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PROVIDENCE -- Anthony M. "The Saint'' St. Laurent Sr., a longtime capo regime in the Patriarca crime family, was charged today with plottiing to kill......
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Have you made plans for Valentine's Day this year? It is on a Saturday night, after all, and with the economic woes we're all......
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Journal photo / Bob Thayer Cold weather can't stop a dedicated quahogger. About a dozen of them fended off the chill today while looking......
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By Steve Peoples Journal State House Bureau Governor Carcieri this evening announced the promotion of Department of Human Services Director Gary Alexander to oversee four......
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5:40 PM Fri, Feb 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Economic and atmospheric conditions have created a "perfect storm" of hardship for animals this winter, the director of the Rhode Island......
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5:35 PM Fri, Feb 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Steve Szydlowski James Richardson, the man convicted by a jury of killing Margaret Duffy-Stephenson in 2005, reads his statement in court......
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4:52 PM Fri, Feb 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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Rhode Island reaped far less from holiday shoppers at Providence Place mall last year than in previous years. The December total was the lowest since......
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4:50 PM Fri, Feb 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state's Supreme Court today agreed to hear a petition by a Hopkinton councilman to continue to serve on the Chariho Regional......
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4:03 PM Fri, Feb 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE--Jorge Cartagena, 26, of Norcross, Georgia, was ordered held without bail today after he was brought before Judge Walter Gorman in District Court on a......
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3:56 PM Fri, Feb 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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Providence Journal photo / Kathy Borchers Two years ago, when the Providence Preservation Society threw its annual winter gala at the Sharpe Building, an......
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3:46 PM Fri, Feb 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach Peter Smerdon (left) and Gordon McKillop today tighten down a section of a wind turbine tower to a barge......
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3:44 PM Fri, Feb 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- The House Finance Committee today approved a revenue-raising package that includes a $1 hike in the state's cigarette tax that would make it......
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3:14 PM Fri, Feb 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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More than a dozen individuals and organizations with Rhode Island addresses appear on lists of clients and other potential creditors of Bernard L. Madoff that......
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2:51 PM Fri, Feb 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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BY MARK REYNOLDS Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE -- A former North Providence police officer who connived with a known drug dealer and lied to federal......
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2:46 PM Fri, Feb 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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FALL RIVER, Mass. -- Mayor Robert Correia is asking city employees -- union and nonunion -- to take an 8 percent pay cut for the......
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2:42 PM Fri, Feb 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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WARWICK - The city is facing a $5-million shortfall for the current fiscal year thanks to state aid cuts, and Mayor Scott Avedesian said he......
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2:23 PM Fri, Feb 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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NARRAGANSETT, R.I. -- Teachers will receive annual 2 percent pay increases, but make enough concessions to pay for them, under a three-year contract approved by......
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2:13 PM Fri, Feb 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Gregory Smith Email
An alleged rapist who the Providence police say was on the lam for more than two years is now in the custody of federal authorities.......
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PROVIDENCE _ A complex soil contamination case in North Tiverton boiled down to who said what to whom and whether all the words added......
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By Tracy Breton Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Lawyers for the victims of The Station nightclub fire today filed papers asking the U.S. District Court to approve a proposed plan......
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1:42 PM Fri, Feb 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Alan Rosenberg Email
A University of Rhode Island e-mail to the school's students about financial aid this week was supposed to be a one-way communication. Instead, because of......
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1:12 PM Fri, Feb 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Donita Naylor Email
The episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition being promoted as part of Sunday night's lineup on ABC (Channel 6) is the one about the Voluntown,......
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12:48 PM Fri, Feb 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- A 27-year-old man was arraigned on charges of first-degree child abuse Thursday after Hasbro Children's Hospital reported that his six-month-old boy suffered......
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12:22 PM Fri, Feb 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Michael P. McKinney Journal staff writer A 55-year-old South Kingstown woman has received one year's probation after pleading no contest to breaking in to......
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12:09 PM Fri, Feb 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE--The West Broadway Neighborhood Association is to receive an award tomorrow for its effort in battling National Grid's plan to relocate gas meters from basements......
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11:59 AM Fri, Feb 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- A Superior Court judge today granted Twin River's owners an extra month to make peace with Dimeo Construction and the other contractors who......
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11:55 AM Fri, Feb 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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BY Linda Borg Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Rhode Island College has opened a $2.9 million center that will enable teachers from around the......
