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By Jennifer D. Jordan Journal staff Writer Every Rhode Island school district will have to make "tough calls" in the coming months, said Education Commissioner......
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By Katie Mulvaney Journal staff writer Contained in Governor Carcieri's plan to plug Rhode Island's multimillion-dollar budget gap is a proposal to suspend the law......
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By Tatiana Piina and Thomas J. Morgan Journal Staff Writers BURRILLVILLE -- A teacher has been charged with assault after a fifth-grade boy complained that......
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Richard Cramer, left, receives a hot meal for himself and a bag of dog food for Tula from Sam Andrade, a driver for Meals......
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CRANSTON, R.I. -- Cranston Police have identified two of the victims in a two-car accident last Saturday as Joseph Mockler, 24, and Sara Bechtel, 21,......
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Valentine's Day guarantees include: Boxes of chocolates. Red roses. Soupy cards. And some love-struck swain (or swainette) who decides to express his affections in a......
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Smoky fire damaged a three-family house on Laban Street this afternoon in the Hartford area of Providence. The Providence Journal / Mary Murphy PROVIDENCE,......
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Providence Journal photo / Kathy Borchers Arthur Parks shops for flowers for his wife and daughter for Valentine's Day at Mister Flowers, 500 Branch......
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The Rhode Island Association of Realtors voiced its opposition today to nearly a dozen bills submitted to the General Assembly designed to lessen the damage......
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Email
PROVIDENCE -- Two of the four stations still broadcasting an analog signal in the Providence/New Bedford market will keep those signals operational after Tuesday night's......
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PROVIDENCE -- The Rhode Island Association of Fire Chiefs is warning Rhode Island residents about an unauthorized fundraising organization that is making calls to solicit......
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It's something of a Smith Hill ritual. Each afternoon, as the General Assembly's session is about to begin, lobbyists swarm the House and Senate chamber,......
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WARWICK -- A West Warwick man who allegedly tried to strangle his ex-girlfriend with a cord last fall was arraigned today in Kent County Superior......
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12:56 PM Fri, Feb 13, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg PROVIDENCE, RI -- Interested in how the state is spending your money? The Carcieri administration is poised to announce the launch Monday......
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12:41 PM Fri, Feb 13, 2009 | Permalink |
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A memorial ceremony will be held Sunday as the sixth anniversary of the Station nightclub fire approaches. Dave Kane, a member of the board of......
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12:26 PM Fri, Feb 13, 2009 | Permalink |
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Wondering what foods in your home are part of the nationwide peanut-product recall? We've got the full, interactive list from the U.S. Food and Drug......
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12:21 PM Fri, Feb 13, 2009 | Permalink |
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WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- The two unions representing City Hall workers voted Thursday night to approve five-month agreements that increase their health insurance contributions and add......
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PROVIDENCE. RI --- An Olneyville man learned that tossing a loaded gun from his car's sunroof was not the best way to hide a weapon......
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12:03 PM Fri, Feb 13, 2009 | Permalink |
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By The Associated Press and Journal staff writer Michael P. McKinney The cities of Pawtucket and New Bedford are laying off more than 200 workers......
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11:50 AM Fri, Feb 13, 2009 | Permalink |
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U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., is scheduled to speak on the Senate floor at noon today to urge his fellow lawmakers to pass the economic......
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Roger Williams University is entering a partnership agreement with the Rhode Island Latino Policy Institute that will have the two organizations working cooperatively to do......
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A documentary by two local filmmakers about the impact of tuberculosis in America during the early 20th century and in developing countries today will have......
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By Paul Grimaldi Journal staff writer Executives at Hasbro Inc. said this morning the company is abandoning its "tween" electronics category as children prefer "the......
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9:32 AM Fri, Feb 13, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Paul Grimaldi Journal staff writer The head of Pawtucket-based Hasbro Inc. told investment analysts today the company has frozen salaries and travel expenses as......
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WASHINGTON -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse has been made chairman of two Senate subcommittees that oversee a variety of policy areas in the government's judicial and......
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Today's front page features local reports on the federal economic stimulus plan, including news that more than 35,000 unemployed Rhode Islanders would soon receive......
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Nine out of ten residents of nursing homes in Rhode Island -- and the same proportion of their relatives -- are satisfied with the care......
