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November 20, 2008 Archives

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Tonight: Catch some laughs at Twin River

6:47 PM Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

Catch some laughs with amateur comedians tonight at 7:30 at Twin River in Lincoln. Amateur comedians compete for $100 prizes and spots in the finals......

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Head of Center for Hispanic Advocacy & Policy resigns

6:44 PM Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

By Karen Lee Ziner Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE -- Three months after the Center for Hispanic Advocacy & Policy's board of directors fired its executive......

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Scituate man charged with illegal dumping at RI landfill

5:31 PM Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

By Mark Reynolds Journal staff writer JOHNSTON -- A 26-year-old Scituate man was arrested this morning and charged with dumping waste from Massachusetts at Rhode......

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Update: Bush considers mental health bill 'historic'

5:29 PM Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | | Write a comment
By News staff    Email

By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington bureau WASHINGTON -- President Bush today told the sponsors of a landmark mental health bill -- including Rep. Patrick......

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Cranston officer hit by car; fires shot at suspects' vehicle

5:25 PM Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

By Lisa Vernon-Sparks Journal staff writer CRANSTON -- A police patrol officer who was struck yesterday as he tried to make a traffic stop, fired......

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Pawtucket to hold drill on dispensing medicine quickly

4:21 PM Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

PAWTUCKET -- The city Emergency Management Agency is conducting a drill on Saturday morning to test the agency's ability to quickly dispense medicine to hundreds......

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Forecast: New England sliding into 'significant recession'

3:27 PM Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

PROVIDENCE -- New England is sliding into a "significant recession" and is expected to lose a quarter-million jobs during the rest of the decade. Economists......

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Update: Babysitter tells of Delestre hitting toddler T.J.

12:37 PM Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Maria Armental    Email

PROVIDENCE -- The babysitter for Thomas J. Wright on the night he was allegedly beaten to death by his aunt and her boyfriend told jurors......

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Convicted murderer, 21, gets 40 years in jail / Photo

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By Mike McKinney    Email

Journal photo / Bob Thayer David Mello, left, stands to say he was sorry for the pain caused to the family by the death......

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Reporter's query: Thanksgiving 'chefs' with experience

11:44 AM Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Maria Armental    Email

Journal staff writer G. Wayne Miller wants to profile -- both story and video -- the head of a family who every year bakes and......

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Wheelbarrows roll in Beaujolais Nouveau/ Photo

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By Maria Armental    Email

Journal photo/ Steve Szydlowski Waiters representing Providence restaurants take off on the 21st annual Georges Duboeuf Beaujolais Nouveau Wheelbarrow Race on the Providence River......

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Bank of America's skating rink opens tomorrow

10:58 AM Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Maria Armental    Email

PROVIDENCE -- Bank of America City Center skating rink opens for the season tomorrow at 6 p.m. General admission is $6 for adults and $3......

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Photo: Man arraigned in Providence murder

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By Jack Perry    Email

Journal photo/ Kathy Borchers Kendell Bliss was arraigned in District Court this morning before Judge Pamela Woodcock Pfeiffer for the murder of Leonardo Manzano......

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Assembly considers making R.I. attractive to business

9:00 AM Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | | Comments (2)
By Maria Armental    Email

LINCOLN -- Members of the state House Finance Committee this morning will tour several Rhode Island-based manufacturers, leading to a discussion this afternoon on how......

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State marks 20 years of emergency 911 system

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By Maria Armental    Email

PROVIDENCE -- Twenty years ago, Rhode Island adopted the E-911 Uniform Emergency Telephone System, an emergency call system that provides direct access to police, fire......

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Pawtucket man charged with stealing computer equipment

8:03 AM Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Maria Armental    Email

MENDON, Mass. (AP) -- Mendon police have charged a Pawtucket man with stealing more than $330,000 worth of specialized computer testing equipment from his employer......

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Fall River man cleared in murder of rival gang member

7:58 AM Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Maria Armental    Email

FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) -- A Fall River man has been acquitted of murder in the death of a rival gang member. Jurors in Fall......

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Massachusetts pension fund off 13% in October

7:36 AM Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Peter Phipps    Email

BOSTON -- Officials say the Massachusetts public pension fund lost about 13 percent of its value or about $5 billion in October. The Pension......

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The cold spell continues and chance of flurries

7:05 AM Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Maria Armental    Email

PROVIDENCE -- The cold spell continues today. The high temperature today will top off at 34 degrees. Factor in the windchill, the "feels like" temperature,......

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Today in history: the Nuremberg trials

7:02 AM Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

On this day in 1945, twenty-four Nazi leaders went on trial before an international war crimes tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany. Read more about today in......

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Today's front page: The homeless, a 30-year-old mob hit

7:00 AM Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Jack Perry    Email

Today's front page looks at Rhode Island's homeless problem as the coldest weather of the season moved into the area. There is also a report......

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