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11:42 AM Fri, Feb 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Gretchen Ertl It may be freezing outside, but it's a sure sign that spring is coming when the 18-wheeler leaves Fenway......
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11:38 AM Fri, Feb 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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A new documentary on the Warwick Musical Theatre is starting to take shape. Larry Bonoff, the theater's former general manager, today announced the posting......
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11:33 AM Fri, Feb 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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The Macy's department store chain will open a district office in Attleboro in early May to support about a dozen of its stores, including two......
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10:49 AM Fri, Feb 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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The jackpot for Rhode Island's progressive jackpot game, Wild Money, was hit on Thursday night for $95,447, the Rhode Island lottery announced today. The winning......
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By Alan Rosenberg Email
A Boston police officer has been reassigned to desk duty during an internal investigation of reports that he used a police cruiser to escort two......
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9:10 AM Fri, Feb 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Bill Murphy The nonprofit Fort Adams Trust has established the Fort Adams Preservation Fund, a permanent endowment at The Rhode Island......
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7:01 AM Fri, Feb 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
One year ago today: Sakonnet Vineyards is preserved for agricultural use forever, thanks to a deal announced by the Little Compton Agricultural Conservancy Trust. 5......
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7:00 AM Fri, Feb 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Two families were left homeless overnight after a fire broke out in a newly vacant unit, Capt. Michael DeSarro said. The fire......
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6:48 AM Fri, Feb 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Rhode Island College today will formally open a new center to train educators in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Governor Carcieri......
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6:32 AM Fri, Feb 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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James Richardson, convicted in the 2005 murder of Margaret Duffy-Stephenson of Warwick, is expected to be sentenced today in Providence Superior Court. Richardson killed Duffy-Stephenson,......
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6:24 AM Fri, Feb 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Tatiana Pina Email
Temperatures started in the single digits this morning and are expected to rise later in the day to only between 26 and 30 degrees. Saturday......
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A wind turbine that will stand 60 feet taller than the Statue of Liberty is traveling by barge from Quonset to Newport this afternoon. The......
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1:27 AM Fri, Feb 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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A University of Rhode Island e-mail to the school's students about financial aid this week was supposed to be a one-way communication. Instead, because of......
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7:11 PM Thu, Feb 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham and Kathy Gregg Journal State House Bureau Johnston Rep. Stephen R. Ucci says he's considering a run for House speaker. "I am......
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6:50 PM Thu, Feb 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Gretchen Ertl More than 100 female executives from the corporate, medical and political communities joined Rhode Island's sLt. Gov. Elizabeth Roberts......
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Journal photo / Steve Szydlowski Students from the Winsor Elementary School in Smithfield carry a dragon as part of their Chinese New Year celebration......
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5:31 PM Thu, Feb 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
NORTH PROVIDENCE -- A 37-year-old man has been arrested on charges of felony assault stemming from an incident last week in which he allegedly......
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5:22 PM Thu, Feb 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Karen Lee Ziner Journal staff writer STATE HOUSE -- Rep. Grace Diaz of Providence said she wants all students to pursue the American dream......
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4:36 PM Thu, Feb 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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CENTRAL FALLS -- Two representatives from the Corrections Corporation of America toured the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility this afternoon to determine whether the Nashville-Tenn.......
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4:07 PM Thu, Feb 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Frank J. Williams, Rhode Island's best-known Lincoln authority, is expected to read Lincoln's famous Gettysburg address at the bicentennial celebration......
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4:05 PM Thu, Feb 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- The Rhode Island Supreme Court today declined to intervene in a salary dispute between the East Providence School Committee and the union representing......
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3:29 PM Thu, Feb 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE_ The Rhode Island Foundation will launch a Black Philanthropy Initiative devoted to causes and issues affecting black Rhode Islanders, it was announced today......
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3:08 PM Thu, Feb 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham Journal staff writer In a win for open government, Treasurer Frank T. Caprio has announced the launch of the first state-sponsored online......
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3:04 PM Thu, Feb 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Journal State House bureau PROVIDENCE, RI -- Governor Carcieri has asked Democratic General Assembly leaders to give him a two-week extension on......
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2:35 PM Thu, Feb 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Lynn Arditi Email
If a state has 39 cities and towns, should it also have 39 snow-plowing contracts? As communities throughout Rhode Island face deep budget cuts, the......
