historical......
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PROVIDENCE -- Africa is back, in full force, with the opening of the updated African exhibit today at the Roger Williams Park Zoo. There's no......
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HOPKINTON -- A North Providence man died after he lost control of his car while going to work late last night, the Rhode Island State......
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BOSTON (AP) -- To Wayne Nichols, the idea of police in Peabody getting a paid holiday each year on the anniversary of the Sept. 11......
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PROVIDENCE -- Grab that coat, scarf and gloves ... We have a cold start. But temperatures should be picking up by mid-day, reaching a high......
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On Oct. 23, 1983, a suicide truck-bombing at Beirut International Airport in Lebanon killed 241 U.S. Marines and sailors -- nine from Rhode Island; a......
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On today's front page, business and community leaders suggest what Rhode Island, which has the highest unemployment rate in the country, should do to boost......
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Tonight at Brown University you can hear a reading by poet Mei-mei Berssenbrugge and visual artist Richard Tuttle. The 7:30 event is at McCormack Family......
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The Navy's top officer today gave a ringing endorsement of the submarine program, calling it a ``killer arrow'' among the weapons available to commanders.......
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There is no evidence of trauma or foul play in the death of 17-year-old Taylor Meyer, the Plainville, girl who was found dead Monday in......
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WARWICK -- The retrial of the man charged with murdering Margaret Duffy-Stephenson in her house in 2005 opened today with a prosecution argument: If it......
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By Tom Mooney Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE -- The owner of a janitorial firm pleaded guilty today to one count of knowingly hiring illegal immigrants,......
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By Jennifer D. Jordan Journal Staff Writer Robert Felner, a national education figure and former director of the University of Rhode Island's School of Education,......
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WARWICK -- Bail was set this morning at $50,000 with surety for a Pawtucket man who was arrested yesterday on assault and kidnapping charges. Derek......
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Harold Reissner, 85, of Barrington, a survivor of the Holocaust, spoke today to West Warwick High School English and history students who had read "Night"......
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MIDDLETOWN -- The real estate firm listing Academy Award-winning actor Nicolas Cage's sprawling Gray Craig estate in Middletown, which he bought a little more than......
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LITTLE COMPTON -- The Little Compton Police Department is investigating whether one of its officers broke any department policies before his department-issued handgun, uniform and......
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PROVIDENCE -- Volunteer advisers are offering free financial advice this afternoon from a bus at Washington Street and Cookson Place along Burnside Park in downtown......
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NEWPORT -- The hull of the Oliver Hazard Perry, which will serve as Rhode Island's own sail training tall ship, is on its way to......
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Data storage company EMC Corp. said today its net income dropped 17 percent in the third quarter, a decline caused by......
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FALL RIVER, Mass. -- Six residents were displaced by a fire early this morning in Fall River, the police said. No one was hurt, and......
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WARWICK -- A jury of 11 women and five men this morning is expected to visit the home where the body of murder-victirm Margaret Duffy-Stephenson......
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On this day in 1797, French balloonist André-Jacques Garnerin made the first parachute descent, landing safely from a height of about 3,000 feet. Read more......
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It's going to be windy and cold today, with highs topping near 51 and wind between 15 and 18 mph., with gusts as high as......
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Today's front page features the news that Rhode Island has the highest unemployment rate in the country at 8.8 percent. Download a copy of the......
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Tonight at 7 at Brown University, catch the Missiles of October , presenting viewpoints on the Cuban missile crisis in 1962. The film examines President......
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By Barbara Polichetti Journal staff writer WARWICK -- A clerk in the city's tax collection office has been accused of tampering with a city computer......
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Journal photo / Frieda Squires Michel Mercier of Westerly unfolds his kite surfer at Salty Brine Beach in Galilee this afternoon, with 15-18 knots......
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The boil-water advisory remains in force at the University of Rhode Island's main campus in Kingston, the state Health Department said this afternoon. As of......
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By W. Zachary Malinowksi Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE -- The brother of Mayor David N. Cicilline reported to a federal prison in Massachusetts today to......