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A year ago today: Clear Channel Broadcasting has tentatively agreed to pay $22 million to the victims of The Station nightclub fire, it was announced......
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The morning will start out mostly cloudy, but the clouds will clear, leaving us with a mostly sunny day and a high of 37 degrees,......
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The University of Rhode Island announced today that events to celebrate URI's 10th president, Robert L. Carothers, who is retiring this year, are planned for......
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6:26 PM Thu, Feb 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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By PETER SVENSSON AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) - The Federal Communications Commission has told 123 TV stations that were planning to stick to......
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5:42 PM Thu, Feb 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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Beach traffic, parking headaches and long lines might keep you away from fine oceanside dining in the summer, but in late March the same restaurants......
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5:34 PM Thu, Feb 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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More than 35,000 out-of-work Rhode Islanders could soon start receiving an extra $25 in their weekly unemployment benefit as a result of the federal economic......
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Journal photo / /Bob Breidenbach Pitchers and catchers reported for the new season today at the Red Sox spring training facility in Fort Myers,......
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4:19 PM Thu, Feb 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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Nearly a dozen bills are expected to be introduced into the General Assembly which aim to lessen the damage inflicted by home foreclosures in......
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4:13 PM Thu, Feb 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- State Department of Transportation Director Michael P. Lewis says he is ready to start spending the roughly $140 million he expects to get......
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By John Hill Email
PROVIDENCE -- A federal district court judge has set a March 16 trial date for a lawsuit challenging the state law that limits when new......
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By W. Zachary Malinowski Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A hearing on the deportation of a key witness in the wrongful death lawsuit of a Chinese national who died in the......
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CRANSTON -- A Cranston police officer used justifiable force when he fired two shots at a suspect who attempted to run over the officer during......
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A fire broke out about 3:30 p.m. today at 521 Main St., Hopkinton. A police spokesman said the family got out safely. According to......
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3:37 PM Thu, Feb 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- A brother and sister were arrested Wednesday for allegedly forging a Family Court document to get themselves excused from school, according to......
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3:24 PM Thu, Feb 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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Jonathan N. Xavier, the spectator who briefly interrupted a nationally televised Providence College basketball game by walking onto the court, was let out of prison......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority today announced that some buses traveling through Cranston have begun taking detours due to weight restrictions placed on a......
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NEWPORT, R.I. -- Ralph E. Carpenter, 99, a connoisseur of colonial furniture and champion of American preservation, died earlier this month in Newport. His wife,......
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2:26 PM Thu, Feb 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg PROVIDENCE, RI -- With their director stepping aside, at least a half dozen top tier members of the Carcieri administration's Office of......
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2:06 PM Thu, Feb 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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Journal photo/ Steve Szydlowski Firefighters and rescue workers help a victim still in an SUV involved in a two-car accident on Route 95 south......
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1:56 PM Thu, Feb 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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Happy birthday, Mr. Darwin. More than 600 events are being held worldwide today to commemorate "Darwin Day" -- the 200th anniversary of the birth of......
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1:41 PM Thu, Feb 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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One hundred years ago today a group of state officials gathered in the living room of a mansion in Lincoln and signed the paperwork......
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The National Weather Service has announced a wind advisory until midnight. The weather service said that a west wind of 15 to 20 mph. will......
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11:49 AM Thu, Feb 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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Journal file photo / Steve Szydlowski Holiday travelers at were met with empty security lines in December, 2008 at T.F.Green airport in Warwick. By......
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11:46 AM Thu, Feb 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Gallery Night Providence opens its thirteenth season March 19 with a new location and a party, the organization announced today. Gallery Night's......
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11:44 AM Thu, Feb 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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EAST PROVIDENCE -- The state Labor Relations Board will hold a formal hearing on whether the School Committee broke the law when it unilaterally cut......
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W. Zachary Malinowski Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE -- An emergency hearing is scheduled for this afternoon in U.S. District Court to halt the deporation of......
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10:20 AM Thu, Feb 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- "Yugo is doing well and the prognosis is great," according to an East Providence Animal Control Center supervisor. The 80-pound American......
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10:19 AM Thu, Feb 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington bureau WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Frank Williams' co-stars got through the Gettysburg Address all right. The third and fourth graders......
