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By Mark Reynolds Journal staff writer JOHNSTON -- State Rep. Deborah Fellela accused Johnston police officers of harassing her family today after her son was......
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6:54 PM Fri, Nov 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John Hill Journal staff writer LINCOLN -- Moments before he set himself on fire after crashing his car into the front of Lincoln High......
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6:35 PM Fri, Nov 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
Vibha Shah and her husband, Fenil Shah, who live in Barrington but are from India, have many family members remaining in India, in the suburbs......
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4:59 PM Fri, Nov 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Lisa Vernon-Sparks Journal staff writer The police have not identified the three people riding in a black Jaguar that slammed into a chain-link fence......
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4:45 PM Fri, Nov 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By G. Wayne Miller Journal staff writer Providence's Rabbi Yehoshua Laufer, leader of the Chabad Lubavitch movement in Rhode Island, today called the attacks in......
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3:18 PM Fri, Nov 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
PROVIDENCE -- Firefighters are on scene in the area of 36 Sumter St. for a fire reported in an occupied 2 1/2-story wood-frame residence, according......
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2:55 PM Fri, Nov 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Tatiana Pina Journal staff writer PAWTUCKET _ The family of a 62-year-old man killed in August as he walked to catch a bus to......
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2:41 PM Fri, Nov 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE -- A Central Falls man charged with wielding a machete at a group of people at Lincoln Woods State Park Wednesday will be held......
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2:15 PM Fri, Nov 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Greg Smith Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE -- City police detectives are investigating a driveby shooting last night in which a passenger in a car......
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By Mike McKinney Email
BOSTON, Mass. -- A Brockton couple was trapped inside an Indian hotel for 16 hours after a terror attack there turned the area into an......
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12:50 PM Fri, Nov 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE -- And the coats kept on coming. An hour into this year's "Buy Nothing Day Winter Coat Exchange," motorists kept stopping by the State......
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12:39 PM Fri, Nov 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Paul Grimaldi Journal staff writer Retailers will angle for attention online Monday, trying to grab sales from people who may not have be impressed......
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12:25 PM Fri, Nov 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Lisa Vernon-Sparks Journal staff writer SOUTH KINGSTOWN -- No more calls please, Santa is here. The Wakefield Village Merchants Association has found its Santa......
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12:15 PM Fri, Nov 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
Police said this morning that a mother and son from Swansea, Mass., reported missing yesterday afternoon, have been located in Westerly. A police dispatcher, contacted......
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12:02 PM Fri, Nov 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
Journal photo / Mary Murphy Louisa Knight, center, of Warwick and her daughter Maria, 14, check their money a little before 5 a.m. as......
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11:04 AM Fri, Nov 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
LINCOLN -- Two Central Falls residents are due in court this morning on weapon charges stemming from a confrontation with another group at Lincoln Woods......
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10:27 AM Fri, Nov 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
CRANSTON -- A person traveling in a black Jaguar that crashed into a chain-link fence last night has died, the police confirmed this morning. The......
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9:39 AM Fri, Nov 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
SMITHFIELD -- The Federal Aviation Administration has posted a preliminary accident report on a plane crash this month that killed two Rhode Island men in......
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Today's Providence Journal front page features: On the international front, a report on a deadly rampage on a Jewish center in Mumbai, India, and the......
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7:45 AM Fri, Nov 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
Park and shop in downtown Providence, on Thayer Street or on Atwells Avenue. Park and dine on Federal Hill, Wickenden Street or South Main Street.......
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7:30 AM Fri, Nov 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- A tradition returns to the State House lawn this morning, weather permitting, in the shape of the "Buy Nothing Day Winter Coat Exchange."......
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7:10 AM Fri, Nov 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
Let's travel back in time: The year: 1520. On Nov. 28, Portuguese-born navigator Ferdinand Magellan (Fernão de Magalhães) reached the Pacific Ocean after passing through......
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6:48 AM Fri, Nov 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE -- Today's weather forecast calls for scattered showers, mainly after 11 a.m., according to the National Weather Service. Still, don't let it rain you......