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PORTSMOUTH -- A semiautomatic handgun owned by an unidentified Little Compton police officer and several other items, including a baton, handcuffs, ammunition, two uniforms and......
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WARWICK -- A jury of 11 women and five men has been selected for the retrial of James Richardson, who is charged with first-degree murder......
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It is anticipated an autopsy will be conducted tomorrow on a 17-year-old Plainville, Mass., girl who was found dead in the wake of a drinking......
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CRANSTON -- A Pawtucket man is charged with kidnapping and felony assault after he allegedly threatened several people with a small handgun, forced a woman......
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By Tatiana Pina Journal staff writer CUMBERLAND -- A young woman and her 86-year-old grandmother were taken to the hospital after the young woman lost......
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Rhode Island's unemployment rate now ranks highest in the country, according to data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Rhode Island's jobless......
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WEST WARWICK -- A silver Nissan hit a fire hydrant, continued for about 30 feet, struck a parked truck, went into the air and flipped......
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Journal photo/ Steve Szydlowski Providence firefighter Robert Reilly helps haul out an oil containment boom that's supposed to contain a 5000-gallon oil spill in......
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WEST WARWICK -- Fire crews have responded to the report of a rollover car crash at 15 Bridge St. Reports indicate people are trapped in......
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Journal photo / Bob Thayer Larry Bonoff stands with movie director Michael Corrente during a press conference today as slides of former Warwick Musical......
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PROVIDENCE -- The police today identified the man shot in a 39 Vandewater St. house in the Wanskuck neighborhood yesterday as 37-year-old Michael Ricci. Ricci......
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PROVIDENCE -- A 17-year-old Providence male has been charged with shooting a man he was trying to rob, in an SUV occupied by the victim......
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PROVIDENCE -- Fatal car accidents increase an average 80 percent when Halloween falls on a Friday or weekend compared to other weekdays, according to data......
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NORFOLK, Mass. -- More information may emerge today about how a 17-year-old Plainville girl died after attending a drinking party Friday night after her high......
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PAWTUCKET -- The police department is investigating the overnight robbery of a Sunoco gas station at 81 School St. The police said a man wearing......
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PROVIDENCE -- A Superior Court hearing on a lawsuit challenging the state's legislative grant program has been postponed. The Republican caucus, which filed the lawsuit,......
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CUMBERLAND -- Neurotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately held biotechnology company focused on the development of sight-saving therapeutics for chronic retinal diseases, will hold an 11......
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WARWICK -- Jury selection is expected to resume today in the retrial of James Richardson, who is accused of killing Margaret Duffy-Stephenson of Warwick in......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- The brother of Providence's mayor must report to prison today to begin serving a sentence for a courthouse corruption plot. Attorney......
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On this day in 1879, Thomas Edison invented a workable electric light at his laboratory in Menlo Park, N.J. Read more about today in history.......
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PROVIDENCE -- It may not feel that way now, but today's high should reach a respectable 61 degrees. But don't forget to grab a raincoat.......
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Today's front page features a photograph of the Patriots celebrating a touchdown in their 41-7 win over the Broncos last night, a consumer story about......
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The Red Sox will have to wait till next year, but the New England Patriots' season goes on with tonight's game against the Denver Broncos......
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Journal photo / Bob Thayer Catwoman peers out from the windows of the Rhode Island Costume shop on Westminster Street in Providence. Over the......
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Journal photo / Steve Szydlowski Students carrying flowers enter King Philip Regional High School in Wrentham, Mass., this afternoon. Grief counseling and a memorial......
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PROVIDENCE -- A male has been taken to Rhode Island Hospital this evening, in the second shooting in the city within hours. Providence rescue was......
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SOUTH KINGSTOWN -- If no fecal coliform bacteria turns up in three consecutive rounds of water supply tests at the University of Rhode Island's main......
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WARWICK -- Jury selection will resume tomorrow in the retrial of James Richardson, who is accused of killing Margaret Duffy-Stephenson of Warwick in 2005. Richardson......
