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October 3, 2008 Archives


Car in Lincoln High crash registered to substitute teacher

7:08 PM Fri, Oct 03, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Mike McKinney    Email

Police and fire personnel after a fatal crash at the former middle school building at Lincoln High School this afternoon, on Old River Road......



MoneyLine details tax breaks in bailout law

5:45 PM Fri, Oct 03, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

By Neil Downing Journal MoneyLine columnist The bailout bill approved and signed into law by President Bush includes a bunch of tax breaks, some of......



R.I. gets first human West Nile case of year

5:27 PM Fri, Oct 03, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

Rhode Island has recorded its first West Nile case in a person for this year, a Health Department spokeswoman said. The person who has the......



No verdict yet in retrial of former hospital execs / Photo

5:05 PM Fri, Oct 03, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Brandie Jefferson    Email

Robert and Donna Urciuoli leave Federal Court in Providence this afternoon, where jurors failed to reach a verdict after four days deliberating. Journal photo /......



Update: Pinga wins recount, as does Lynch

4:49 PM Fri, Oct 03, 2008 | | Comments (11)
By Jack Perry    Email

PROVIDENCE -- The Board of Elections finalized counting the mail ballots in the state Supreme Court-ordered recount in West Warwick's Senate District 9 Democratic primary......



2nd wind-developer project may mean more R.I. jobs

4:07 PM Fri, Oct 03, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Tim Barmann    Email

Deepwater Wind, the developer selected last week to build an offshore wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island, has won the bid to develop......



DEM to accept bids to harvest wood on state land

3:12 PM Fri, Oct 03, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Mike McKinney    Email

By Tom Mooney Journal staff writer Worried about heating your home this winter? If you know how to run a chainsaw and have a truck,......



No West Nile in tests, mosquitoes declining

3:04 PM Fri, Oct 03, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

West Nile Virus and Eastern Equine Encephalitis were not found in 57 mosquito pools, or samples, in the latest testing from around Rhode Island. The......



Langevin, Kennedy are hopeful after bill's passage

2:56 PM Fri, Oct 03, 2008 | | Comments (8)
By Jack Perry    Email

By John Mulligan Journal Washington bureau WASHINGTON -- U.S. Reps. Patrick J. Kennedy and James R. Langevin, both Rhode Island Democrats, joined a 263-171 House......



Jury in execs' trial asks judge to clarify charge

2:40 PM Fri, Oct 03, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

By Mike Stanton Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE -- The jury just asked a question of the judge in its fourth day of deliberations in the......



Family of missing man asks boaters for help

1:36 PM Fri, Oct 03, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

Family and friends of Michael and Tammie Oliveira are asking divers, boaters, and anyone in the community to come out and help them try to......



Traffic alert: Congestion near Rt. 95 North, exit 21

12:58 PM Fri, Oct 03, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

Traffic appears to be moving slowly on Route 95 north leading up to Exit 21, Broadway, where the state Transportation Management Center say a vehicle......



Kennedy jokingly claims bailout plan, brings down House

12:13 PM Fri, Oct 03, 2008 | | Comments (3)
By Mike McKinney    Email

By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy has provided some relief from the gloom of the hard economic news......



Notoriously drunken driver pleads no contest

12:02 PM Fri, Oct 03, 2008 | | Comments (12)
By Mike McKinney    Email

By Gregory Smith Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE -- Stanley Kobierowski, whose drunk-driving case made international news and caused him to become the butt of jokes......



Bristol memorial dedicated to soldiers killed in Iraq / Photo

11:48 AM Fri, Oct 03, 2008 | | Comments (2)
By Jack Perry    Email

Terri Potts and her son, Jackson, 7, of Tiverton, at the memorial to the late husband and father Sgt. Christopher Potts, today at its......



Mass. commuter rail operator gets new chief

11:37 AM Fri, Oct 03, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Brandie Jefferson    Email

BOSTON -- The consortium that operates and maintains the MBTA's commuter rail system has a new chief. Richard Davey was named the Massachusetts Bay Commuter......



Tomorrow is the last day to register for Nov. 4 election

11:11 AM Fri, Oct 03, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

Tomorrow is the last day to register to vote in the Nov. 4 general election, and Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis says there will......



Bail hearing for accused murderer

10:42 AM Fri, Oct 03, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Brandie Jefferson    Email

A bail hearing is scheduled today for a murder suspect after a man who was stabbed Sept. 13 died five days later. Emilio Gutierrez, 19,......



Fire chases residents from house in Silver Lake/ Photo

9:13 AM Fri, Oct 03, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Peter Phipps    Email

projo.com photo/ Brandie Jefferson Providence firefighters extinguished a fire at a three-story house at 610 Union Avenue this morning. PROVIDENCE -- An early morning......



Man gets 12 years for setting Fall River fire that injured 2

8:51 AM Fri, Oct 03, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) -- A man who set fire to his girlfriend's Fall River apartment, injuring two of her children, has been sentenced to......



Jury in corruption trial to begin 4th day of deliberations

7:32 AM Fri, Oct 03, 2008 | | Comments (2)
By Jack Perry    Email

PROVIDENCE -- The jury in the Roger Williams Medical Center corruption case resumes deliberations today at 9 a.m. Chief U.S. District Court Mary M. Lisi......



Today in history: O.J. is acquitted

7:02 AM Fri, Oct 03, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

On this day in 1995, a jury found ex-football player O.J. Simpson innocent of murder in the 1994 slayings of his former wife, Nicole Brown......



Brandie's wake-up call: Set the weekend mood

7:02 AM Fri, Oct 03, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Brandie Jefferson    Email

What kind of weekend do you want to have? If it's going to be a nonstop, party time, can't-stop-dancing kind of weekend, this one's for......



Crisp, cool and cloudy

7:01 AM Fri, Oct 03, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Brandie Jefferson    Email

Today's looking not too good, not too bad. Skies should be cloudy for most of the day, with a 20 percent chance of rain in......



Today's front page: The debate, The Station, a recount

7:00 AM Fri, Oct 03, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

Today's front page features coverage of the vice presidential debate, more news on a settlement proposal in The Station nightclub fire and a recount in......