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October 23, 2008 Archives
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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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7:35 PM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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7:10 PM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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5:57 PM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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4:34 PM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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4:09 PM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
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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4:00 PM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
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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3:52 PM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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3:20 PM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
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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2:46 PM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
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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2:23 PM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
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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2:22 PM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
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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1:22 PM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
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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12:35 PM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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12:27 PM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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11:10 AM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
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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10:57 AM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
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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10:45 AM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
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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9:15 AM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
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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9:09 AM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
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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7:22 AM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
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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7:01 AM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
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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6:58 AM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
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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6:51 AM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
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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