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9:22 AM Thu, Feb 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Providence Mayor David Cicilline is heading to Philadelphia to join five other mayors in a private discussion of design issues facing their......
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8:41 AM Thu, Feb 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- Mayor James E. Doyle will promote five firefighters and swear in one new firefighter during a ceremony at 3 p.m. today at......
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8:20 AM Thu, Feb 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington bureau WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Four U.S. Army caissons stand at the lip of the Reflecting Pool, their gun barrells......
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8:01 AM Thu, Feb 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- A Providence woman was arrested after she allegedly assaulted and robbed two women at knifepoint as they were leaving a performance of "Fiddler......
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Today's front page reports on the federal economic stimulus plan and the positions taken by Rhode Island's legislators. Download a copy of today's front page......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I -- Rhode Island will start a celebration of the 100th anniversary of its parks today. The state Department of Environmental Management will launch......
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On this day in 1809, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was born in present-day Larue County, Ky. Read more from The......
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By Jack Perry Email
The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory from noon until midnight today with steady winds of 22 to 25 mph. in the forecast......
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7:36 PM Wed, Feb 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Actor Ted Danson sat down for a few minutes Wednesday morning with U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, a Rhode Island Democrat, to talk......
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6:46 PM Wed, Feb 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- In a quiet quarrel that recently spilled into the open, the Fire Department leadership is jousting with the firefighters union over the......
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Today marked the deadline to express interest in serving on the federal bench, and five stalwarts of Rhode Island's legal community have confirmed they're in......
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6:18 PM Wed, Feb 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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As union members lobbied against Carcieri's proposed business tax cut in State House hallways this afternoon, elected officials circulated a letter opposing any tax cut......
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6:03 PM Wed, Feb 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By John Hill Email
Members of Woonsocket's police union met this afternoon and unanimously rejected a proposed five-month contract with the city that would have rolled back salaries and......
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By Maria Armental Email
By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- Rhode Island senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse said they support the $789-million compromise package approved......
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By Tracy Breton Email
PROVIDENCE -- The Rhode Island Supreme Court today reinstated the conviction of Danny L. Brown, of West Warwick, who was sentenced in 1995 to serve......
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5:35 PM Wed, Feb 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kathy Gregg State House Bureau PROVIDENCE -- A scheduled House vote to raise the state's cigarette tax by $1 to the highest level in......
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5:14 PM Wed, Feb 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Philip Marcelo Email
PROVIDENCE -- After serving for about seven months, George Born is stepping down as executive director of the Providence Preservation Society in order to......
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4:59 PM Wed, Feb 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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BY MARK REYNOLDS Journal staff writer JOHNSTON, R.I. -- The town eliminated its $2.6 million school deficit in the fiscal year that ended June 30,......
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4:57 PM Wed, Feb 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
CRANSTON --- Four persons who were injured in the two-car crash on Saturday that took three lives remain in Rhode Island Hospital in serious condition,......
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By Linda Borg Email
BARRINGTON -- Charges were dropped Tuesday against two local residents who were accused of pulling up boundary markers that appeared to block a right-of-way to......
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4:39 PM Wed, Feb 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
The Audubon Society of Rhode Island reports that it has been bombarded with calls from folks seeing robins in their backyards and wondering whether spring......
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4:32 PM Wed, Feb 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Felice Freyer Email
Some 50 to 60 youngsters at Chariho Middle School will receive antibiotics after their classmate, an 11-year-old girl, was hospitalized over the weekend with pneumonia......
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4:27 PM Wed, Feb 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Mayor David N. Cicilline has put Parks Department crews to work assisting the Department of Public Works in filling in potholes. The......
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4:16 PM Wed, Feb 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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Pension checks mailed to state retirees by state State Total AK1 AL13 AR4 AZ80 CA82 CO24 CT185 DC3 DE6 FL2,016 GA53 HI6 IA7 ID1......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Journal Staff Writer February seems to be a month of anniversaries, what with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin......
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3:52 PM Wed, Feb 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Jack Reed is once again waxing Shermanesque in reponse to a recurrence of speculation that he might replace President Obama's most prominent......
