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By Michael Stanton Journal staff writer Robert Ceprano, the recently fired Providence tax collector, is firing back at Mayor David N. Cicilline. Ceprano was dismissed......
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6:54 PM Fri, Jan 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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Cranston police say the young woman found dead Thursday in her home at16 Cedar St. was Melissa Delmonico, 19. They are investigating her death as......
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6:36 PM Fri, Jan 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Tracy Breton Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Today was the deadline for applications from candidates who want to become the next chief justice......
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5:43 PM Fri, Jan 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE - In a surprise development this afternoon, a spokesman for Twin River's chief lender disclosed that the owners of the Rhode Island's largest slot......
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5:15 PM Fri, Jan 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE -- Mayor David N. Cicilline has called a news conference for Monday during which he expects to......
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4:46 PM Fri, Jan 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Neil Downing Journal MoneyLine Columnist A.H. Belo Corp. of Dallas plans to cut about 500 jobs - more than 14 percent of its overall......
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4:19 PM Fri, Jan 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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PAWTUCKET -- Caritas House, a facility for treating girls with substance abuse problems, has a new executive director -- Kathryn Nicodemus -- it was announced......
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3:15 PM Fri, Jan 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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Former Providence Tax Collector Robert Ceprano says Mayor David N. Cicilline is making him a scapegoat in the controversy over a bad check that Cicilline's......
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2:34 PM Fri, Jan 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Benjamin N. Gedan Email
The 4.8 percentage point increase in the state's unemployment rate last year led the nation, according to new data from the U.S. Department of Labor.......
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2:05 PM Fri, Jan 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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By KATIE MULVANEY Journal staff writer A former University of Rhode Island student testified today about the hours and minutes that led up to the......
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1:46 PM Fri, Jan 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE _ Passengers who rely on the state's bus system could make it to July without major service reductions -- so long as the Rhode......
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1:39 PM Fri, Jan 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Tatiana Pina, Amanda Milkovits and Donita Naylor Journal staff writers NEWPORT -- The six-week-old baby girl who suffered a fractured skull and ribs has......
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1:28 PM Fri, Jan 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Tatiana Pina Email
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Yugo has no idea the fuss he stirred up today. He spent part of the day asleep at the East Bay......
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1:24 PM Fri, Jan 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, RI -- The state Supreme Court has upheld a child rape conviction against Chhoy Hak, formerly of Providence. Hak was convicted in 2003 of......
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12:59 PM Fri, Jan 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
FALL RIVER, Mass. -- A Fall River woman has been charged with reckless endangerment after her 4-year-old foster son suffered severe burns that required skin......
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12:44 PM Fri, Jan 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A former Rhode Island Hospital security guard today was sentenced to more than three years in federal prison for stealing hospital patients'......
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12:38 PM Fri, Jan 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
DARTMOUTH, Mass. -- A vehicle driven by a high school student struck a middle school student this morning as the boy was attempting to board......
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12:22 PM Fri, Jan 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Kathy Borchers The Route 195 west ramp to Route 95 North was closed Thursday night to allow state workers to demolish......
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11:47 AM Fri, Jan 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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PAWTUCKET, RI -- A Pawtucket man was arrested yesterday on drug and other charges, according to Rhode Island State Police. Joab Coderre, 29, of 196......
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11:22 AM Fri, Jan 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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WESTERLY, R.I. -- The Westerly police are still looking for a local man who disappeared Tuesday. Angelo Desantis, 60, of Batterson Avenue, was wearing jeans......
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11:05 AM Fri, Jan 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
WESTERLY, R.I. -- A local man who was hit by a car early Wednesday morning has died, the police said this morning. Edward Giorno, 61,......
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10:05 AM Fri, Jan 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- It was a messy commute this morning, with multiple accidents reported all over the state. Ice was to blame, authorities said. Route......
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9:23 AM Fri, Jan 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Tatiana Pina Email
PROVIDENCE -- The Providence police are investigating a hit-and-run that occurred in front of 278 Silver Spring Street around 6 p.m. Thursday. Maria Gonsalves, 50,......
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8:54 AM Fri, Jan 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A former security guard at Rhode Island Hospital is to be sentenced today in U.S. District Court on charges he stole patients'......
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8:37 AM Fri, Jan 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A South Kingstown masonry business owner who pleaded guilty in September to charges he understated his income -- lowering his tax liability......
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7:21 AM Fri, Jan 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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BOSTON (AP) -- A manager at a New Bedford leather-goods factory raided in 2007 by immigration agents has been sentenced to two years probation for......
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7:09 AM Fri, Jan 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
JAMESTOWN, R.I. -- E-ZPass is in; tokens are out. Tomorrow will be the last day you can use tokens to pay the toll on the......
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7:02 AM Fri, Jan 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
A year ago today: Former chairman of the Brown & Sharpe company Henry D. Sharpe and his wife, Peggy Sharpe, and their daughter-in-law, Julie Sharpe,......
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7:01 AM Fri, Jan 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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Expect more melting today as the high reaches about 36 degrees in the Providence area. As of 7 a.m., it's only about 18 degrees, but......
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Today's front page features the story of Yugo, the pit bull mix whose 'great disposition' won him a reprieve after he was found burned and......
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6:26 PM Thu, Jan 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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The father of a Swansea soldier who died Saturday in Iraq has released a statement expressing hope that his fellow soldiers "find peace within their......
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6:22 PM Thu, Jan 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PROVIDENCE - Mayor David N. Cicilline has been invited to the White House Friday by President Barack Obama and Vice President Joseph Biden as the......
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5:57 PM Thu, Jan 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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A Cranston textile company that was founded in 1807 will stop its manufacturing operations by June 1, company officials said this evening. Cranston Print Works,......
