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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Rhode Island College said today it's lowering tuition for some students from Connecticut and Massachusetts, in a gesture it calls a......
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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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By Maria Armental Email
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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CRANSTON, RI -- There's no gym class today -- and probably for a couple of days -- for students at Cranston High School East because......
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10:37 AM Mon, Jan 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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10:34 AM Mon, Jan 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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10:15 AM Mon, Jan 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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By Donita Naylor Email
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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By Jack Perry Email
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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It's only 12 degrees in Providence shortly before 7 a.m., and the temperature will reach just 28 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. It......
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Today's front page reports the death of a soldier from Swansea who died in an accident in Iraq. Download a copy of today's front page......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
Today in Rhode Island history: A year ago today: According to a review, former U.S. Sen. Lincoln Chafee's new political memoir, Against the Tide: How......
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