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October 27, 2008 Archives
6:59 PM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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There's a chance of rain tonight, but betting on that chance becomes much less of a gamble during the day tomorrow, when the National Weather......
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6:51 PM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Gina Macris Journal staff writer BRISTOL -- The Rhode Island Veterans Home, sharply criticized in a recent report for past management practices that intimidated......
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5:55 PM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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The state Health Department today lifted the boil-water advisory in all but one of the buildings at the University of Rhode Island's main campus in......
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5:42 PM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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A Portsmouth youth who is one of four teens accused in the theft of a police officer's weapon and other gear from a truck parked......
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5:23 PM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By RICK MASSIMO Journal pop music writer The first Rock the Ink Festival, the three-day bonanza of tattooing and hard rock that took over the......
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5:14 PM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Lisa Vernon-Sparks Journal staff writer EAST GREENWICH -- Tomorrow, town officials plan to dedicate a new 13-acre waterfront park at the site of a......
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5:02 PM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
NEWPORT -- Organizers of the Newport International Film Festival warn the annual event may be shut down unless they can raise tens of thousands of......
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4:58 PM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Journal staff writer BARRINGTON -- It was billed as a student assembly to celebrate the school's science test scores. But......
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4:48 PM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Tatiana Pina Journal staff writer CENTRAL FALLS -- Two men were stabbed early Sunday during an apparent altercation as people were leaving El Chapin......
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4:40 PM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
Rhode Island sold some $25 million in bonds today to individuals and small businesses in the state, according to General Treasurer Frank T. Caprio's office.......
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4:26 PM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
PAWTUCKET -- The father of a baby girl has been charged with first-degree child abuse after the infant was hospitalized with serious head trauma, including......
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2:43 PM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
Journal photo/ Bob Thayer Tony Medina, 13, a student at the Feinstein Learning Academy in Woonsocket, lifts and folds a finished blanket ready for......
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2:30 PM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
A majority of school bus drivers and aides who work for First Student Inc. and serve North Smithfield voted today to unionize. They will form......
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1:57 PM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Katie Mulvaney Journal staff writer The Rhode Island Supreme Court has suspended a former state senator accused of mishandling his clients' mortgage money from......
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1:53 PM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
WOONSOCKET -- The Woonsocket Police Department is investigating the Sunday shooting death of a 22-year-old Woonsocket man. Police say preliminary reports indicate that the shooting......
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1:09 PM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples Journal State House bureau PROVIDENCE -- If there was any good news to come out of the State House this morning, it's......
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12:21 PM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
PROVIDENCE -- Nurse Debbie Beck believes this morning was the first time her young charge, Dante Pendleton, rode on a swing. At the just-named Alan......
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12:04 PM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
TIVERTON -- Thirteen National Grid customers remain without gas service in Tiverton following a distribution problem Thursday that resulted in a dramatic gas pressure drop.......
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11:50 AM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
Tonight's scheduled demolition work on the old Route 403 bridge, at exit 7A over Route 4 in East Greenwich, has been postponed. The state Department......
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11:13 AM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
BOSTON (AP) -- Just call Choochy the poodle a "runway runaway." The "fast and elusive" poodle scampered across runways and taxiways at Logan International Airport......
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10:43 AM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
Sharing spaces: Have you moved in with family or friends to save money? Has a foreclosure of job loss meant giving up your own space......
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10:43 AM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
Gas prices continue their decline, dropping 24 cents in Rhode Island over the past week, according to AAA Southern New England. The average price for......
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10:13 AM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
Students, teachers, police and emergency management agencies are practicing the handling of an emergency at Chariho Regional High School in Richmond this morning. A section......
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8:44 AM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
SOUTH KINGSTOWN -- A state Department of Health boil water advisory , issued more than a week ago, is expected to remain in effect through......
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8:35 AM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
Today's front page features a story about changes at the Narragansett Pier. Download a copy of the front page in .pdf format.......
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7:38 AM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
PORTSMOUTH -- An 18-year-old Portsmouth man is expected to be arraigned this morning in District Court, Newport, on charges of stealing a loaded semiautomatic handgun......
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7:09 AM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE --The state today is scheduled to begin selling $350 million in short-term bonds to residents, small businesses and financial institutions. General Treasurer Frank T.......
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7:01 AM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE -- Today it'll be sunny and seasonally warm. That's fall talk for about 65. Not bad, considering the National Weather Service forecasts rain moving......
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7:00 AM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
On this day in 2004, the Boston Red Sox won their first World Series since 1918, beating the St. Louis Cardinals 3-0 in Game 4.......
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