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4:49 PM Thu, Jan 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PROVIDENCE -- A Providence man was ordered held on $25,000 bail today after his arrest Wednesday in connection with a holdup at one downtown bank......
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4:05 PM Thu, Jan 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Reynolds Email
NORTH PROVIDENCE--Mayor Charles M. Lombardi has turned to a longtime teacher and former high school principal to help the town deal with sewage and runoff......
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3:59 PM Thu, Jan 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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CRANSTON -- Col. Stephen McGrath, chief of police, has declared the death of a 19-year-old woman a homicide. Earlier today, the police blocked off an......
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3:44 PM Thu, Jan 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, RI -- Taking away the promise of 3-percent annual pension hikes for retired state workers and public school teachers could save taxpayers as much......
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2:52 PM Thu, Jan 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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A rendering of the new Rhode Island State Police headquarters. Illustration courtesy of RGB Corp. Video: Watch the groundbreaking and learn more about the new,......
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2:48 PM Thu, Jan 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Lisa Vernon-Sparks Email
As a precaution, West Warwick School Committee said this week it plans to file a lawsuit against the town to demand more money. The lawsuit,......
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2:33 PM Thu, Jan 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Benjamin N. Gedan Email
A '32 Century power boat on display at the 2009 Providence Boat Show, which runs through Sunday. Providence Journal photo / Steve Szydlowski PROVIDENCE, RI......
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1:54 PM Thu, Jan 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Lawyers for two former University of Rhode Island students accused in a civil case with causing the death of a Fairfield University......
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1:40 PM Thu, Jan 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE, RI -- The state attorney general has approved the sale of the radio station WRNI to Rhode Island Public Radio, the attorney general's office......
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1:04 PM Thu, Jan 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Tatiana Pina Email
PROVIDENCE -- A man was injured this morning after a city plow sanding an icy, steep street off North Main Street slipped on the ice......
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12:33 PM Thu, Jan 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE, RI -- The Route 195 west ramp to Route 95 North will be closed tonight to allow state workers to demolish the former Pine......
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12:25 PM Thu, Jan 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
PROVIDENCE -- In opening remarks at a civil trial this morning, the lawyer for the family of a college student crushed by a bus in......
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12:13 PM Thu, Jan 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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Goetz Custom Sailboats has rehired nearly its entire workforce after an international customer resumed payments on an order for a racing yacht. The Bristol boatbuilder......
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12:02 PM Thu, Jan 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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Joshua Lipton, right, and his lawyer, Kevin Bristow, appear before Judge Daniel Procaccini on a motion to reduce his sentence for the drunken driving accident......
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11:35 AM Thu, Jan 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Tracy Breton Journal staff writer The Town of West Warwick doesn't have the money to pay the $10 million settlement offer it has made......
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10:07 AM Thu, Jan 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Tatiana Pina Email
Officer Evan Barlow holds Yugo inside the pen at East Providence Animal Control Center, where the dog has been since Tuesday. Yugo has been bandaged......
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9:46 AM Thu, Jan 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy has picked up a new assignment on a House panel with a long history of newsworthy investigative hearings. Kennedy......
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9:30 AM Thu, Jan 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
Journal photo/ Mary Murphy A San Miguel Transportation Co. van slid into a fire hydrant in front of Kelly's Mobil Station on Charles Street,......
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8:25 AM Thu, Jan 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- A trial is expected to start today in a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the parents of a college student who......
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7:33 AM Thu, Jan 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
Today's front page reports that Rhode Island house prices have fallen to 2003 levels. It also reports on a Westerly man who stirred a controversy......
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7:07 AM Thu, Jan 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
Caution: Yesterday's rain and snow have turned some roadways and highway ramps into skating rinks for this morning's commute. State police are reporting several accidents......
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7:01 AM Thu, Jan 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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After yesteday's wild weather, today should be much calmer. It will be mostly sunny with a high near 38 degrees today, according to the National......
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7:00 AM Thu, Jan 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
Today in Rhode Island history: A year ago today: President Bush signs into law legislation that requires the Army Corps of Engineers to take possession......
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6:19 PM Wed, Jan 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- An emergency environmental team was called to 225 George St. this morning after workers found a pool of mercury about the size......
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6:19 PM Wed, Jan 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The U.S. Weather Service has issued a special weather statement warning of street flooding due to snow-clogged storm drains in Rhode Island......
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5:39 PM Wed, Jan 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) -- A Westerly woman has been charged with stealing $40,000 from a charity dedicated to helping children with disabilities. Louise Distefano was......
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5:28 PM Wed, Jan 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
BOSTON -- Bill Patenaude, an engineer with the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, has received an award from the federal Environmental Protection Agency, according......
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5:17 PM Wed, Jan 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Rhode Island lawmakers have approved a bill allowing retired state workers to process a backlog of unemployment claims in a......
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5:10 PM Wed, Jan 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A just-released study of 338 overweight women from Providence and Birmingham, Ala., has concluded......
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5:00 PM Wed, Jan 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, RI -- The South Kingstown Chamber of Commerce and RIPTA have partnered to offer free bus service to students and staff at the......
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4:58 PM Wed, Jan 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Reynolds Journal Staff Writer JOHNSTON, RI -- Almost 60 residents lost their driving privileges last year, and they may face arrest if they......
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4:29 PM Wed, Jan 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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A small truck slid into Westerly's Winnapaug Pond about 2:10 this afternoon. No one was injured. Two members of the Dunn's Corners Fire Department cold......
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4:17 PM Wed, Jan 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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Rachin McCoy, 21, was arraigned this morning in Newport District Court on first-degree child abuse. He is accused of assaulting his six-week-old daughter. Providence Journal......
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4:14 PM Wed, Jan 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. --The police are questioning a suspect in a bank robbery that occurred early this afternoon. The......