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7:00 PM Wed, Nov 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
The 7to7 news blog will be officially off duty on Thursday, the Thanksgiving holiday. While that means we won't be blogging our usual local news......
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6:52 PM Wed, Nov 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
PROVIDENCE -- There is a possible water main break in the area of Thomas Street and North Main Street, according to fire department dispatch and......
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6:05 PM Wed, Nov 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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You certainly won't need a sleigh to get to Grandma's house this year. And you shouldn't have to throw on every warm layer you own......
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4:43 PM Wed, Nov 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
A Texas-based food company is recalling thousands of pounds of cooked chicken products that were distributed to retail stores in 26 states, including Rhode Island,......
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4:23 PM Wed, Nov 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
Journal photo / Glenn Osmundson Travelers arrive today at the Providence train station, departing from a northbound train. whether you're going by car, train,......
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4:01 PM Wed, Nov 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
This year's schedule of high school football rivalry games begins in about an hour, when Hope and Central meet at Providence's Conley Stadium in the......
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2:42 PM Wed, Nov 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
DONGGUAN, China (AP) -- It started as a pay dispute at a southern Chinese toy factory. But it quickly turned into a riot as laid-off......
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2:23 PM Wed, Nov 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
Journal photo / Sandor Bodo Sally Philips, co-chair of the Blithewold Christmas event, reaches out and adjusts an ornament on the large tree that rises......
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1:17 PM Wed, Nov 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John Hill Journal staff writer LINCOLN -- The man who crashed his car into Lincoln High School last month committed suicide after he doused......
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1:12 PM Wed, Nov 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE -- Providence Police are investigating a double shooting last night in the Manton Heights public housing development that left two local men injured, one......
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12:38 PM Wed, Nov 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
LITTLE COMPTON -- A Little Compton man who was arrested yesterday afternoon had a blood-alcohol content of .578, the police said -- a potentially lethal......
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11:21 AM Wed, Nov 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
Old and new Middletown residents are invited to a Thanksgiving bonfire tonight from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Sachuest Beach. Organizers says it's an opportunity......
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11:04 AM Wed, Nov 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
PAWTUCKET -- The lawyers for a Pawtucket school principal accused of repeteadly sexually assaulting a child in the city in the late 1990s issued a......
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7:38 AM Wed, Nov 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Sheila Lennon Email
Dinner at your house tomorrow? Everybody wants to help you. Hotlines (and it can't hurt to ask for a coupon if you call): Butterball Turkey......
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7:06 AM Wed, Nov 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE -- Today, it'll be mostly cloudy, though you might see the occasional rain shower. Tomorrow, it'll be mostly sunny and warm (think last week),......
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7:06 AM Wed, Nov 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
By Ray Henry Associated Press Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Automakers cannot sue to block Rhode Island from enforcing tighter standards on tailpipe emissions first......
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7:02 AM Wed, Nov 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
On this day in 1789, a day of thanksgiving was set aside by President George Washington to observe the adoption of the U.S. Constitution. Read......
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7:01 AM Wed, Nov 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
PROVIDENCE -- Firefighters extinguished a blaze in the basement of the List Art Building, on the Brown University campus, after sawdust clogged in a dust......
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7:00 AM Wed, Nov 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
Today's front page features a report on the return of 16 Rhode Island National Guard members from Afghanistan. There's also a report on the hottest......
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6:50 PM Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
The URI Afro-Cuban Jazz Combo led by Eric Paltz and The Miles Smiles Jazz Group led by Eric Hofbauer perform tonight at 8. The performance......
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6:30 PM Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By maria caporizzo Email
Are you bound for Thanksgiving away from home, by car, bus, train or plane? Before you go, check the latest weather conditions and forecasts, road......
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6:02 PM Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Karen Lee Ziner Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE -- Holly Marshall has worked on a fishing boat, in a mailroom and in a pizza......
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5:23 PM Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
By Peter Lord Journal environment writer Today's rainstorm provided the perfect test for the Rhode Island's new $359 million combined sewer overflow project. By 2:45......
