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December 31, 2008 Archives
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The 7to7 breaking news blog will ring in the new year with a day off. While we won't be blogging Thursday, New Year's Day, we......
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6:36 PM Wed, Dec 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
Journal photo / Bob Thayer Parking lot attendant Steve Jones of Providence waves cars into the Fogarty Building parking lot on Sabin Street in......
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6:03 PM Wed, Dec 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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The lights indeed are bright, as the snow lifts and downtown Providence gets ready for its annual New Year's Eve party. This scene, from......
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5:22 PM Wed, Dec 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- Rhode Island's political leaders are considering raising the state's cigarette tax as they confront a massive budget deficit. Incoming Senate President Teresa Paiva-Weed......
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5:00 PM Wed, Dec 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
For those still at work on snowy New Year's Eve, think back. It's snow days that trace the route from childhood to adulthood. Back in......
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4:43 PM Wed, Dec 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
Greyhound and Peter Pan bus lines cancelled/delayed trips connecting Providence with Boston and Providence with New York today because of the weather. Peter Pan bus......
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3:29 PM Wed, Dec 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
While Rhode Island Department of Transportation continues to ask drivers to take it easy as snow continues to fall around the state, at 2 p.m.,......
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2:52 PM Wed, Dec 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
Could it be a sign that any inferiority complex Rhode Islanders may hold toward the clearing of the state's roads --compared to the clearing of......
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2:51 PM Wed, Dec 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
Throughout Rhode Island, as snow has been falling for about the past five hours, accumulations totals reported by spotters vary greatly. Here's the latest snow......
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2:36 PM Wed, Dec 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Bob Thayer Jim Beller, doorman at The Providence Hotel on Mathewson Street, tips his hat to a passerby as he shovels......
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1:32 PM Wed, Dec 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
WRENTHAM, Mass. (AP) -- Bail for a former NFL lineman and high school football coach charged with raping a 15-year-old female student has been reduced......
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1:30 PM Wed, Dec 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
WARWICK -- A Warwick family is suing Verizon Communications, claiming that unauthorized transmissions of the Playboy Channel caused them "great pain, anxiety, nervousness and mental......
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1:05 PM Wed, Dec 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
A jack-knifed truck on Route 95 south in eastern Connecticut has shut down the highway in the exits 90-93 area -- from Mystic to the......
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12:51 PM Wed, Dec 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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The late-morning commute from South County to Providence was a slog. Many side streets in Narragansett were unplowed, and cars slipped and swerved while trying......
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12:27 PM Wed, Dec 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Paul Edward Parker Email
Following a growing trend among supermarket pharmacies, Stop & Shop will provide nine types of antibiotics free to customers with a prescription. "This whole thing......
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11:54 AM Wed, Dec 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By BETH LaMONTAGNE HALL Associated Press Writer CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- Two Rhode Island men unprepared for the cold were rescued from a Black Mountain......
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11:45 AM Wed, Dec 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE, RI -- The American Civil Liberties Union plans to appeal a court decision that found the State Police acted lawfully during a July 2006......
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11:44 AM Wed, Dec 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
Hundreds of rats were found in three glass aquariums, two bird cages and three cat carriers on Hemlock Road in Foster Tuesday. In one of......
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9:56 AM Wed, Dec 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
NORTH KINGSTOWN -- Lowe's Companies plans to open its new store in North Kingstown at 6 a.m. on Jan. 9. The home improvement store will......
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9:46 AM Wed, Dec 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
Journal photo/ Kathy Borchers A woman walks along Kennedy Plaza in Providence as the first flakes begin falling in downtown Providence. PROVIDENCE -- Yes,......
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9:25 AM Wed, Dec 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
By RAY HENRY Associated Press Writer PROVIDENCE (AP) -- Rhode Island's state government may lack the medical resources necessary to carry out a first-in-the-nation overhaul......
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8:28 AM Wed, Dec 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
A Louisiana man was arrested yesterday in Rhode Island on child pornography charges, according to the Rhode Island State Police. Jonathan Comeau, 60, of 1815......
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7:56 AM Wed, Dec 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
BOSTON (AP) -- A close friend of state Treasurer Tim Cahill and one of his top political fundraisers has stopped lobbying for a state lottery......
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7:26 AM Wed, Dec 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
Journal file photo/ Frieda Squires Officer Thomas Cabral, left, participates in a July 2007 training session at the high school. MIDDLETOWN, R.I. (AP) --......
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7:05 AM Wed, Dec 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
Today's front page reports that someone will start 2009 a lot richer. Rhode Island's first Million Dollar Raffle will be drawn tonight. There are also......
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7:01 AM Wed, Dec 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
On this day in 1946, President Harry S. Truman officially proclaimed the end of hostilities in World War II. Read more about today in history.......
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7:00 AM Wed, Dec 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE -- It may not look like it -- though it surely feels that way. We are about to get yet another snowstorm, with an......
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