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October 22, 2008 Archives


Tonight: Poet, visual artist reading at Brown

6:57 PM Wed, Oct 22, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

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......



Good news: Navy chief believes in submarines

6:42 PM Wed, Oct 22, 2008 | | Comments (2)
By Peter Phipps    Email

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.......



Update: No foul play in the death of Plainville 17 year old

5:49 PM Wed, Oct 22, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

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......



Prosecution opens in Richardson murder trial

5:45 PM Wed, Oct 22, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

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......



Update: Falcon owner pleads guilty to hiring illegals

3:30 PM Wed, Oct 22, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

By Tom Mooney Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE -- The owner of a janitorial firm pleaded guilty today to one count of knowingly hiring illegal immigrants,......



Update: Ex-URI official indicted in Ky. on fraud charges

2:57 PM Wed, Oct 22, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Jack Perry    Email

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,......



$50K bail set for Pawtucket man charged with kidnapping

2:33 PM Wed, Oct 22, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Maria Armental    Email

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......



Holocaust survivor, 85, talks to W. Warwick students

2:16 PM Wed, Oct 22, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By maria caporizzo    Email

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"......



Update: Actor Nicolas Cage selling Middletown estate

2:05 PM Wed, Oct 22, 2008 | | Comments (2)
By Kate Bramson    Email

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......



Theft of officer's gun, uniform still under investigation

1:16 PM Wed, Oct 22, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Maria Armental    Email

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......



Bus tour offering free financial advice in Providence today

12:35 PM Wed, Oct 22, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Andrea Panciera    Email

PROVIDENCE -- Volunteer advisers are offering free financial advice this afternoon from a bus at Washington Street and Cookson Place along Burnside Park in downtown......



Hull of R.I.'s own tall ship to arrive in Newport Friday

11:03 AM Wed, Oct 22, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Maria Armental    Email

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......



EMC 3Q profit drops but beats forecast

10:26 AM Wed, Oct 22, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Data storage company EMC Corp. said today its net income dropped 17 percent in the third quarter, a decline caused by......



Fire in Fall River displaces six residents

9:44 AM Wed, Oct 22, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Maria Armental    Email

FALL RIVER, Mass. -- Six residents were displaced by a fire early this morning in Fall River, the police said. No one was hurt, and......



Jury in Warwick murder to visit scene of the crime

7:21 AM Wed, Oct 22, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Maria Armental    Email

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......



Today in history: First parachute descent

7:03 AM Wed, Oct 22, 2008 | | Comments (2)
By Kate Bramson    Email

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......



It's going to be a cold and windy one, but not too bad

7:01 AM Wed, Oct 22, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Maria Armental    Email

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......



Today's front page: R.I. has the highest jobless rate

7:00 AM Wed, Oct 22, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

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......