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5:11 PM Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Tatiana Pina Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE -- Gruesome autopsy details from a former medical examiner marked the fifth day of Gilbert Delestre's trial for......
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5:03 PM Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
A Providence man was indicted today on the charge of murder in the death of his mother, 79-year-old Zulmira Medeiros, last year. A Providence County......
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4:48 PM Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
The exit 16 ramp on Route 95 north is closed because of an accident, the state Transportation Management Center reported at 4:21 p.m. That is......
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4:42 PM Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE -- Saying he wanted to explore "what maybe might possibly could occur," the Department of Environmental......
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4:31 PM Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By W. Zachary Malinowski Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE -- Nicholas P. Manocchio, a ranking administrator with the Laborers' International Union of North America, was suspended......
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4:25 PM Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
PROVIDENCE - With the state headed to the bond market early next week to raise more than $107.3 million for past and future education, housing......
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4:17 PM Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
CRANSTON -- Sixteen members of the Rhode Island National Guard will be returning home from Afghanistan today, according to the National Guard . The anticipated......
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4:03 PM Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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BY Lisa Vernon-Sparks Journal staff writer WARWICK -- The newest member of the Coventry Planning Commission is spending the day in state prison for contempt......
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3:44 PM Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- A federal judge has ruled that automakers cannot sue to block Rhode Island from enforcing tighter standards on tailpipe emissions. The car manufacturers......
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2:21 PM Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- Rhode Island's top court will hear arguments next month on whether to release questionnaires completed by potential jurors for the trial of an......
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2:19 PM Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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The cause of death for a Warwick woman, 88, whose body was found in her bed Sunday, was burns, with heart disease as a contributing......
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2:17 PM Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE -- Short of food donations for its holiday baskets, the Salvation Army has extended its food collection through tomorrow. Today was supposed to be......
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1:17 PM Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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Rhode Island is among 25 states not doing enough to prevent drunken driving, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. This morning, the NTSB's acting......
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12:57 PM Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
WOONSOCKET -- An 85-year-old Cumberland woman died yesterday after she drove into a utility pole on Cass Avenue at Dana Street. Ursula Fontaine was taken......
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11:54 AM Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
The ACLU's Rhode Island chapter today announced settlement of its lawsuit against the state and town of Richmond on behalf of Rod Driver, a political......
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11:25 AM Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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WRENTHAM, Mass. (AP) -- The "disgusted" mother of a Plainville teenager who died after an underage drinking party took back bracelets that her daughter's schoolmates......
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11:11 AM Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
Washington -- Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND) and U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) are calling on the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to study......
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11:11 AM Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
Drive safely this holiday. That's the message the Rhode Island Department of Transportation, the State Police and AAA Southern New England want to send drivers.......
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9:55 AM Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE -- Johnson & Wales University is hosting its annual Thanksgiving meal today for those in need. The meal will be served in Snowden Hall,......
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9:49 AM Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE -- The third annual "R.I. Project Homeless Connect," connecting individuals and families with social, legal, and medical services, is being held today through 2......
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9:23 AM Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
NEWPORT -- A Tiverton man arrested last year on sexual assault charges is scheduled to be sentenced today in Newport Superior Court. Robert M. Dallaire,......
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9:10 AM Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE -- A 19-year-old Woonsocket man charged with killing a man last month during a robbery is due in court today for a bail hearing.......
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9:06 AM Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE -- Rhode Island's economic woes got international attention last night on BBC America. Rhode Island, the smallest state in the union, is tied with......
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8:54 AM Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE -- The case against a woman charged last year with surreptitiously recording a conversation involving her then-landlord, the police and a town official was......
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8:48 AM Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE -- A Pawtucket woman on probation for her role in a 2003 Pawtucket murder is scheduled to be sentenced today in Providence Superior Court......
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7:43 AM Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
BOSTON (AP) -- The financially struggling Massachusetts Turnpike Authority could soon have to repay nearly $450 million in loans. The money has to do with......
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7:39 AM Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
BOSTON -- The Coast Guard has launched a new operation in New England to ensure that commercial tugs are following rules and licensing procedures. The......