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Journal staff writer SOMERSET, Mass. -- Planning Board member John W. Toulan was arraigned today on a charge of driving......
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RICHMOND -- Some 486 acres of the Tuckahoe Turf Farm here will be safeguarded through the purchase of the land's development rights, the state Department......
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PROVIDENCE -- An unidentified male was shot early this afternoon inside a house in the city's Wanskuck neighborhood. The police have no suspects at this......
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Work on the Route 195 relocation project known as the Iway is expected to affect commutes in the region for the rest of the year,......
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CRANSTON -- Two Lotus Foods workers were taken this morning to Rhode Island Hospital with possible carbon monoxide poisoning, said David DiMaio, Cranston Fire Department......
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PROVIDENCE -- The state Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of a Providence man who beat and kicked 16-year-old Errol Clinton the night another man......
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NORFOLK, Mass. -- The search for a missing Plainville, Mass., girl continues this morning in the vicinity of the closed Norfolk Airport, as state and......
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NORTH KINGSTOWN -- A 45-year-old North Kingstown man was killed late last night when the pickup truck he was driving went off Camp Avenue and......
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Gasoline prices have dropped another 25 cents this week, falling below $3 per gallon, according to AAA Southern New England. The average price for a......
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PAWTUCKET -- Pawtucket-based Hasbro, Inc. today reported third-quarter net revenues of $1.3 billion, an increase of $78.9 million from a year ago. That's an increase......
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WARWICK -- Jury selection is set to begin today in Kent County Superior Court in the retrial of James Richardson for the slaying of Margaret......
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BOSTON (AP) -- Authorities say a North Providence man twice got pistols and shotguns onto a plane from Logan International Airport to the Middle East.......
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Today's front page features the bad news about the Red Sox and a story about 240 long-married couples renewing their vows. Download a copy of......
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PROVIDENCE -- If you haven't used your car's heater yet this season, today could be the day if you're driving anywhere early. It's chilly out......
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The forecast is calling for a fine, fall weekend, just the right kind of weather to be traipsing around outdoors. Tomorrow, there's a Great Barns......
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By Steve Peoples Journal State House bureau PROVIDENCE -- Thousands of rank-and-file union members will vote next week on a four-year contract that will increase......
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By Steve Peoples Journal State House bureau PROVIDENCE -- The governor's office has confirmed that a private consulting firm is working with state officials on......
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PROVIDENCE -- A former hospital president found guilty of buying the influence of a state senator has asked a judge to throw out the convictions.......
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By Gregory Smith Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE -- It is the police equivalent of "Uncle Sam wants you." City officials today announced the Police Department's......
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PORTSMOUTH -- The stretch of East Main Road between Turnpike Avenue and Boyds Lane will be striped as a three-lane road, with work starting Monday,......
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By Barbara Polichetti Journal staff writer CRANSTON -- Philanthropist Alan Shawn Feinstein today announced that he is increasing the reward for any information that will......
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Journal staff writer SOMERSET, Mass. -- It's not exactly what Jesus would do, but a man driving a car with......
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Journal photo / Kathy Borchers Hideko Tamura, one of the last survivors of Hiroshima, spoke to students at Shea High School this afternoon about......
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CHARLESTOWN -- In an effort to forestall the potential for a casino here, the Town Council said it decided today in closed session to enter......
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Journal photo / Kathy Borchers Douglas Young, 4, is delighted to try out the driver's seat of a fire truck under the supervision of......
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Lawyers met in Kent County Superior Court this morning to sign the stipulation dismissing the $1.1 million lawsuit filed against the Town of West Warwick......
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PROVIDENCE -- Want a home? Got $10? Brown University may have a deal for you, but there's a catch. The Ivy League school is selling......
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GLOCESTER -- An 86-year-old man was killed this morning when he was struck by a pickup truck while crossing Snake Hill Road, according to the......
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With the state reaching its highest unemployment rate in 16 years, the state Department of Labor and Training is offering extra help for the unemployed.......