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3:28 PM Wed, Jan 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Business staff An unemployed Westerly couple plan to put an upside down American flag back up on their front porch as a sign of......
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3:18 PM Wed, Jan 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE, RI -- Want to be a federal judge in Rhode Island? There are openings. All you have to do is to brush up that......
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1:43 PM Wed, Jan 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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Jim Ryczek, executive director for the Rhode Island Coalition for the Homeless, left, lights a candle for Frank Champ in memory of one of the......
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1:12 PM Wed, Jan 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Bruce Landis Email
The American Civil Liberties Union claimed victory today in a case challenging the state's right to limit advertising on buildings near state highways. to......
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12:56 PM Wed, Jan 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Opening statements have been postponed in a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the parents of a college student who was crushed......
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12:06 PM Wed, Jan 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Benjamin N. Gedan Email
The Rhode Island Science & Technology Advisory Council is asking lawmakers to spend $1.5 million to help local researchers develop technologies that could "lead to......
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11:47 AM Wed, Jan 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Gina Macris Journal staff writer TIVERTON, R.I. -- The School Committee last night ratified a two-year contract that gives teachers modest raises ranging from......
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11:43 AM Wed, Jan 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Benjamin N. Gedan Email
People looking for a way to get rid of unwanted electronics can bring them to Best Buy stores starting Feb. 15 as the retailer......
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11:39 AM Wed, Jan 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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The state's top economic development official, J. Michael Saul, has called on lawmakers to pass legislation that would make it easier for small businesses......
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11:34 AM Wed, Jan 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
Brown University President Ruth Simmons has announced the Ivy League school must reduce annual spending by about $60 million compared to what administrators planned last......
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9:03 AM Wed, Jan 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
The Providence Journal/Bill Murphy Pedestrians take care as they negotiate the snowy sidewalks of Providence this morning. The Rhode Island State Police reported few......
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8:56 AM Wed, Jan 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
Journal Business staff General Dynamics Corp., owner of Electric Boat at Quonset Point, this morning said fourth-quarter earnings jumped nearly 6 percent as higher profits......
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7:02 AM Wed, Jan 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
On this day in Rhode Island history: A year ago today: PROVIDENCE - Women & Infants Hospital moved a step closer to completing a $76.8-million......
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7:01 AM Wed, Jan 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
Light snow has started to fall in the Providence area and a winter weather advisory is in effect until 2 p.m. Snowfall could be heavy......
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Today's front page features reports that state officials are trying to ensure that Rhode Island's anticipated share of the federal economic stimulus package will help......
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6:06 PM Tue, Jan 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE, RI -- Brace for a rough commute tomorrow morning, the experts say. We'll wake up to temperatures in the 20s and heavy snowfall, said......
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By Gina Macris Journal staff writer EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The East Providence teachers' union has asked the Rhode Island Supreme Court to reverse a......
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5:19 PM Tue, Jan 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Karen Lee Ziner Journal Staff Writer BOSTON -- Francesco Insolia, former owner of a New Bedford factory raided by federal immigration agents two years......
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By Alan Rosenberg Email
Journal photo Nicole Pacheco appears in court Friday, indicted on 64 financial charges related to the illegal use of the dead parents' credit cards.......
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WESTERLY, R.I. -- A man was injured Monday when his truck rolled over as he tried to unload drywall from his truck, according to the......
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4:42 PM Tue, Jan 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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BY KATHY GREGG Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- With the state facing a huge backlog of unemployment-benefit claims, legislative leaders have agreed to......
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4:36 PM Tue, Jan 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, RI -- Governor Carcieri made an unscheduled appearance at an anti-abortion rally in the State House rotunda......
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Watch Mayor Cicilline's press conference, on YouTube video. By Phil Marcelo Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE, R.I -- Mayor David N. Cicilline fired city Tax......
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AP Photo/Martha Updike,Alfred A. Knopf JOHN UPDIKE By Bryan Rourke Journal Staff Writer John Updike, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, prolific man of letters and......
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By Maria Armental Email
PELHAM, Mass. (AP) -- The Massachusetts police chief who is facing involuntary manslaughter charges in connection with the accidental shooting death of an 8-year-old boy......
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LYNN, Mass. (AP) -- A moving company owner has been ordered held on $250,000 bail after pleading not guilty to charges connected to a $2......
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By Paul Grimaldi Journal Business writer Malls in Rhode Island reset their hours of operation recently as shopping returns to a pace typical of a......
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PROVIDENCE -- A Superior Court magistrate has sent the brother of a Providence College basketball player who walked onto the court to challenge a......
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By Tracy Breton Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE -- Retired Supreme Court Chief Justice Frank J. Williams today called the appeal of Derick Hazard "a very......
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By Philip Marcelo and Amanda Milkovits Journal staff writers PROVIDENCE -- Mayor David N. Cicilline will announce this afternoon a series of actions his administration......
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12:05 PM Tue, Jan 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
WASHINGTON -- The government should consider creating a "bad bank" to help ailing private banks to get rid of bad assets so that they can......
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By Kate Bramson Email
WARWICK -- The police have recovered a car and purse reported stolen last week from a female bartender when a man followed her back into......
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By Tatiana Pina Email
PAWTUCKET -- The police arrested a Pawtucket man Saturday after he allegedly passed himself off as an off-duty policeman and made three teenage boys empty......
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By Tatiana Pina Email
PAWTUCKET -- The police are investigating whether the attack Saturday night of a man delivering Chinese food to an apartment building on South Street is......
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By Mike McDermott Email
URI's senior guard will answer your questions about the Rams from noon to 1 p.m. today, the day before URI hosts Temple. You can submit......