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2:34 PM Thu, Feb 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- Governor Carcieri will deliver his seventh State of the State address at 7 p.m. Tuesday. The speech will be presented to a joint......
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2:31 PM Thu, Feb 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Gregory Smith Email
James F. Patterson, a former data entry operator in Providence District Court who was charged 15 months ago with illegally throwing away the contents......
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1:56 PM Thu, Feb 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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CVS Caremark Corp. said today it wants to build a distribution center in Chemung County, N.Y., near Elmira, in the south-central part of the state.......
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1:54 PM Thu, Feb 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- A Woonsocket man was arraigned in District Court Tuesday on a first-degree child-molestation charge in the alleged sexual assault of an 8-year-old......
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1:37 PM Thu, Feb 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
A Warwick man was arrested in Bedford County, Va., Wednesday night, after he and a local 13-year-old girl who'd been reported missing asked to use......
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1:04 PM Thu, Feb 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Michael P. McKinney Journal staff writer CUMBERLAND -- Cumberland's teachers union is asking a court to overturn an arbitrator's ruling that found the school......
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12:56 PM Thu, Feb 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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The Woonsocket Fire Department and Central Coventry Fire District will receive more than $168,000 in federal funding to purchase to new gear and equipment, Sen.......
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12:48 PM Thu, Feb 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, RI -- Governor Carcieri sent a letter to President Barack Obama today asking that the government's stimulus package be revised to provide immediate job......
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12:48 PM Thu, Feb 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, RI -- John O'Hara, of South Kingstown, has been appointed jury commissioner for the State of Rhode Island, Superior Court Presiding Justice Joseph F.......
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11:30 AM Thu, Feb 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Fairfield University student who died under the wheels of a bus in Newport in 2004 had enough alcohol in his bloodstream......
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10:31 AM Thu, Feb 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
St. Joseph Health Services and the Roger Williams Medical Center are announcing this morning that they have finalized their plans to affiliate. The two hospitals......
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10:10 AM Thu, Feb 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island Supreme Court this morning is scheduled to discuss in chambers an appeal of the teachers' union, which seeks......
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10:00 AM Thu, Feb 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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LINCOLN -- Two masked men, one of them toting a gun, robbed the Albion Food Mart at 42 Main St. last night, according to the......
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9:43 AM Thu, Feb 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By John Kostrzewa Journal Business editor An economic stimulus bill will pass the U.S. Senate after changes made to the wording that will calm worries......
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9:30 AM Thu, Feb 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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TIVERTON (AP) - A state representative wants the replacement for the dilapidated Sakonnet River Bridge to be named after a local man who died serving......
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9:22 AM Thu, Feb 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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SEATTLE (AP) -- Seattle police say they have arrested a soldier from Rhode Island for investigation in a Jan. 10 armed robbery in Seattle's University......
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8:24 AM Thu, Feb 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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ATTLEBORO, Mass. -- Could the flu outbreak at the Bishop Feehan High School be peaking? Attendance was better today at the high school, according to......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Officials from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence have met with teachers at three city parochial schools to discuss reorganization plans.......
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7:02 AM Thu, Feb 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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Today's front page features a story about the recommendations from the Governor's tax panel, including a proposal to eliminate the corporate income tax in an......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
One year ago today: Jurors get a first-hand account of bribery in Lincoln as a car dealer testifies in ex-Town Administrator Jonathan F. Oster's......
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By Jack Perry Email
It's just 3 degrees in the Providence area this morning, but it feels even colder -- 11 degrees below zero -- when you factor in......
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7:00 PM Wed, Feb 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Reynolds Journal staff writer JOHNSTON, R.I. -- Governor Carcieri today accused the town's teachers union of spitefully pulling the plug on an important......
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6:21 PM Wed, Feb 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
A former prison inmate, wanted on charges of hundreds of dollars of electronic tooth brushes at Shaw's markets in Cranston and Johnston, was charged......
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6:03 PM Wed, Feb 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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The wake for Sgt. Kyle J. Harrington, the 24-year-old Swansea man who died in Iraq on Jan. 24 and whose body arrived in Rhode Island......
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6:02 PM Wed, Feb 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Randal Edgar Email
For most people, buying a house is the biggest investment they will ever make. And in 12 Rhode Island cities and towns that underwent revaluations......