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By Kate Bramson projo.com staff writer A couple willow trees grace Providence's Willow Street. The city has intentionally planted Elms on Elmgrove Avenue. And by......
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The Charlestown Town Council is meeting in a special session today to discuss the possible purchase of 81 acres off Route 1 that abut Narragansett......
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An 18-year-old Lowell, Mass., woman was killed and a Providence woman was injured in a one-car crash on Route 195 East in Somerset early this......
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A Rehoboth, Mass., man died yesterday after he apparently lost control of his car, hitting the center guardrail, the Smithfield police said. The police are......
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Journal photo / Bob Thayer Maple leaves land in a graceful pattern on Washington Street in Providence. Share your autumn views by uploading photos......
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NEWPORT -- Expect traffic (more than usual!) in downtown Newport Saturday. That's because the city is hosting the Amica Insurance Breakers Marathon, that's 26 miles.......
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On this day in 1989, an earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale struck northern California, killing 67 people and causing $7 billion worth of......
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PROVIDENCE -- If you enjoy commuting in the moonlight, we hope you're working the early shift today. The sky was crisp and clear with a......
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Today's front page features news of the Red Sox' dramatic win, a report on the state jobless rate hitting a 16-year high and interviews with......
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Not among those Red Sox fans holding out for their team to come back against Tampa Bay tonight and stay in the playoffs? You might......
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Journal photo / Glenn Osmundson A wild turkey crosses West Shore Road in Warwick this afternoon. Perhaps it would rather take its chances with......
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By Mike Stanton Journal staff writer Federal prosecutors have dropped a grand-jury investigation into former state Senate President William V. Irons and his ties to......
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Journal staff writer BARRINGTON -- The battle to block a wind turbine on town-owned land in hopes of saving on......
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A Bristol man who admitted to tax fraud involving a kickback scheme tied to his Internet services company was sentenced today to one year, plus......
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The Rhode Island Supreme Court has denied state Sen. Stephen D. Alves' request for an appeal of his Democratic primary loss, ending his quest for......
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By Katherine Gregg Journal State House bureau The leadership of the state's largest state employees union reached a proposed contract settlement with the Carcieri administration......
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Mike Ritz, with slides in the background showing forms of interrogation, speaks to Johnson & Wales students today at the school's Pepsi Forum in......
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The mosquito population has all but bid goodbye to the year, and the season's last test results from around Rhode Island found no West Nile......
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Journal Business staff Providence-based Textron Inc. notified about 20 employees in Rhode Island today that they will lose their jobs as part of the company's......
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NANTUCKET, Mass. -- The co-president of financial services company Goldman Sachs is trying to sell his Nantucket estate for a record $55 million. Jon Winkelried's......
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The operator of a Johnston janitorial company targeted in state courthouse immigration raids in July will plead guilty to hiring undocumented foreign workers, the U.S.......
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Journal photo/ Bill Murphy Actor Martin Sheen (right) greets workers at UPS in Warwick, as he campaigns for U.S. Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy (center)......
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The West Warwick Town Council is to meet tonight to discuss a settlement offer that, if approved by the council, would dismiss a $1.1-million lawsuit......
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The saga over the contested Senate District 9 seat in West Warwick continues today. State Supreme Court Justice Maureen McKenna Goldberg has agreed to meet......
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By Donita Naylor Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE -- Ten people are homeless today after a fire in a three-story house on Lisbon Street yesterday afternoon.......
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On this day in 1962, the Cuban missile crisis began as President John F. Kennedy was informed that reconnaissance photographs had revealed the presence of......
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PROVIDENCE -- With potential rain showers this afternoon, today likely won't be as nice a day as yesterday was. Nevertheless, take advantage of the high......
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Today's front page features coverage of last night's presidential debate and a staff report on vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's visit to New Hampshire. Download......
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Atmosphere, a hip-hop MC/producer act, performs tonight at 8 at Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel in Providence. The group has released several albums. Find out more about......
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By Katie Mulvaney Journal staff writer SOUTH KINGSTOWN -- Imagine concrete that mends cracks from within; dogs able to sniff out danger on a commercial......