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
PROVIDENCE, RI -- A man involved with a botched bank heist last summer that ended with the suicide of one of his co-conspirators has been......
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
CRANSTON -- A man was shocked with 220 volts of electricity while working on a machine this morning at the Pepsi-Cola bottling plant on Pontiac......
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By Jack Perry Email
PROVIDENCE -- The Providence police this morning dismissed a charge of disorderly conduct against Jonathan Xavier, 24, the man who walked onto the court......
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
PROVIDENCE -- The 14-year-old boy was just going to his local library in Mount Pleasant after school yesterday. Problem was, he allegedly went in armed.......
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- This much we know right now: Snow is coming ... again. The forecast calls for 7 to 10 inches in the northwestern......
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Today's front page reports that Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick Lynch will not seek criminal charges in the death of Hiu Lui "Jason" Ng, a......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
On this day in Rhode Island history: A year ago today: The Rhode Island Senate confirmes the nomination of Gary S. Sasse as the state's......
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6:17 PM Mon, Jan 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington Bureau WASHINGTON _ President Obama won bipartisan praise today from Rhode Island officials for opening the door to state-level......
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By Maria Armental Email
BOSTON (AP) -- Sen. Edward Kennedy is not immediately returning to the Capitol after suffering a seizure shortly after the inauguration of President Barack Obama.......
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4:53 PM Mon, Jan 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Michael P. McKinney Journal staff writer The Rhode Island inmate who garnered national media attention after an online photo showed him in a "jail......
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE, RI -- Just in time for Super Bowl weekend, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation has partnered with Sports Radio 103.7 WEEI-FM and several......
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By Karen Lee Ziner Journal staff writer No state criminal charges will be brought in the death of Hiu Lui Ng, a Chinese national who......
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE, RI -- Donations came in lower than usual but in larger numbers, helping Meeting Street School meet -- and exceed -- its fundraising goal.......
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By Maria Armental Email
NORTH SMITHFIELD, RI -- Firefighters responded moments ago to a fire at 800 Central St. No more details are available at this point.......
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3:20 PM Mon, Jan 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Tatiana Pina Email
PAWTUCKET, RI -- A rescue crew worked for about an hour this morning to save a female deer that had fallen through the ice on......
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By Kate Bramson Email
A story published Saturday, "Searching for guns, police net two gators," incorrectly identified the person who took out a restraining order against Scott A. Walsh......
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2:23 PM Mon, Jan 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama took aim Monday at the lofty but long elusive goal of making the nation more energy independent, ordering reviews......
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By Alisha A. Pina Journal Staff Writer EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The city's teachers are meeting with their union leaders today to decide their next......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A federal judge today sentenced Patrick Crowe, most recently of Florida, to four years in federal prison for stealing nearly $350,000 in......
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CRANSTON, RI -- Friday night's Daily Numbers drawing paid out 233 percent -- a deficit for the lottery on the daily drawing, according to a......
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PROVIDENCE, RI -- It's time to measure the state's recycling performance. More than 2,000 business throughout the state received letters from the Rhode Island Department......
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By Peter Lord Journal Environment Writer SOUTH KINGSTOWN, RI -- The program for the ceremonial opening of the University of Rhode Island's Center for Biotechnology......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- The sentencing of a former hospital president convicted of hiring a Rhode Island state senator to do his bidding at the......
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PROVIDENCE -- If you're still relying on analog transmission to watch Rhode Island's PBS television station, you're out of luck because of what the station......
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Journal Business staff Lillian Singerman Ross, of Cranston, a co-founder of Ross-Simon Jewelers, died on Saturday. She was 88. Born in Peabody, Mass., she was......
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Gasoline prices increased one cent in the past week, marking the third straight week that prices have gone up, according to AAA Southern New England.......
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Westerly Police Det. Darren Fiore resigned Friday after 14 years with the department, Police Chief Edward Mello said. Fiore, who was in an accident in......
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PROVIDENCE -- Overpass demolition work is expected to close sections of Route 95 in Providence late at night this week. The state Department of Transportation......
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By Talia Buford Journal Staff Writer WEST WARWICK, RI -- Two men were arrested today after police found a marijuana growing operation in one of......
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A fraternity at the University of Rhode Island has been banished for 1.5 years and its chapter house closed for 4 years because of substance......
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PROVIDENCE, RI -- A Providence County Grand Jury handed up an indictment today naming Juan Díaz on one count of murder and one count of......
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Tonight at 8 o'clock the curtain rises on the three-day run of Happy Days - A New Musical at the Providence Performing Arts Center,......
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By Amanda Milkovits Journal Staff Writer WOONSOCKET, RI -- More than 300 property owners who live downstream of the Blackstone River dam and levee will......
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The Food and Drug Administration renewed its alert to consumers to not eat any products containing peanut butter or peanut paste as more products are......
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PAWTUCKET, RI -- Workers trying to defrost interior pipes in a building that houses a chemical preparation company accidentally started a small fire this afternoon......
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Children's coats, hats and mittens will be given away Monday at the kickoff of the annual "Warm Hands, Warm Hearts" event in Pawtucket and Woonsocket.......
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PROVIDENCE, RI -- Fire officials are investigating a fire that broke out early this afternoon in a three-story residential building at 352 Branch Ave. The......
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BOSTON (AP) -- Massachusetts Governor Patrick's administration has asked federal officials about the possibility of erecting toll booths on major border crossings into Massachusetts from......
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By Katherine Gregg Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE -- State Sen. John J. Tassoni Jr. is proposing an amendment to the state Constitution to allow......
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By Richard Salit Journal staff writer WARWICK-- Allegations that students at Gorton Junior High School were improperly given certain advantages while taking statewide standards tests......
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Firefighters sent to the vicinity of 352 Branch Ave. in Providence around 2:13 p.m. were looking for the source of heavy smoke reported coming from......
