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October 16, 2008 Archives

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Tonight: A recital by RIC music faculty

7:00 PM Thu, Oct 16, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

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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Photo: Turkey turns road runner

6:57 PM Thu, Oct 16, 2008 | | Comments (2)
By Andrea Panciera    Email

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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Update: Feds drop corruption probe into Irons' ties to CVS

6:49 PM Thu, Oct 16, 2008 | | Comments (2)
By Mike McKinney    Email

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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Battle over Barrington wind turbine hits YouTube

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By Mike McKinney    Email

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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Bristol man gets prison time, hefty penalties for tax fraud

5:10 PM Thu, Oct 16, 2008 | | Comments (2)
By Mike McKinney    Email

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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Update: Alves loses bid for new primary, and Senate seat

4:45 PM Thu, Oct 16, 2008 | | Comments (8)
By Mike McKinney    Email

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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Update: Council 94, state agree on contract proposal

4:28 PM Thu, Oct 16, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Andrea Panciera    Email

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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Interrogation expert speaks out against torture as tactic

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By Kate Bramson    Email

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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Mosquito testing done for the season in R.I.

3:10 PM Thu, Oct 16, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

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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Textron to lay off about 20 in R.I. as part of restructuring

2:44 PM Thu, Oct 16, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

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 home of Goldman Sachs exec on sale for $55M

1:43 PM Thu, Oct 16, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Mike McKinney    Email

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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Update: Janitorial contractor to admit to charge after raid

1:08 PM Thu, Oct 16, 2008 | | Comments (7)
By Maria Armental    Email

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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Photo: Actor Sheen stumps for Kennedy in R.I.

9:54 AM Thu, Oct 16, 2008 | | Comments (4)
By Jack Perry    Email

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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W. Warwick council to consider school lawsuit settlement

9:43 AM Thu, Oct 16, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Maria Armental    Email

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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Judge, Mollis meeting on Alves' primary race dispute

8:03 AM Thu, Oct 16, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Maria Armental    Email

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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Providence fire displaces 10 residents

7:22 AM Thu, Oct 16, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

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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Today in history: The Cuban missile crisis

7:02 AM Thu, Oct 16, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

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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It's gray and white and cloudy

7:01 AM Thu, Oct 16, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Kate Bramson    Email

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: The debate and Palin's N.H. visit

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By Jack Perry    Email

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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