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November 14, 2008 Archives


Tonight: Counting down to space shuttle's liftoff

7:00 PM Fri, Nov 14, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

Watch the space shuttle Endeavour lift off tonight for a 15-day mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff is scheduled for 7:55 p.m. Eastern Standard......



Update: 2nd jury quickly convicts Richardson of murder

5:59 PM Fri, Nov 14, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

WARWICK -- When a jury today quickly convicted James Richardson of murdering Margaret Duffy-Stephenson, a roar went up from the slain teacher's aide's family and......



Providence police pull 2 women from Woonasquatucket

5:47 PM Fri, Nov 14, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Mike McKinney    Email

By Gregory Smith Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE -- Four policemen rescued two women early this morning after the women's car went off the road and......



Providence man is indicted on murder charge

5:36 PM Fri, Nov 14, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

A Providence man was indicted today on charges that he murdered Virgilio Rojo, 17, near the Hartford Park public housing development in Providence in June.......



New president brings new theme to RIC / Photo

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By News staff    Email

Providence Journal photo/Steve Szydlowski Rhode Island College's new president, Nancy Carriuolo, walks through the Providence campus accompanied by the school's marching band before her......



Crash at busy Providence intersection injures officer

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By Mike McKinney    Email

PROVIDENCE -- A Providence police cruiser took heavy damage and an officer was put on a stretcher and taken away by rescue after a crash......



Update: Jury still going in murder case against Richardson

4:28 PM Fri, Nov 14, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

WARWICK -- The jury in the case against James Richardson, who is being retried for allegedly murdering a teacher's aide in 2005, is still deliberating......



3 R.I. men accused of selling contraband cigarettes

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By Mike McKinney    Email

Three Rhode Island men have been indicted by a federal grand jury in connection with allegedly selling thousands of contraband cigarettes in packages that did......



Rhode Island Mall fined for PCB violations

2:26 PM Fri, Nov 14, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

BOSTON -- The Rhode Island Mall in Warwick has paid a $36,100 fine for violating federal regulations regarding the storage and handling of PCBs, polychlorinated......



Woonsocket man is convicted of molesting girl

1:22 PM Fri, Nov 14, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Mike McKinney    Email

PROVIDENCE -- After a second trial, a 20-year-old Woonsocket man has been convicted of molesting a 4-year-old girl in 2005. Miguel A. Navarro, whose last......



Norovirus outbreak hits Wakefield Elementary School

1:14 PM Fri, Nov 14, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

SOUTH KINGSTOWN -- A total of about 100 Wakefield Elementary School students -- roughly a third of the school's population -- have been out of......



Celebrities on bus tour offer help with prescriptions

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By Jack Perry    Email

Journal photo/ Bill Murphy Actor Joe Pantoliano greets a fan at Crossroads Rhode Island as he helps the Partnership for Prescription Assistance spread the......



Parents can't sue son's employer, CVS, after fatal stabbing

12:43 PM Fri, Nov 14, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

BOSTON (AP) -- The state's highest court has ruled that the parents of a store clerk stabbed by a shoplifter he confronted cannot sue the......



Closing arguments heard in Richardson murder trial

12:29 PM Fri, Nov 14, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

WARWICK -- The defense lawyer for James Richardson, who is being retried for allegedly murdering a teacher's aide in 2005, told the jury today, "This......



Cranston pedestrian victim identified as 86-year-old

11:51 AM Fri, Nov 14, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

CRANSTON -- The police today said 86-year-old Luetta Burnham, of Cranston, was the woman who died after being struck by a vehicle as she was......



Rain or shine, rally against gay-marriage ban going on

11:39 AM Fri, Nov 14, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Maria Armental    Email

PROVIDENCE -- Marriage Equality Rhode Island will join groups all across the country observing a national day of protest tomorrow. Groups are protesting California's Prop......



Drowning ruled in death of woman found in harbor

11:30 AM Fri, Nov 14, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

LITTLE COMPTON -- The cause of death for Bobbi R. MacCracken -- the woman whose body was found Wednesday morning in Sakonnet Harbor -- was......



Helpers wanted to pack holiday care packages for troops

10:51 AM Fri, Nov 14, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Maria Armental    Email

PROVIDENCE -- Want to lend a hand in this year's Operation Holiday Cheer? Pencil it in. Tomorrow. 9 a.m. at the North Main Street Armory,......



California man indicted in hoax anthrax scare

9:56 AM Fri, Nov 14, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Maria Armental    Email

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- A federal grand jury indicted a Sacramento man yesterday on 13 charges related to a series of anthrax scares across the......



Car plunges into Woonasquatucket River

9:39 AM Fri, Nov 14, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Maria Armental    Email

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- The police are investigating an accident that sent a car plunging into the Woonasquatucket River in Providence. The accident happened early......



Woman struck, killed crossing street in Cranston

9:29 AM Fri, Nov 14, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Maria Armental    Email

CRANSTON -- A woman was fatally hit yesterday while crossing Cranston's busy Reservoir Avenue, the police said. The woman's indentity has not been released pending......



Prescription help "bus tour" visits Providence

8:56 AM Fri, Nov 14, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Maria Armental    Email

PROVIDENCE -- The "Help is Here Express" bus tour is coming back to Rhode Island this morning. The bus tour -- along with Montel Williams,......



Coast Guard continues search for missing captain

8:49 AM Fri, Nov 14, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

BOSTON (AP) -- The captain of a fishing trawler that capsized 115 miles east of Cape Cod remains missing. A Coast Guard cutter searched through......



R.I. group celebrates Conn's same-sex marriage ruling

8:22 AM Fri, Nov 14, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Maria Armental    Email

PROVIDENCE -- Marriage Equality Rhode Island Education Fund members will celebrate the recent Connecticut Supreme Court ruling allowing gay couples to marry tonight in Providence.......



Photo: Imus in the Morning in Providence

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By Jack Perry    Email

Journal photo/ Bill Murphy Don Imus broadcasts his national radio program live from the Rhode Island Convention Center this morning. The event is for......



Nigerian legislators to visit Rhode Island today

7:38 AM Fri, Nov 14, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Maria Armental    Email

PROVIDENCE -- A delegation of Nigerian legislators from the state of Osun will visit the State House this morning, said Chris Barnett, a spokesman for......



Today in history: 'Moby Dick' published

7:09 AM Fri, Nov 14, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

On this day in 1851, Herman Melville's novel "Moby Dick" was published. Read more about today in history.......



Rain through Tuesday, snow possible next week

7:02 AM Fri, Nov 14, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Maria Armental    Email

PROVIDENCE -- Get used to the rain because it's her to stay. So this morning, as you get ready to work, don't forget to grab......



Today's front page: The Pats and more

7:01 AM Fri, Nov 14, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

Today's front page features a photograph of the New England Patriots playing the New York Jets, a story about nursing homes designed for the baby-boom......