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By Mike Stanton Journal staff writer Top aides to Mayor David N. Cicilline were heavily involved in efforts to get the mayor's brother, John M.......
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CRANSTON, RI -- The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority will detour bus route 30 (Arlington/Oaklawn) in the Arlington neighborhood in Cranston due to the new......
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WARWICK, RI -- Providence Fire Department will recieve $134,400 and Potterville Fire Department in Scituate $19,000 through the Department of Homeland Security's Assistance to Firefighters......
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PROVIDENCE, RI -- The Rhode Island Department of Transportation will close several lanes on Route 95 in Providence starting Sunday to begin demolishing the former......
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PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- Firefighters have responded to a reported fire in the area of 258 Pine St., an area of commercial brick buildings. More information......
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Set to open Monday after much fanfare and fuss, URI's new biotech center is the centerpiece of its North Campus expansion and a linchpin in......
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Photo courtesy of North Attleboro Police By Kate Bramson Journal Staff Writer The 2½-to-3-foot-long alligators weren't supposed to be in the basement of the single-family......
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WOONSOCKET, RI -- A local man was arraigned this morning on charges he assaulted a police officer. Edwin Sánchez, 29, of 40 Montcalm St., was......
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PAWTUCKET -- The police are investigating the stabbing of a 53-year-old man that occurred in the vicinity of 49 Lorraine St. just after midnight. The......
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PROVIDENCE --- The Providence police are investigating an incident in which a 20-year-old Providence man says he was the victim of a drive-by shooting. According......
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The state police have handled a number of accidents this morning on major arteries, but none seem to be too serious at this point. According......
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PAWTUCKET -- The police are investigating a stabbing that occurred in the vicinity of 9 Lorraine St. just after midnight. The victim did not suffer......
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It's only 22 degrees at 7 a.m. in the Providence area, but it should warm to a relatively balmy 40 degrees under partly sunny skies......
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Today's front page features the news that two actors with Rhode Island ties have been nominated for Oscars. But there's also bad news. The unemployment......
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Today in Rhode Island history: A year ago today: Firefighters evacuate the Cranston Veterans Memorial Ice Rink after they detect elevated levels of carbon......
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PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (AP) -- Pieces of what will be Rhode Island's largest wind turbine will soon arrive at a Portsmouth high school. Karina Lutz, a......
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The state Department of Transportation wants to be your friend on MySpace, with Facebook, Twitter and Blogger also available. The DOT announced today it......
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By Cynthia Needham Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE -- More than 50 people turned out this afternoon to testify before the House Finance Committee on......
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Journal Staff Writer EAST GREENWICH -- The computer was brought on line this afternoon, the dispatchers moved in yesterday, and......
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BY ALISHA A. PINA Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE -- A judge has denied a preliminary injunction that the East Providence Education Association sought asking that......
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PROVIDENCE -- Retired Providence Journal columnist M. Charles Bakst; Michael S. Van Leesten, chairman of the Providence Black Repertory Company, and Chace Baptista, a......
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By Lisa Vernon-Sparks Journal Staff Writer NARRAGANSETT -- Searching for ways to trim costs, the Town Council proposes returning to the bargaining table with the......
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Scene from the Oscar-nominated New Boy. PROVIDENCE, RI -- Three films that premiered and won awards at the 2008 Rhode Island International Film Festival......
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PROVIDENCE -- Roadway striping will continue tomorrow on southbound Route 95 and eastbound Route 195, the state Department of Transportation said today. The Route 95......
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At least a foot of packed snow on trails in Pulaski Memorial Recreation Area in Glocester makes it excellent for cross-country skiing, the state Department......
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Gilbane Inc., based in Providence, has been included on the 12th annual "100 Best Companies to Work For" list compiled by Fortune magazine. One of......
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PAWTUCKET -- Firefighters quickly extinguished a fire at a commercial building this afternoon, averting the potential for a "major incident," according to the Pawtucket Fire......
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The New England Patriots unveiled an anniversary logo today as they prepare to celebrate their 50th season in 2009. The logo will be used......
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WOONSOCKET --- A 39-year-old man was arraigned in District Court yesterday on a charge of first-degree sexual assault after a Woonsocket woman identified him to......
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By Peter B. Lord Journal Staff Writer A Superior Court judge ruled today that the paint companies that were defendants in the state's historic public......
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WARWICK -- The police are looking for a man who allegedly threatened a female bartender with a knife early this morning, bound her and stole......
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By Michael Janusonis Journal Arts Writer Richard Jenkins, who lives in northern Rhode Island and once was a mainstay on the stage of Trinity......
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PROVIDENCE, RI -- The two armed men who knocked at the door of a house in Fox Point last night knew just what they wanted......
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By Michael P. McKinney Journal staff writer LINCOLN -- When Rhode Island commemorates the 200th birthday of the nation's most famous Lincoln with a ceremony......
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SOUTH KINGSTOWN, RI -- The man accused of inappropriately touching a Providence Journal photographer during a charitable event on New Year's Day pleaded no contest......
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Newport schools Supt. John Ambrogi recommended the School Committee close the Carey School on Narragansett Avenue. He said one of the main reasons is that......
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Discount apparel and home goods retailer TJX Cos., the Massachusetts company that owns T.J. Maxx, Marshalls and other discount retailers, is offering a 15-percent discount......
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By Jennifer Jordan Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE -- State and education officials this morning released the latest round of test scores, which show improvement across......
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Work on Routes 95 and 195 in Providence will affect traffic today. Workers will be on the highway restriping lanes. On Route 95 south, some......
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Today in Rhode Island history: A year ago today: U.S. Attorney Robert Clark Corrente announces that he will retry Roger Williams Hospital executives Robert A.......