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5:29 PM Wed, Feb 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Email
A leading Rhode Island opponent of a liquefied natural gas offloading facility for the Massachusetts waters of Mount Hope Bay says the new proposal by......
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4:23 PM Wed, Feb 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
By Richard C. Dujardin Journal staff writer The police blocked off traffic on Branch Avenue, Providence, in front of St. Edward's Catholic Church around 4......
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4:14 PM Wed, Feb 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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By AMANDA MILKOVITS Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE -- The soldier accused of fatally shooting his girlfriend on Monday while he was home on leave has......
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3:03 PM Wed, Feb 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Should campus police carry guns? No, said student Ian Delgiudice at today's forum on campus security at Rhode Island College. Giving guns......
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2:52 PM Wed, Feb 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Teresa Stepzinski MCT BRUNSWICK, Ga. -- A former insurance agent who used the mail to obtain $93,000 in auto insurance commissions from a Warwick,......
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2:39 PM Wed, Feb 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katie Mulvaney Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A British Royal Navy officer testified in Providence County Superior Court today that he saw a......
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2:37 PM Wed, Feb 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Paul Edward Parker Email
The multi-unit housing market in Rhode Island during the last three months of 2008 looked like a department store the day after Thanksgiving: buyers poured......
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2:19 PM Wed, Feb 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
Christina Kuhn, a 27-year-old woman from Cumberland, was identified by Massachusetts State Police as the victim in a two-car crash on Route 95 in Attleboro......
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1:38 PM Wed, Feb 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
Journal photo/ Bob Breidenbach Employees at Tarbox Hyundai clean snow off two of the 300 cars in the dealership's lot on Route 2, Warwick,......
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1:10 PM Wed, Feb 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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Governor Carcieri's tax-reform panel today recommended scrapping Rhode Island's corporate income tax.The proposal, if adopted, would save businesses more than $82 million a year. It......
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WOONSOCKET -- The Beacon Charter School is closed for a second full day because of a a furnace malfunction. Principal Rob Pilkington said that the......
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12:29 PM Wed, Feb 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Tracy Breton Email
PROVIDENCE -- The chief disciplinary counsel of the Rhode Island Supreme Court has filed ethics charges against Cranston lawyer Paul B. McCarthy in connection with......
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By Benjamin N. Gedan Email
For years, local businesses have been urged to adopt "green" business practices, promised that it would help cut operating costs and attract a growing......
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By Lisa Vernon-Sparks Email
The West Warwick School Committee has filed another Caruolo lawsuit against the town. The lawsuit, asking to increase appropriation by $3.6 million for the current......
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11:46 AM Wed, Feb 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- Patrick T. Conley has withdrawn his candidacy for the job of Rhode Island chief justice. He says Governor Carcieri dislikes him so much......
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11:24 AM Wed, Feb 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington bureau WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Providence Mayor David Cicilline this morning joined a chorus of his colleagues from around the......
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10:53 AM Wed, Feb 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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The sentencing of Gilbert Delestre, who was convicted of killing his girlfriend's 3-year-old nephew, has been postponed until February 18, according to a spokesman for......
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WOONSOCKET -- The International Brotherhood of Police Officers Local 404 says it is disappointed with the Woonsocket City Council's approval Monday of Mayor Susan Menard's......
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9:18 AM Wed, Feb 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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PAWTUCKET -- The police are questioning a man about a string of robberies after the department's canine unit tracked him to a house following the......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- An advisory panel soon issues its final recommendations for changing Rhode Island's tax code in ways that are supposed to attract......
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7:37 AM Wed, Feb 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
WASHINGTON -- More than 20 mayors from around the country, including David Cicilline of Providence, are slated to meet with top policy advisers at the......
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
PROVIDENCE - A fire in a three-bay garage behind 177 Lowell Ave. in Silver Lake destroyed three cars as well as the garage around 9:15......
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ATTLEBORO -- A 27-year-old woman was killed on Route 95 south near exit 3A in Attleboro this morning after she lost control of her 2008......
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The sky is clearing after a snow storm that started yesterday and continued into this morning, but some schools have been delayed because of slippery......
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Today's front page features a story on an organization that's hiring in Rhode Island: The state's unemployment office. And it reports on a protest by......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
One year ago today: Barrington High School is shaping up as the best site for a wind turbine, the chairman of the Committee for......