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7:30 AM Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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WASHINGTON -- Mark V. Rosenker, the National Transportation Safety Board's acting chairman, will call on states "unresponsive to previous NTSB safety recommendations" to make bolder......
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7:02 AM Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
On this day in 1963, the body of President John F. Kennedy was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery. Read more about today in......
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7:01 AM Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE -- Careful as you hit the road this morning. Overnight rain and the fallen autumn foliage may have conspired to turn your commute a......
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6:51 AM Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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Today's front page features a report on the powerful House Finance Committee's rare off-session meeting to discuss the state's dire economic outlook. Download a copy......
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6:40 PM Mon, Nov 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- If you hear a lot of rumbling and roaring from the vicinity of the Dunkin' Donuts Center tonight, this may be why: WWE......
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5:45 PM Mon, Nov 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Felice J. Freyer Journal medical writer Blue Cross subscribers don't need to worry about whether they'll be able to use Care New England hospitals......
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4:36 PM Mon, Nov 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples Journal State House bureau PROVIDENCE -- The House Finance Committee was confronted with a daunting task this afternoon during a rare off-session......
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4:29 PM Mon, Nov 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Tatiana Pina Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE -- The murder trial of Gilbert Delestre, who is accused of beating his girlfriend's nephew to death, wrapped......
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3:59 PM Mon, Nov 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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By W. Zachary Malinowski Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE -- A ranking official at the Laborers' International Union of North America today became the third person......
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3:47 PM Mon, Nov 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE -- Ellen Alemany, CEO of RBS Americans and Citizens Financial Group, will be the keynote speaker tonight of the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce's......
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2:54 PM Mon, Nov 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE -- State Treas. Frank Caprio today labeled "unacceptable'' the recent state-paid travels by legislators to Las Vegas......
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2:38 PM Mon, Nov 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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WESTERLY -- The Westerly police have released the name of the man killed yesterday in a motorcycle crash. He was identified as Broc W. Brown,......
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1:53 PM Mon, Nov 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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Nicholas Manocchio, the nephew of reputed New England Mafia leader Luigi "Baby Shacks'' Manocchio, was arrested this morning in connection with a labor racketeering......
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1:01 PM Mon, Nov 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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BOSTON (AP) -- The Registry of Motor Vehicles has been forced to close all 35 of its branches statewide because of a series of manhole......
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12:50 PM Mon, Nov 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
The Big Blue Bug will be more like the Big Blue Firefly this evening. But the seasonal significance will be very much about the winter......
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11:58 AM Mon, Nov 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- The next major segment of the Route 195 relocation known as Iway will open to traffic on Saturday, Dec. 6, the state Department......
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11:51 AM Mon, Nov 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
NEWPORT -- Newport Hospital is under increasing financial strain. Chief Finance Officer and Treasurer Frank Byrnes says the hospital had an operating loss of nearly......
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11:17 AM Mon, Nov 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE -- With the state facing dramatic budget deficits, members of the state House Finance Committee will meet at 1 p.m. today to discuss the......
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11:09 AM Mon, Nov 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE -- The Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation's governing board, chaired by Governor Carcieri, is scheduled to vote today on eliminating 3 percent compounded annual......
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10:07 AM Mon, Nov 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
Gas prices in Rhode Island have dropped below $2 per gallon for the first time since March 2005, according to AAA Southern New England. The......
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8:38 AM Mon, Nov 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE -- Providence Mayor David N. Cicilline will be collecting food donations this afternoon to make food baskets for needy families. Turkeys, canned goods and......
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7:52 AM Mon, Nov 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
Today's front page features a continuing report on premature births, a photograph of Patriots' quarterback Matt Cassel, who led the team to a 48-28 win......
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7:49 AM Mon, Nov 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE -- The murder trial of Gilbert Delestre, who is accused of beating his girlfriend's 3-year-old nephew to death, will resume this morning. Last week,......
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7:01 AM Mon, Nov 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
On this day in 1963, Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby shot and mortally wounded Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy.......
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7:00 AM Mon, Nov 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- Difficult to believe after last week's cold snap, but today's high will get us into the 40s and tomorrow's should be in the......
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