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It's only 18 degrees at 7 a.m., but the temperature should sneak above the freezing point today, reaching a high of 33 degrees under partly......
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Today's front page features coverage of President Obama's first day on the job and a story reporting that an A.T. Cross Company pen that Mr.......
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A day after the inauguration, Ana Barraza is back at work -- reenergized. Barraza, a coordinator at the University of Rhode Island's Center for Student......
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PROVIDENCE, RI -- An employee of C&C Rhode Island pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to charges he falsified hazardous waste inspection logs that......
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By Talia Buford Journal Staff Writer A woman accused of setting on fire last September the Hopkinton home she had shared with her longtime boyfriend......
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By Amanda Milkovits Journal staff writer CRANSTON -- Starting Friday, the busy Dyer Avenue bridge will be restricted to vehicles weighing 18 tons or less.......
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The pen used by President Obama to sign inauguration documents yesterday was made by Rhode Island's A.T. Cross Company, but most of the pen was......
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By Randal Edgar Journal Staff Writer CRANSTON, R.I.-- As the city's new mayor turns to unions for money-saving concessions, he and his staff are also......
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By Mark Reynolds Journal staff writer WARWICK - A bench warrant for the arrest of former Rhode Island state Sen. Gregory J. Acciardo of Johnston......
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By Cynthia Needham Journal State House bureau PROVIDENCE -- Governor Carcieri has named Gary S. Sasse director of the Rhode Island Department of Administration. Sasse,......
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By Karen Lee Ziner Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE -- A group of community activists yesterday "demanded that the Democratic Party of Rhode Island "honor its......
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By Amanda Milkovits Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE -- Two people were injured in two shootings across the city on Tuesday. Barbara Rutledge, 44, was grazed......
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By KEVIN McNAMARA Journal Staff PROVIDENCE - Providence College officials acknowledged today that they've taken steps to prevent a repeat of what they call an......
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By Tracy Breton Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE -- Lawyers for the victims of the Station nightclub fire and the parties they have sued are trying......
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BOSTON (AP) -- A judge has postponed a hearing that would have been the first in federal court in Massachusetts to be streamed online. Judge......
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WASHINGTON -- Despite the good fortune of landing two tickets to yesterday's historic inauguration of President Obama, I spent most of the morning in a......
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By ANDREW MIGA Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was released from the hospital on Wednesday morning after suffering a seizure......
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So many homeless people have decended on Crossroads Rhode Island in Providence that staff there had to run out last weekend and buy 60 air......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Mayor David N. Cicilline will induct three people into the City's 2009 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Hall of Fame......
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By Donita Naylor Journal Staff Writer Let's talk about Aretha Franklin's hat, the one with the big gray bow that she wore while singing......
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By Bruce Landis Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE, RI -- The state Department of Transportation opened this morning the bids to replace the dilapidated Sakonnet Bridge,......
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By Cynthia Needham Journal staff writer Mayors and local leaders from at least half a dozen cities and town are meeting with the governor this......
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By Steve Peoples Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, RI -- The Senate Finance Committee will meet at 3 this afternoon to review to review high-profile......
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The state Department of Transportation has postponed plans to close a section of Route 95 south in Providence at night this week for road work.......
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WOONSOCKET -- A 21-year-old man is being held at the Adult Correctional Institutions in Cranston after he was arraigned yesterday on a first-degree child abuse......
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The Rhode Island Medical Examiners Office has ruled that an 83-year-old Tiverton woman whose body was found in the Fogland Beach area Monday morning died......
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The Providence Journal/Bob Breidenbach Toby Duffany stands before District Court Judge Jeanne E. LaFazia to answer a charge that he abandoned more than 200......
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MCT photo President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama dance at the Neighborhood Ball in Washington, D.C. yesterday. Did you love the white......
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It was well into the first hour of the morning after Inauguration Day when President Obama, in white tie, and First Lady Michelle Obama,......
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The Namibian Windhoek called yesterday's inauguration of President Barack Obama "A Monumental Moment." Casablanca's Au Fait said it was "The Day 'O'." And Los Angeles'......
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Today in Rhode Island history: A year ago today: A film crew begins work on Hachiko: A Dog's Story. The movie, staring Richard Gere and......
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The Providence Journal is publishing a commemorative edition of the newspaper today focusing on the historic inauguration of President Obama. It is wrapped in......
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Good news. There's no snow in the forecast today. It will be sunny with a high near 26 degrees and a northwest wind around 10......
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AP Photo / Doug Mills President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama walk down Pennsylvania Avenue en route to the White House today,......
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The Providence Journal is publishing a commemorative edition of the newspaper tomorrow focusing on the historic inauguration of President Obama. It will be wrapped......
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WARWICK, R.I. (AP) -- A security checkpoint at T.F. Green Airport has been reopened after a brief scare involving a compact disc case. It happened......
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By Richard Salit Journal staff writer Andrea Marcoccio had a ticket to watch the inauguration -- for all of the good it did her. Marcoccio,......
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11:45 a.m. Twin River: The piped in music of ``I'm a Stranger in Paradise'' drowns out the television commentators as history unfolds on the big......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Journal Staff Writer Milou Rodrigues and 44 members of the Elks Lodge on Haskin Street, Providence, found themselves stranded at least......
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Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's office just released the following statement by Dr. Edward Aulisi, chairman of neurosurgery at Washington Hospital Center: "Senator Edward Kennedy experienced......
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By Mark Reynolds Journal Staff Writer Kimberly Dumas, 21, of Smithfield, watched the inauguration from a ticketed section about 150 yards from the podium. Dumas,......
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By Alisha A. Pina Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE, RI -- "Rosa Parks sat in 1955, Martin Luther King Jr. walked in 1963, and Obama ran......