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Journal photo / Bob Thayer The snow fell heavily, but beautifully, this afternoon in front of a New England classic, the Old Congregational Church......
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By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington bureau WASHINGTON -- As President Obama's top economic advisor expressed a willingness to change elements of the $819-billion economic......
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By TALIA BUFORD Journal Staff Writer WESTERLY -- Three Westerly men accused of robbing a drug dealer in November will be arraigned Monday in Washington......
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By Gregory Smith Email
The Rhode Island Police Chiefs Association today announced a plan to prevent biased policing, even as it continued to deny that the police engage......
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A civil suit complaint filed in U.S. District Court, Boston, today on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency accuses three interwoven Fall River companies,......
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By Katie Mulvaney Journal Staff Wrtier The IRS wants Joseph Mollicone Jr. to pay, to the tune of $31.6 million in back taxes, interest and......
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PROVIDENCE -- The House of Representatives today voted 71 to 2 to approve legislation requiring General Assembly approval for every substantial change proposed to Rhode......
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Journal photo / Bob Thayer Evidence including steroids, OxyContin, mariujuana and other illegal drugs, plus about $10,000 in cash, were spread out on a......
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5:17 PM Tue, Feb 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Lisa Vernon-Sparks Email
West Warwick Town Manager James Thomas is calling for a takeover of the School Department's finances. At tonight's Town Council meeting, Thomas will propose a......
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Journal photo / Gretchen Ertl Colibri workers and Fuerza Laboral (Power of Workers), an organization of immigrants and low-income workers, held a rally today......
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Journal photo/ Kathy Borchers Snow falls on ducks today in a small pond at Roger Williams Park, Providence. PROVIDENCE -- A layer of snow......
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By Mike McKinney Journal staff writer JOHNSTON, RI -- A coalition of mayors and other chief executives from most of Rhode Island's largest communities this......
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By Paul Grimaldi Email
CVS Caremark Corp. said today it is voluntarily recalling four types of candy containing peanuts that were sold in its stores during the last two......
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By Amanda Milkovits, Tatiana Pina and Thomas J. Morgan Journal Staff Writers PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A soldier from Providence was ordered held on $50,000 bail......
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Roll call for the second shift of the Providence Police Department was held at the grave site of Sgt. Steven Shaw this afternoon, at St.......
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By W. Zachary Malinowski Journal Staff Writer CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. -- Is the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility on the market? Mayor Charles D. Moreau,......
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By Katherine Gregg Journal State House bureau PROVIDENCE -- Adelita Orefice confirmed today that she is stepping down as the $123,892-a-year head of Rhode Island's......
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Brian Carroll of Cranston, with his son, Matthew, fills out a form in the Department of Labor and Training Call Center lobby at the Pastore......
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WARREN, R.I. -- A family of four has been forced to find temporary housing after a fire destroyed the second floor of their home at......
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By Mark Reynolds Journal staff writer JOHNSTON -- The union representing local teachers has forced the school district to back away from its effort to......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state's American Civil Liberties Union affiliate is suing the state, charging Rhode Island's laws on new political parties are unconstitutional. The......
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EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The School Committee today asked the Rhode Island Supreme Court to throw out an appeal by the teachers union that seeks......
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By Katie Mulvaney Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The father of a Fairfield University student who was rolled over by a bus and killed......
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In East Providence, laid off Colibri workers and Fuerza Laboral, an organization of immigrants and low-income workers, hold a rally to protest the sudden closing......
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By Michael P. McKinney Journal staff writer WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- So that the city can pay its bills without police and firefighter layoffs, the City......
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By Amanda Milkovits Journal staff writer NEWPORT, R.I. -- Rachin A. McCoy, the 21-year-old man accused of beating his 6-week-old daughter to death, was ordered......
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NORTH PROVIDENCE -- The town could save more than $2 million and potentially avoid layoffs and tax hiked if employees take no pay for 10......
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Afternoon commuters can expect a sloshy, slow commute, says Bill Simpson, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service. "Say that three times fast," he says.......
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PROVIDENCE, RI -- A House committee will hear testimony today on two bills that would prohibit texting while driving, and another that would restrict the......
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Journal photo/ Steve Szydlowski Governor Carcieri was among those attending this morning's Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce breakfast meeting. Eighty percent of Rhode Island......