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CHARLESTOWN -- Want to help build your first home in exchange for a low-cost mortgage? South County Habitat for Humanity is accepting applications for a......
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By Gina Macris Journal staff writer WARREN -- Brian R. Remy, the chairman of the Warren Sewer Commission, has failed to report that his business......
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The Swansea, Mass., police report that a woman who had been reported as missing has been found. Earlier today, the police asked the public's help......
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PROVIDENCE -- Southern Union Company was found guilty today in federal court of one count of illegally storing mercury at a Pawtucket facility. The jury......
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WOONSOCKET -- Four people ages 16 to 21 were arrested Monday after they allegedly attacked two police officers investigating a report that someone was firing......
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Journal photo / Bob Thayer Tourism officials from across the region are gathering in the Blackstone Valley this week for a summit to discuss......
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PROVIDENCE -- Crews at this hour are fighting a fire in a 2 1/2-story wood-frame residence at 60 Lisbon St. The call came in at......
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NARRAGANSETT -- The police have charged the son of the Narragansett Town Council president with assaulting another council member last week during a disagreement in......
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The Internal Revenue Service will accept claims for federal stimulus checks after today's deadline, according to U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse. The Rhode Island Democrat's office......
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Gary Alexander, the director of the state's Department of Human Services, is no longer is charge of the day-to-day operations of the agency, according to......
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PROVIDENCE -- A civil liberties group is distributing voting rights cards throughout Rhode Island in anticipation of record voter turnout for next month's presidential elections.......
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A judge in the British Virgin Islands has agreed to delay the murder trial of David Swain until February to give him more time to......
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Providence will get a combined $5.5 million to remove and prevent lead-paint hazards in homes. The city will receive $3 million in Lead Hazard Control......
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BOSTON (AP) -- Key players in the state's criminal justice system stepped forward with a series of budget cuts today, just hours before Gov. Deval......
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AP photo Audience seat numbers were taped into place yesterday at the site of the presidential debate tonight at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y.......
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Journal photo/ Bob Thayer Frances Bidwell and her husband, Richard, both of Providence, stroll across the newly opened India Point Park Bridge in Providence......
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By Eric Tucker Associated Press writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear reality show contestant Richard Hatch's appeal of......
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PROVIDENCE -- The jury in the federal criminal trial of the utility company Southern Union is scheduled to resume deliberations today in U.S. District Court,......
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Tatiana McKinney, the 12-year-old Providence girl who was injured in a hit-and-run accident Sunday night, is in serious condition this morning, a Rhode Island hospital......
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Rhode Islanders know how important Narragansett Bay is as a fertile estuary for fish and shellfish. This week, some 900 people are in Providence to......
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A three-car, head-on accident in Charlestown sent three people to area hospitals, one of them with serious injuries, the police said. Charlestown Police Lt. Patrick......
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By Cynthia Needham Journal staff writer It could be a fiery morning at the University of Rhode Island. The school is set to launch its......
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NEWPORT -- The exclusive "Seaweed" estate located along Newport's famed Cliff Walk that belonged to the family of the late Rita Dolan Sellar has sold......
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On this day in 1993, Nelson Mandela and F.W. de Klerk were named winners of the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to end apartheid......
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Patchy fog should clear after 8 a.m., giving us a mostly sunny day with a high near 69 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.......
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Today's front page features a story on the bright side of the financial downturn: lower gas prices. There's also coverage of the Red Sox loss......
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WEST WARWICK -- The West Warwick School Committee is meeting tonight to vote on proposed settlement of the so-called Caruolo action it filed against the......
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By Katherine Gregg Journal State House Bureau The contract dispute between the Carcieri administration and the largest state employees union is headed for arbitration starting......
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PROVIDENCE -- Fire inundated an eight-apartment house on Bridgham Street this afternoon, sending one woman to the hospital for smoke inhalation and a pregnant woman......
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Business staff Rhode Island's economy continued to deteriorate in August and indicators suggested the state's recession will continue well into the near future, according to......