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By Philip A. Marcelo Journal staff writer Kimberly Ahern, 25, is a law student at Roger Williams University and native of Fairfax, Va., who has......
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By Richard Salit Journal Staff Writer He didn't have front-row seats to the inauguration, but John J. McConnell Jr. and his family had seats about......
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By Karen Lee Ziner Journal staff writer Ryan Simmons, an American University student from Barrington, made it to the Washington Monument area and watched the......
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Students from the Ocean Tides program listen to Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard Rose. Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach By Lisa Vernon-Sparks Journal Staff Writer NARRAGANSETT......
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Inmates at the Donald Price Medium Security Facility at the Adult Correctional Institutions watch the inauguration of President Barak Obama today. They are left to......
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Walter and Helen Okolowitcz, of Cranston, watch Barack Obama's inauguration at Twin River in Lincoln. Providence Journal photo / Steve SzydlowskiTwin River, Lincoln, inaugura......
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By The Associated Press Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., battling a brain tumor, became ill at a post-inauguration luncheon for President Barack Obama on Tuesday......
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sens. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., and Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., have been taken from an inauguration luncheon for President Barack Obama. A......
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By Karen Lee Ziner Journal staff writer Colin McKenna, 38, of Johnston, went to the inauguration with friends. He ended up in "the nosebleed section.......
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By Maria Armental Journal staff writer If you're watching the inauguration on television -- whether here in Rhode Island, in Alaska or Africa - you......
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Freshman Rep. Christopher Fierro, D-Woonsocket, is no stranger to presidential inaugurations. The 28-year-old stayed at the State House to watch today's swearing-in of President Barack......
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BY Karen Lee Ziner, Amanda Milkovits and Mike Stanton Journal staff writers Some 2,500 people filled the Providence Performing Arts Center, where Rhode Island Attorney......
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Joyce Williams, 74, corporate security officer for the Middletown-based McLaughlin Research Corp., spoke while standing outside the Union Station before the ceremonies began. "There are......
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By Mark Reynolds Journal Staff Writer Vanzetta D. Evans, 30, of Cranston, had tickets that allowed her to watch the inauguration from the great reflecting......
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By Mark Reynolds Journal Staff Writer Coventry resident Dwight E. McDonald and his father are in the throngs of people on the Mall in Washington,......
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Shivering in predawn darkness on The National Mall, 17-year-old Emily DelRoss had second thoughts about the wisdom of waking up at 3 a.m. and heading......
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By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- Citizens streaming away from President Obama's inauguration gave instant reviews of his address that were variations......
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1:30 p.m. Portsmouth High School teacher Joseph Cassady made it back to The Mall in time for the swearing in ceremony, but he lost his......
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EAST PROVIDENCE -- The police are investigating a home invasion that took place this morning in the Riverside neighborhood. Capt. Walter Barlow said the police......
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Foxwoods Resort Casino announced today that it will host the public viewing of the ABC show "Extreme Makeover, Home Edition" when it airs the episode......
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PROVIDENCE -- An asbestos-removal contractor from Johnston who pleaded guilty this summer to extorting kickbacks from his employees and failing to report about $280,000 in......
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BOSTON (AP) -- A Rhode Island company is suing the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, claiming it is not being compensated for more work caused by......
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By Amanda Milkovits Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE -- "Happy Obama Day!" Officer Kenneth Simoneau greeted a visitor as she walked through the metal detector at......
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By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington Bureau The famous and powerful appear to be every bit as entranced with the moment as the legions of......
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Chuck Kennedy / MCT photo Democratic U.S. Sens. John Kerry and Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts and Christopher Dodd of Connecticut, lower right, arrive at......
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By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington Bureau One friend of the president-elect wants him to "take a breath." "I want him to enjoy this because......
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By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington Bureau WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In the VIP section, gazing down from below Obama's rostrum to the throngs stretching to......
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Looking for a place in Rhode Island to watch the presidential inauguration? Be prepared to pick sides at these two events. Democratic Attorney General Patrick......
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By Paul Grimaldi Journal Business writer People walking in to Blue State Coffee on Thayer Street in Providence today spoke with quiet optimism about the......
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WARWICK -- Operations appear normal now at T.F. Green Airport after a man was taken into custody when a "suspicious item" was found in his......
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Today in Rhode Island history: A year ago today: Lt. Gov. Elizabeth Roberts announces recommendations to avoid another near-catastrophe such as occurred the previous......
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Today's front page features stories and photographs looking ahead to today's inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States. Download a......
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Providence resident Ana Barraza took to the D.C. metro line shortly after 6 this morning, on her way to the National Mall in Washington, D.C.,......
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TIVERTON, RI -- Tiverton police are investigating two unrelated deaths as possible drownings. Police found this morning the body of Alfreena Blanchette, 83, of Tiverton,......
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By Gina Macris Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE -- It now seems highly likely that peanuts ground into paste or churned into peanut butter are at......
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PAWTUCKET -- The pre-inaugural celebration has started and the weather forecast calls for more snow, but 55 Obama supporters will be racing the weather --......
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Looking for a place to watch tomorrow's inauguration? Be prepared to pick sides. Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch, a presumed contender in the 2010 governor's......
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By Steve Szydlowski / Journal staff photographer Neel Lanou, of Keene Street, Providence, spends the morning shoveling snow from in front of her home.......
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Sailboat maker Pearson Composites has laid off nearly half its workforce, as the economic downturn dries up orders for recreational craft. Fifty of the company's......
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WASHINGTON -- The National Weather Service is forecasting an early opportunity for inaugural visitors to heed President-elect Barack Obama's call for Americans to follow their......
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By Philip Marcelo Journal Staff Writer CRANSTON, R.I. -- On the eve of the inauguration of the nation's first black president, church leaders and elected......