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Journal file photo Christopher Hill, a Little Compton native, has an extensive foreign service background. A Moses Brown graduate, here he poses in front......
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Richard C. Dujardin Journal staff writer A 27-year-old Swansea man was convicted on a charge of first-degree murder Monday in connection with the slaying of......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- State lawmakers vote today on a bill restricting the changes Governor Carcieri can make to a health care program for the......
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NEWPORT-- Rachin McCoy, 21, the father of a 6-week-old girl who died Friday at Hasbro Children's Hospital, is expected in District Court, Newport, this morning......
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A storm should drop two to five inches of snow on much of the region today into tonight but could drop seven to eight inches......
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There are no classes today at the Beacon Charter School due to a furnace malfunction yesterday. Principal Rob Pilkington said he cancelled classes because the......
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On this day in Rhode Island history: One year ago today: The Kent County Water Authority 's general manager, Timothy J. Brown, says the authority......
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Today's front pages a story about Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps and the reaction of fellow swimmers to revelations that Phelp's has smoked marijuana. Today's front......
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A South Kingstown contractor who pleaded guilty in September to evading nearly $200,000 in federal income taxes was sentenced Friday to serve six months......
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By W. ZACHARY MALINOWSKI Journal Staff Writer CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. -- The new chairman of the Central Falls Detention Facility Corporation expressed astonishment today......
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LINCOLN, R.I. -- North Kingstown High School swimmer Elizabeth Beisel, a 2008 Olympics teammate of Michael Phelps, said he is still her "role model"......
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Providence -- A woman was shot in in the side while sitting in a car in her driveway in the West End early this afternoon.......
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Journal staff report A 30-second Doritos TV commercial made by Matthew McCarthy, 29, a East Providence native, and two friends, suited up for the Super......
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By Karen Lee Ziner Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Maira Farfán Maldonado, one of 31 janitors arrested during immigration raids on Rhode Island courthouses......
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By Katie Mulvaney Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A former bartender at The Red Parrot told the jury today that he saw an escalating......
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CRANSTON, R.I. -- Melissa A. Delmonico, who was found dead in her home last week, died of stab wounds to the heart and lung, the......
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By Katherine Gregg, Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE -- In an unusual move in a non-election year, Governor Carcieri has hit the radio airwaves with......
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PROVIDENCE -- Naomi McCoy, the 6-week-old Newport baby who the police say was beaten to death by her father, died of "blunt impact injuries" to......
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U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse, left and Jack Reed, right, with North Providence Mayor Charles Lombardi, discuss the need to pass the economic stimulus package in......
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WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- School officials evacuated Beacon Charter School's 190 students at around 10:38 a.m. today after a furnace malfunctioned, causing dangerous levels of carbon......
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Journal photo / Steve Szydlowski PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Attendance at the Providence Boat Show grew by 10 percent this year, despite declines in consumer......
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Source: Providence Department of Planning and DevelopmentThe number of foreclosure sales filed with the Providence Recorder of Deeds Office, by month. The total number......
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Coming off a year in which Rhode Island recorded the highest rise in unemployment in the country, Sovereign Bank is issuing a report about the......
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Members of the 54th Volunteer Regiment Honor Guard from Milford, Ma. carried his casket into the Waring-Sullivan Funeral Home in Swansea. Below, Harrington's sister, Elizabeth......
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The price of gasoline in Rhode Island has now increased five straight weeks and has hit the $1.90 mark, according to AAA Southern New England.......
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PAWTUCKET, RI -- The police are looking for two men, one with a gun, who robbed a Pawtucket Lion Pizza delivery man at 10 p.m.......
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The Providence Journal/ Mary Murphy A cross-country skier is out early this foggy morning on the Rhode Island Country Club golf course taking advantage......
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PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa, Pa. (AP) -- The world's most famous groundhog has seen his shadow which, legend has it, means this already long winter will last......
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PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) -- Police chiefs in Rhode Island are moving to meet a key provision of a state law intended to track racial profiling.......
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The National Weather Service is warning of black ice and patchy fog this morning, so be careful on your commute. Today is Groundhog Day and......
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Today in Rhode Island history: One year ago today: A local television station tentatively agreed to pay $30 million to the victims of The......
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Today's front page features a photograph of the Super Bowl winning Pittsburgh Steelers. There's also a story reporting that school uniforms may be making a......
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