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3:46 PM Wed, Feb 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By W. Zachary Malinowski Email
CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. -- A special election for an open seat on the City Council will take place on Tuesday. Jeremiah A. ``Augie'' O'Connor,......
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3:39 PM Wed, Feb 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
By Paul Grimaldi Journal staff writer Stop & Shop, Rite Aid and Kmart have added to the growing list of foods recalled because of possibly......
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3:23 PM Wed, Feb 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
A hoax Amber Alert is making the rounds in Rhode Island through a cell phone text message, it was reported today by the state police,......
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Barry Manilow will perform tonight at the Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence. In addition to tonight's concert, and before returning to Las Vegas on Feb.......
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2:38 PM Wed, Feb 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Philip Marcelo Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Mayor David N. Cicilline will deliver his annual State of the City Address at the Rhode Island Convention Center on Tuesday, according......
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2:26 PM Wed, Feb 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Frieda Squires House Speaker William J. Murphy, Majority Leader Gordon Fox, Finance Committee Steven M. Costantino and Minority Leader Robert Watson......
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2:17 PM Wed, Feb 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Donita Naylor Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE, R.I., -- A documentary about the transformation of South Providence from blight to blocks of vitality will debut......
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NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The police have charged a local man with child molestation, it was announced today. Brian Howe, 21, of 137 Vincent Ave.,......
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Providence Journal photo / Kathy Borchers Providence Mayor David N. Cicilline, InQuest CEO Michael Colapietro and Vice President Jeremy Carr, and Governor Carcieri, mark......
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12:25 PM Wed, Feb 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Donita Naylor Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The names of seven men indicted by a federal grand jury in December were announced this......
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PROVIDENCE, RI -- A controversial immigration bill will return to the State House today, bringing with it potential for the legislature's first ideological debate this......
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By Tom Mooney Email
Because of staffing issues, the state Office of Vital Records will be cutting its morning hours for walk-in service starting Monday, the state Department of......
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10:28 AM Wed, Feb 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
WARWICK, R.I. -- A Providence man with an extensive criminal record is being held without bail this morning after the Cranston police arrested him......
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PROVIDENCE -- For problems big and small, dial 2-1-1 for someone with a solution. Today is Feb. 11, National 2-1-1 Day. Here in the Ocean......
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PROVIDENCE -- Providence Patrolman Brian Thornton has been awarded the Bronze Star medal for "heroic and meritorious achievement" with the Rhode Island National Guard in......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
A year ago today: Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., of the U.S. Supreme Court visits Providence to mark the centennial of the federal......
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By Jack Perry Email
Morning is breaking under partly cloudy skies in the Providence area this morning, and isolated showers are expected after 2 p.m., according to the National......
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Today's front page features more on the economy, including Governor Carcieri's State of the State address, Wall Street's reaction to the latest bailout plan and......
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By Tracy Breton PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Judicial Nominating Commission decided, during a closed door session tonight, to interview six candidates who have applied to......
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7:02 PM Tue, Feb 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Governor Carcieri tonight will offer a hopeful assessment of the state of affairs in Rhode......
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5:13 PM Tue, Feb 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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By G. Wayne Miller and Donita Naylor Journal Staff Writers PROVIDENCE -- In an effort to improve the lives of black Rhode Islanders, prominent African-Americans......
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Liberty, a Labrador puppy, follows her new handler, Tom Hepburn, after arriving at the Rhode Island Veterans Home in Bristol this morning. Princeton, Mass.-based NEADS/Dogs......
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By Paul Edward Parker Journal staff writer Central Falls had the highest rate of property foreclosures in Southern New England last year and Providence had......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Journal Staff Writer SOUTH KINGSTOWN --The University of Rhode Island today announced the development of a "smart" barcode that will tell......
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By Bruce Landis Email
PROVIDENCE, RI -- State Transportation Director Michael P. Lewis will go to Washington, D.C. Wednesday to meet with White House leadership at a transportation forum......
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By Neil Downing Email
More than 1,200 people have applied to fill 40 new jobs at the state Department of Labor and Training to process claims for unemployment benefits,......
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By Maria Armental Email
Three Rhode Island men who died in a car crash over the weekend died of "blunt impact injuries" caused by the crash, according to an......
