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October 7, 2008 Archives


Tonight: Classical guitarist performs at Bryant

6:35 PM Tue, Oct 07, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

Spanish classical guitarist Francesc Soler performs at 7 tonight at Bryant University in Smithfield. The recital by the acclaimed musician will be in the Stepan......



Immigration agents: Focus is crime, not roundups

6:01 PM Tue, Oct 07, 2008 | | Comments (4)
By Mike McKinney    Email

PROVIDENCE -- Federal immigration agents have told a state panel on immigration that their main focus is on criminal investigations, not random round-ups of residents......



Head Start workers vote overwhelmingly to join union

4:52 PM Tue, Oct 07, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Mike McKinney    Email

By Linda Borg Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE -- The employees of five Head Start sites in Providence and Pawtucket have voted overwhelmingly to join Local......



Brown gets $3-million grant for humanities graduates

4:31 PM Tue, Oct 07, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

PROVIDENCE -- Brown University has gotten $3 million from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation that will increase the number of graduate students in the humanities......



Court delays ex-councilman's arraignment in wife's death

4:19 PM Tue, Oct 07, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

By Tom Mooney Journal staff writer The arraignment of former Jamestown Town Council member David Swain on a charge of murder, scheduled for today on......



Gmail can foil embarrassing drunken emails

4:02 PM Tue, Oct 07, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Sheila Lennon    Email

Well, they don't put it quite that way on the Official Gmail Blog, but that's what they mean: Stop sending mail you later regret. When......



Convicted mob killer says he's changed

3:22 PM Tue, Oct 07, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Mike McKinney    Email

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- The man who killed reputed New Haven mob underboss William Grasso two decades ago says he has been a model prisoner......



Ethics board finds probable cause vs. Woonsocket mayor

3:12 PM Tue, Oct 07, 2008 | | Comments (4)
By Mike McKinney    Email

By Tatiana Pina Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE -- The Rhode Island Ethics Commission says there is probable cause to go to trial for an ethics......



State to receive 327K in Medicaid fraud settlement

2:38 PM Tue, Oct 07, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

PROVIDENCE -- The state Department of Human Services will receive $327,952 as the result of an agreement in principle between states, the federal government and......



R.I. shares in settlement from major drug marketing case

2:01 PM Tue, Oct 07, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

Rhode Island will get $297,819 through a multi-state settlement with Eli Lilly and Company for the pharmaceutical maker's alleged improper marketing of antipsychotic drug Zyprexa.......



State reaps $374k from unclaimed property auction

1:42 PM Tue, Oct 07, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

Rhode Island hauled in more than $374,000 in its first unclaimed-property auction in nearly 10 years, including the $50,000 sale of an 1898 Tiffany cup......



Businesses settle dispute over Lizzie Borden name

12:59 PM Tue, Oct 07, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Mike McKinney    Email

BOSTON -- Two businesses who battled over the use of the infamous "Lizzie Borden" name have settled out of court. The owner of a new......



Muzzled dogs left for days as owner gives birth / Photo

12:26 PM Tue, Oct 07, 2008 | | Comments (24)
By Mike McKinney    Email

One of the pitbulls, a female, with wounds on its snout from electrical tape. The dogs are at the Providence Animal Rescue League. Journal......



Heavily traveled Providence Viaduct needs new concrete

12:14 PM Tue, Oct 07, 2008 | | Comments (4)
By Mike McKinney    Email

By Bruce Landis Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE -- The state Department of Transportation said this morning that it will have to replace the concrete deck......



State revenues drop by $33 million

12:08 PM Tue, Oct 07, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Katherine Gregg    Email

PROVIDENCE - State revenues lagged projections by $33.1 million during the three-month stretch that ended September 30, compounding a growing financial problem in a......



Giant pumpkins to 'weigh off' in Warren this weekend

11:59 AM Tue, Oct 07, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Brandie Jefferson    Email

Joe Jutras, of North Scituate, prepares to fit his pumpkin into a gathering strap during the annual New England Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off at the Topsfield......



Foxwoods CEO loses job as layoffs loom at casino

10:30 AM Tue, Oct 07, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Jack Perry    Email

MASHANTUCKET, Conn. (AP) -- The chief executive officer of Foxwoods Resort Casino has become among the first of about 700 employees to lose their jobs......



Former councilman to be arraigned in wife's death

9:41 AM Tue, Oct 07, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Brandie Jefferson    Email

A former Jamestown town council member is scheduled for arraignment in the British Virgin Islands today on a charge that he murdered his wife during......



Trade group says R.I. must spend more to repair roads

7:28 AM Tue, Oct 07, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

TRIP, a highway-industry affiliated group, will issue a report today saying that Rhode Island needs to spend $1.3 billion more than it now plans to......



Brandie's wake-up call: Nothing can stop me

7:22 AM Tue, Oct 07, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Brandie Jefferson    Email

Best known, probably, for his tune "Duke of Earl," Gene Chandler here sings a pretty uplifting song. Gene Chandler sings "Nothing Can Stop Me:" Also,......



Traffic Alert: Shoulder closed at Route 195/95 junction

7:18 AM Tue, Oct 07, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Brandie Jefferson    Email

A disabled vehicle has a shoulder closed at Routes 95 and 195 this morning. The vehicle has the right shoulder closed on Route 195 westbound......



Today in history: Cruise ship Achille Lauro hijacked

7:02 AM Tue, Oct 07, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Jack Perry    Email

On this day in 1985, Palestinian gunmen hijacked the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro in the Mediterranean with more than 400 people aboard. Read more......



Clear and cool

7:01 AM Tue, Oct 07, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Brandie Jefferson    Email

Not much to say today, and that's OK. We'll have clear, sunny skies through the day with wind from the north between 7 and 13......



Today's front page: Bad news from Wall Street

7:00 AM Tue, Oct 07, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

Today's front page reports on the bad news from Wall Street, the verdict in the trial of two former executives for Roger Williams Medical Center......