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October 31, 2008 Archives

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Tonight: Organ music lays down a Halloween soundtrack

6:47 PM Fri, Oct 31, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

PROVIDENCE -- They're compositions by some of the great serious composers -- but on Halloween they're just more spooky tunes. Tonight, at five minutes before......

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Doonesbury cartoonist calls it early for Obama

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By News staff    Email

By John Hill Journal staff writer Well, it looks like the first return for the presidential election is in, and Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau is......

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Photo: Youngsters learn about Day of the Dead

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By News staff    Email

Journal photo / John Freidah Spanish students from East Greenwich High School host kindergartners from Laurel Hill Elementary School in Providence today to teach......

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R.I. walk-in clinics open tomorrow for flu vaccinations

5:04 PM Fri, Oct 31, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

Make sure you feel well all winter -- drop into one of a handful of participating walk-in clinics around the state tomorrow and get vaccinated......

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Update: Police ID woman critically injured in hit-and-run

3:45 PM Fri, Oct 31, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

PROVIDENCE -- The police this afternoon have identified a woman who was critically injured in a hit-and-run yesterday evening as 38-year-old Providence resident Michelle Nicholson.......

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Update: Larisa hands off Indian land case to Olson

3:20 PM Fri, Oct 31, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By News staff    Email

PROVIDENCE -- Charlestown assistant solicitor for Indian Affairs Joseph S. Larisa Jr. has agreed to step aside and let a former U.S. solicitor general argue......

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Venus de Milo owner to pay $210K to settle tip dispute

2:51 PM Fri, Oct 31, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

SWANSEA, Mass. -- Swansea Lounge Inc., the company that owns the Venus de Milo restaurant, will pay $160,000 in restitution and a $50,000 penalty to......

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Unemployment call center will be open Saturdays

2:47 PM Fri, Oct 31, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

As Rhode Island suffers from the highest unemployment rate in the country, the state Department of Labor and Training's call center will be open to......

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Photo: Part of North Main, Providence, closed for cleanup

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By Jack Perry    Email

Journal photo/ Steve Szydlowski A worker from Clean Harbors spreads a drying agent on a fuel spill on North Main Street, Providence, after a......

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Update: Central Falls puts more bite in its teen curfew

12:31 PM Fri, Oct 31, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Jack Perry    Email

CENTRAL FALLS -- The Police Department and the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility unveiled a revised juvenile curfew today -- a Halloween rule that is......

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Alert: Court: Settle feud in tribal land case yourselves

11:56 AM Fri, Oct 31, 2008 | | Comments (7)
By Maria Armental    Email

The U.S. Supreme Court has sent the question of who will handle a landmark tribal land case back to the parties involved. This morning, the......

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Turn back your clock; it could help your heart

11:28 AM Fri, Oct 31, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

Good news: We get an extra hour this weekend. Even better news: It might be good for your heart. Daylight Saving Time ends this weekend......

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Suspicious package found at Newport Daily News/ Photo

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By Jack Perry    Email

Journal photo/ Bill Murphy A firefighter from the East Providence Fire Department's hazardous materials team gets help with his boot as he dons a......

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Crowd turns out early for Trader Joe's opening

7:59 AM Fri, Oct 31, 2008 | | Comments (6)
By Maria Armental    Email

WARWICK -- Some 200 people showed up this morning at 8 for what they thought was the grand opening of the first Rhode Island Trader......

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Teen arrested in connection to fatal drinking party

7:57 AM Fri, Oct 31, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Maria Armental    Email

NORFOLK, Mass. -- Norfolk police have charged a teenager in connection with a drinking party that resulted in the death of a high school student.......

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Woman critically injured in hit-and-run accident

7:47 AM Fri, Oct 31, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Maria Armental    Email

PROVIDENCE -- A woman is in critical condition at Rhode Island Hospital after she was hit by a car yesterday evening. The woman's name was......

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Bishop to pray with anti-abortion group in Providence

7:20 AM Fri, Oct 31, 2008 | | Comments (3)
By Mike McKinney    Email

By Richard C. Dujardin Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE -- The state's Roman Catholic bishop announced he plans to join with the anti-abortion group 40 Days......

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Today in history: EgyptAir Flight 990 crashes

7:03 AM Fri, Oct 31, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

On this day in 1999, EgyptAir Flight 990 crashed off the Massachusetts coast, killing all 217 people aboard. In the aftermath, Rhode Island becomes the......

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Good day (weather wise) to celebrate Halloween

7:01 AM Fri, Oct 31, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Maria Armental    Email

PROVIDENCE -- Happy Halloween! We got a cold start (again) but temperatures should be warming up to near 59. Tonight, temperatures should remain on the......

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Today's front page: Halloween, spooky economic news

7:00 AM Fri, Oct 31, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

Today's front page features a Halloween story about a vampire legend in Exeter. There's also continuing coverage of the presidential election and scary news on......

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