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KINGSTON, RI -- A Providence man was arraigned in Fourth District Court Monday on charges of disorderly conduct and simple assault following an incident after......
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By Philip Marcelo Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- How much do you love Providence? Enough to take a stage and recite a song or poem in its honor? Or tape......
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By Jack Perry Email
ATTLEBORO, Mass. (AP) - Sensata Technologies Inc. is laying off 100 workers in Massachusetts after another 50 accepted voluntary buyout offers. Linda Megathlin, spokeswoman for......
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rhode Island Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse joined the 61-to-37 majority that passed an $838-billion economic recovery bill today, setting up......
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By Mike McKinney Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Three Rhode Island men have pleaded guilty to selling thousands of contraband cigarettes in packages without required state tax stamps. Bassam Khalil,......
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By Peter Lord Email
Ocean engineering professor Malcolm Spaulding will make a presentation tonight to the stakeholder meeting of the state's Ocean Special Area Management Plan. The group......
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By Maria Armental Email
Pascoag's Ch. Echo of Aran Cross the Rubicon could not hold up against Ch. Roundtown Mercedes of Maryscot. The Kerry Blue terrier lost Monday night......
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By KATIE MULVANEY Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The two former University of Rhode Island students accused of contributing to the death of a......
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Email
WARWICK - The school department's director of business affairs says the department won't be able to pay back the city anytime soon for the nearly......
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PROVIDENCE -- An emergency hearing has been set for Thursday in U.S. District Court to halt the deporation of a key witness in the......
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PROVIDENCE, RI -- While millions of federal dollars are expected to come to the Capitol City in the coming months as part of the economic......
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By Benjamin N. Gedan Email
Senate President M. Teresa Paiva-Weed, at the time the Senate majority leader, speaks at the 2008 Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce legislative luncheon. Journal......
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By Jack Perry Email
BOSTON (AP) -- A federal judge has refused to reconsider his order suspending key New England fishing rules, leaving fishermen wondering which rules are in......
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
Providence Journal video / Bill Murphy Outside the offices of Allan Shine, the court-appointed receiver for The Colibri Group, former workers -- who lost......
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I -- The state Department of Environmental Management will launch the 100 Year Anniversary of Rhode Island State Parks Thursday at 11 a.m. at......
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By Lisa Vernon-Sparks Email
WEST WARWICK -- The School Committee is set to renew three-year contracts for principals and other administrators tonight, but expects to freeze those salaries at......
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By John Hill Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Two state senators have proposed a bill that, if approved, would make it easier for new political parties to get on the......
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By Tracy Breton Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Lawyers for the victims of the Station nightclub fire and the parties they have sued are still trying to hammer out the......
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By Cynthia Needham Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Twelve months ago, Governor Carcieri stood before a packed House chamber and told Rhode Islanders in his sixth State of the State......
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
CRANSTON -- The young man chatting online had been talking off-and-on since last fall about how he'd sexually assaulted a pre-teen girl, yet he hadn't......
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By Jack Perry Email
SOMERSET, Mass. (AP) - Police say two 15-year-old Somerset boys are facing charges of raping and kidnapping a younger girl. Police say the two teenagers......
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
PROVIDENCE -- Mark F. Kilcline, 18, is listed in critical condition at Rhode Island Hospital this morning, two days after he was shot by police......
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By Jack Perry Email
Workers who lost their jobs when an East Providence jewelry plant closed without notice last month say they can't wait six months for money that......
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
PROVIDENCE -- A fire broke out in the basement of a convenience store in Olneyville last night, temporarily closing the store and the adjoining Western......
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By Paul Davis Email
PROVIDENCE -- Residents struggling to pay rents and mortgages will get more help today. The United Way of Rhode Island this morning will kick off......
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By Jack Perry Email
We'll have another relatively warm day today. It's only 19 degrees in the Providence area at 7 a.m., but the temperature should climb to 42......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
A year ago today: An ammonia leak at a large fish-processing plant in Galilee spreads noxious fumes in the immediate area, prompting the evacuation......
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Today's front page reports more about Mark F. Kilcline, the 18-year-old North Kingstown man who was shot during a confrontation with the police. Rhode Islanders......
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By Mark Reynolds Journal Staff Writer JOHNSTON, R.I. -- The local teachers union did not force the school system to decline a leading role......