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Journal photo / Connie Grosch Allison Rogers, Miss Rhode Island 2006, left, will be attending several inaugural balls with Rep. James Langevin, D-R.I. She'll......
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Ronald Bridge, left, and James Ek, right, of Youthbuild Providence, join other members of their organization and other volunteers helping to paint lockers at......
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Robert Moorehead Jr., gets ready to hang another EZ Pass sign above a lane today at the Newport bridge toll booth. The EZ Pass system......
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Gas prices in Rhode Island have increased for the third straight week, according to AAA Southern New England. The average price for a gallon of......
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PROVIDENCE -- A three-story woodframe building is uninhabitable after heavy fire broke out early this morning at 55-57 Woodmont St. in the Reservoir neighborhood. Responding......
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By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington Bureau WASHINGTON, D.C. -- There's still two full days of Obama-celebration to go, but Joe Paolino is already a......
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By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington bureau WASHINGTON -- David Cicilline and his guests will have plenty to chat about at the Providence mayor's pre-inaugural......
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Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and Rhode Islanders across the state are honoring the slain civil rights leader. Ray Watson, director of the......
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Today in Rhode Island history: 5 years ago today: Icy roads, along with lack of sanding on many streets, helped to produce dozens of fender-benders......
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Look for a partly cloudy day today with a high near 34 degrees and a low of 20 degrees. After a snowy weekend, any lingering......
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PROVIDENCE -- The city's property revaluation process is getting under way and today residential interior inspections will start. Richard Kerbel, the city administration director, on......
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Head to Fall River, Mass., tonight to hear Paul Geremia, whom the Journal's online calendar, projothebeat.com, describes as one of the best country blues guitarists......
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By Alex Kuffner Journal Staff Writer A high-speed ferry operated by Interstate Navigation Company, of Narragansett, helped rescue passengers from the US Airways jetliner......
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Aided by her mother, Elnora Prucha, and several town employees, Katherine A. Higbee gave birth to her daughter Cheyenne, Thursday in the family car in......
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By Mark Reynolds Journal staff writer CRANSTON -- A 62-year-old Cranston mobster was accused of delivering cocaine and prescription drugs to locations in Providence and......
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Providence Journal photo / Mary Murphy Heather L. Anderson smiles as she walks off the stage after being the first of Class 77 to......
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Bird strikes such as the suspected culprit in the downing of a US Airways jetliner in New York yesterday are a regular, though relatively rare,......
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CUMBERLAND -- An overflow from the Pawtucket Water treatment plant at 120 Mill St. forced police to close the road early this afternoon. The leak......
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Anthony J. Carter of Pawtucket was sentenced this afternoon to two life sentences after reaching a plea bargain today in Providence County Superior Court. Providence......
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By Katherine Gregg Journal State House Bureau Governor Carcieri has notified legislative leaders that he plans to deliver his annual televised State of the State......
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A Fall River man who authorities said raped a mentally retarded man multiple times between January 2004 and October 2006 has been convicted and sentenced.......
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Jorge Cartagena, the 22-year-old man wanted by Providence police in the Aug. 10 slaying of Junior Sanchez, has been captured by federal marshals in......
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The Attleboro, Mass. man who was caught by an off-duty Providence police officer after he allegedly used a machete to rob a bank in East......
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By John Mulligan Journal Washington Bureau Tributes have continued to pour in for the late Sen. Claiborne Pell, who died on Jan 1. One noteworthy......
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PROVIDENCE -- Judge Gilbert V. Indeglia today sentenced Hamlet M. Lopez to life imprisonment without parole for murdering Lopez's former girlfriend, Miledis Hilario, 40, in......
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Photo courtesy of Leonards New England This antique bed now has a new home -- in the White House. SEEKONK, Mass. -- So it......
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PROVIDENCE -- A businessman who illegally distributed steroids and human growth hormone was sentenced today to two years in federal prison and ordered to pay......
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PROVIDENCE - A hearing will get underway at 2 p.m. today on the Carcieri administration's plan to limit the medications available for Rite Care coverage......
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BOSTON -- As a severe cold spell hits New England, the Coast Guard issued an advisory today for mariners. With extreme cold air and water......
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By Alisha A. Pina Journal staff writer EAST PROVIDENCE -- Standing in the cold outside East Providence High School yesterday, a lone spokesman for the......
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By ANDREW MIGA Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Plans to build the nation's first offshore wind farm in the waters off Cape Cod cleared......
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By Business staff Bank of America, the largest U.S. bank by assets, this morning posted its first loss since 1991 and cut the dividend after......
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EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The East Providence Taxpayers Association will hold a press conference this morning to address the standoff over the teachers' contract. The......
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Journal photo/ Steve Szydlowski The building at 380 Westminster Street in Providence, which sold recently, houses the IRS, bankruptcy court along with the Navy......
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By RAY HENRY Associated Press Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Governor Carcieri said yesterday that Rhode Island should save money it gets from any new......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A fire on Silver Lake Ave. in Providence has been extinguished. Firefighters responded to a fire in the area of 70 Silver......
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By Bob Thayer/ Journal photographer With arctic air descending on Rhode Island, the temperature dropped into single digits last night. "I'm so glad to......
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On Jan. 16, 1991, the White House announced the start of Operation Desert Storm to drive Iraqi forces out of Kuwait. Read more about today......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Today is the day that forecasters have been predicting for a week. The day that has gotten us all riled up: Temperatures......
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Colibri, the jewelry and cigarette lighter company, has closed. There is a notice on the door that says it is out of business. Providence Journal......
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By Alisha A. Pina Journal staff writer EAST PROVIDENCE -- Its leaders say heckling teachers may have forced the School Committee to end Tuesday's meeting......
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