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SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) -- The Boston Red Sox won't be moving to Sarasota for spring training. The city and county said today that they have......
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Journal photo / Bob Thayer Firefighters tear apart a section of wall at 121 Clay St. in Central Falls at 10:15 a.m. today. By......
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Journal photo / Bill Murphy Juan Aguirre, the driver accused of leaving the scene of a hit-and-run accident that put a 12-year-old girl in......
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Gas prices dropped another 21 cents per gallon this week to the lowest average price since April, according to AAA Southern New England. The average......
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PROVIDENCE -- A federal judge this morning issued a temporary restraining order halting West Warwick from enforcing an ordinance that restricts political sign sizes, according......
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PAWTUCKET -- The man who died yesterday when his car hit a utility pole has been identified as David Valentin, 28, with a primary residence......
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CENTRAL FALLS -- Crews are at the scene of a fire in the area of 122 Clay St. at this hour, according to fire dispatch.......
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The Rhode Island Veterans Home in Bristol today will get a donation of more than $10,000 at a steak fry luncheon. Council 94, American Federation......
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TIVERTON -- A power company has identified Tiverton as a prime location for energy-producing wind turbines. Keith Peltzman, vice president of New York-based Allco Renewable......
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Starting today, the Division of Motor Vehicles changes its hours. The Woonsocket branch will be closed on Mondays, the Warren branch will be closed on......
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PROVIDENCE -- A judge will hear arguments in a lawsuit from a West Warwick political candidate who says town officials violated his free speech rights......
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PROVIDENCE -- Juan Aguirre, the driver accused of leaving the scene of a hit-and-run accident that has left a 12-year-old girl in Rhode Island Hospital's......
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On this day in 1964, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. Read more about today in......
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There could be patchy fog before 8 a.m. but the rest of the day is expected to be partly sunny with a high near 68......
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Today's front page features an update on a 12-year-old girl who was seriously injured when she was struck by a hit-and-run driver in Mount Pleasant......
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The staff of the 7 to 7 News Blog is off for the Columbus Day holiday. Their blogging will resume at 7 a.m. Tuesday.......
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PROVIDENCE -- A day after the state's highest court said it would wait to rule on whether to order a re-run of the Democratic primary......
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Three of Massachusetts' most wanted sex offenders are now in police custody, the Massachusetts State Police announced today. Eric Conalty, 38, was arrested this morning......
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With federal authorities stepping up immigration enforcement raids across the country, Sens. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts and Robert Menendez of New Jersey are sponsoring a......
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The State Department of Transportation said vehicles on the Simmonsville Avenue Bridge, over Simmons Brook in Johnston, are now restricted by weight. The bridge carries......
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Journal photo / Kathy Borchers A huge pumpkin awaits transport in the back of a pickup while some of the growers admire it, including......
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Beginning Tuesday -- when state workers get back from the Columbus Day holiday -- the Division of Motor Vehicles is changing its hours. The Woonsocket......
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A hearing has been scheduled for 9 a.m. Tuesday on the ACLU's lawsuit accusing the town of West Warwick of discriminatory enforcement of an ordinance......
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The state is taking steps to try to recover $62 million in state-owned assets from a money-market fund frozen by the Securities & Exchange......
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Rhode Island State Police Financial Crimes Unit yesterday arrested Elaine T. Walmsley, 61, of 263 Sandy Lane, Warwick, on the felony charge of embezzlement over......
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By Felice J. Freyer Journal Medical Writer The Health Department has reprimanded the Miriam Hospital after identifying a confluence of missteps that led a surgical......
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HARTFORD, Conn. -- A divided Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled that same-sex couples have the right to marry in Connecticut. The court ruled 4-3 Friday......
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BOSTON -- The battle over whether to name "Moby-Dick" the official book of Massachusetts was almost as intense as the deadly confrontation between Capt. Ahab's......
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SMITHFIELD -- No one was injured by a fire confined to the basement of a house at 567 Putnam Pike this morning. The fire is... | |
