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November 6, 2008 Archives


Tonight: 'Children of Winter' lands at Avon Cinema

7:00 PM Thu, Nov 06, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

Yes, it's still fall, and yes, it's been raining, but: Head over to the Avon Cinema, 260 Thayer St., Providence, tonight, where Warren Miller's Children......



Update: Mail-in count confirms R.I. turnout breaks record

6:56 PM Thu, Nov 06, 2008 | | Write a comment
By News staff    Email

PROVIDENCE -- The tallying of more than 20,000 mail-in ballots today made it official. This election broke the record for the most votes ever cast......



Update: Route 95S finally re-opens after truck rollover

attleboroaccident.JPG 6:26 PM Thu, Nov 06, 2008 | | Comments (5)
By Jack Perry    Email

Journal photo/ Gretchen Ertl Police, fire and highway trucks are parked on Route 95, Attleboro, this morning after a tractor-trailer rolled over, spilling jet......



Craigslist to crack down on prostitution ads

5:48 PM Thu, Nov 06, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Mike McKinney    Email

HARTFORD, Conn. -- Under the watchful eye of law enforcement in 40 states, Craigslist pledged Thursday to crack down on ads for prostitution on its......



Mail ballot count clarifies Warwick school board results

4:30 PM Thu, Nov 06, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

By Barbara Polichetti Journal staff writer WARWICK -- School Committee Chairman Christopher E. Friel won a second term while first-time school board candidate Patrick E.......



Update: All Rte. 95S lanes in Attleboro open after fuel spill

4:13 PM Thu, Nov 06, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

ATTLEBORO, Mass. -- As of 3:30 p.m. today, all four lanes of Route 95 south were open again, and residents were allowed to return to......



National Grid proposes even bigger gas rate decrease

4:07 PM Thu, Nov 06, 2008 | | Comments (5)
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

By Timothy Barmann Journal staff writer National Grid has proposed an even bigger decrease in natural gas rates because of falling energy prices. The utility......



Mail ballot count did not change Cranston election results

3:46 PM Thu, Nov 06, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

By Barbara Polichetti Journal staff writer CRANSTON -- The counting of more than 1,800 mail ballots in Cranston did not change any election results, with......



W. Warwick teen indicted in connection with fatal crash

3:31 PM Thu, Nov 06, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

A statewide grand jury has indicted a 17-year-old West Warwick boy whom the police say in March drove a Volkswagen Jetta recklessly, striking another car.......



Fidelity to cut nearly 1,300 jobs

2:40 PM Thu, Nov 06, 2008 | | Comments (2)
By Jack Perry    Email

BOSTON (AP) -- Fidelity Investments is cutting nearly 1,300 jobs this month and the mutual fund company says more layoffs are coming early next year.......



Prosecutors try to prove clerk issued false licenses

1:47 PM Thu, Nov 06, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Jack Perry    Email

Federal prosecutors continued today to try to build their case against a former Division of Motor Vehicles clerk accused of issuing fake drivers licenses from......



Red Sox put in request to host 2012 All-Star Game

1:46 PM Thu, Nov 06, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Art Martone    Email

BY DANIEL BARBARISI Journal Sports Writer BOSTON -- The Red Sox have made a request with Major League Baseball to host the All-Star Game in......



Carcieri urges 'bold steps' to lift R.I. out of recession

kstokes.jpg 12:54 PM Thu, Nov 06, 2008 | | Comments (15)
By News staff    Email

Journal photo / Kathy Borchers Keith Stokes, executive director of the Newport Chamber of Commerce, center, takes part in one of the roundtable discussion......



Some syringes sold at Wal-Mart, Sam's Club recalled

12:37 PM Thu, Nov 06, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

Some possibly mislabeled hypodermic needles -- which, if used, mean patients may get an overdose of as much as 2.5 times the intended insulin dose......



Update: Director of state employees' largest union 'on paid leave'

12:07 PM Thu, Nov 06, 2008 | | Comments (6)
By Katherine Gregg    Email

By Katherine Gregg and Cynthia Needham Journal State House Bureau The president of the largest state employees union, J. Michael Downey, confirmed today that his......



Providence Place owner talks of selling some properties

9:37 AM Thu, Nov 06, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Jack Perry    Email

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- The company that owns Providence Place mall is planning to sell more properties and cut costs after its shares lost about......



Governor hosts summit on economy

9:30 AM Thu, Nov 06, 2008 | | Comments (2)
By Jack Perry    Email

PROVIDENCE (AP) -- Governor Carcieri wants ideas for revitalizing Rhode Island's flagging economy. Carcieri is hosting a summit this morning at the Rhode Island Convention......



Today's front page: The Assembly's new celebrity

8:36 AM Thu, Nov 06, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

Today's front page features an interview with Edward J. O'Neill, the independent candidate who toppled state Senate President Joseph Montalbano in Tuesday's election. There's also......



Today in history: Lincoln elected

7:05 AM Thu, Nov 06, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

On this day in1860, former Illinois congressman Abraham Lincoln defeated three other candidates for the presidency. Read more about today in history.......



A foggy, drizzly day

7:00 AM Thu, Nov 06, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

Expect a showery, foggy and drizzly day today. The showers are supposed to hit mainly before 9 a.m. and then we will have areas of......



Traffic alert: Route 95 closed near R.I.-Mass. line

6:51 AM Thu, Nov 06, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

A section of Route 95 is closed near the Rhode Island-Massachusetts state line because of an accident involving a tractor-trailer carrying jet fuel. The highway......