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6:50 PM Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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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 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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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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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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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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By maria caporizzo Email
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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By Kate Bramson Email
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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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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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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By Maria Armental Email
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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By Jack Perry Email
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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