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President Obama takes yet another historic step tonight with his first prime-time press conference. It will start at 8 p.m. from the White House, hours......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
A dog belonging to a Pascoag trio today won the Best of Breed award at the prestigious Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PROVIDENCE--Mayor David N. Cicilline will be interviewed at 7:20 a.m. Tuesday on the Fox Network's national morning show Fox and Friends. Cicilline's topic will be......
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By Paul Grimaldi Email
New federal regulations that take effect Tuesday will require retailers to pull toys, clothing and other children's products from their shelves if the items don't......
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By Mike McKinney Email
PROVIDENCE -- "The Saint" said he needs to make a phone call. Anthony M. St. Laurent Sr., a Patriarca crime family member known as "The......
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By Gina Macris Email
TIVERTON_ Police are investigating the theft of an undisclosed amount of money from the Tiverton Little League, chief Thomas Blakey said. The investigation, begun......
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By Rick Massimo Journal music writer The Rhythm and Roots Festival will return to Ningret Park, in Charlestown, on Labor Day weekend, festival organizers announced......
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Email
WARWICK -- Budget cuts may force the School Committee to close an elementary school. The committee will meet tomorrow at 7 p.m. in Winman Junior......
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EAST PROVIDENCE _The state Labor Relations Board will hold a formal hearing on whether the East Providence School Committee violated Rhode Island labor law......
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By John Hill Email
PAWTUCKET -- After 154 years, the parochial school operated by St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Church will close at the end of the academic......
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Email
EAST GREENWICH -- A company that provides tax collection services for the town has sent letters of apology to hundreds of residents after it notified......
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By Felice Freyer Email
The Rhode Island Free Clinic has opened a pharmacy, offering about 50 common generic drugs -- for free -- to its patients. "This was huge......
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NORTH KINGSTOWN -- An 18-year-old man shot by the police Sunday remains in critical condition this afternoon at Rhode Island Hospital. The owner of the......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PROVIDENCE -- A Providence County grand jury on Friday indicted Jose Rodriguez, 65, of 20 Grand St., on 15 counts of child molestation. The crimes......
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By Richard Salit Email
PROVIDENCE, RI --Brown University announced today that it has appointed Romano Prodi, former prime minister of Italy, to serve a five-year term as a......
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By Linda Borg Email
BARRINGTON, R.I. -- A student in the special-education program at Barrington Middle School was left outside of school for about 90 minutes Friday afternoon before......
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By Mike McDermott Email
New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez has just admitted to ESPN's Peter Gammons that he used performance-enhancing drugs early in this decade. "I did take......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
CRANSTON, RI -- The police today made official the names of the three young people killed Saturday night in a head-on collision on Elmwood Avenue.......
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By Mark Reynolds Journal staff writer NORTH PROVIDENCE -- The town's police officers will use vacation time leftover from 2008 rather than cashing the time......
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By Bill Van Siclen Email
AP photo / Damian Dovarganes Los Angeles street artist Shepard Fairey poses for a picture with his Barack Obama Hope artwork in the Echo......
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By Rick Massimo Journal Pop Music Writer Seekonk-based children's singer-songwriter Bill Harley won his second Grammy Award Sunday in ceremonies at the Staples Center in......
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By Tracy Breton Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A bill has been introduced in the Rhode Island House of Representatives that would repeal a controversial law -- never used, but......
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By Philip Marcelo Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- How much do you love the Renaissance City? Enough to take a stage and recite a song or poem in its honor?......
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The Yamaha Corporation of America, citing tough economic times, has notified the Newport Music Festival that it is pulling its sponsorship of the classical-music......
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PROVIDENCE -- "Come in," Raymond Harwood said when he heard a knock on his bedroom door. But when the registered sex offender saw a Providence......
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AP photo / USPS U.S. Postal Service postage stamps honoring President Abraham Lincoln. By Mike McKinney Journal Staff Writer LINCOLN -- A former Rhode......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The wife and young children of the Chinese national who died last summer while in the custody of the Donald W. Wyatt......
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
CRANSTON, R.I. -- "It's only money," the winner of the $95,447.50 Wild Money jackpot told Lottery officials on Friday. Suzanne Ciunci, of Warwick, was calm......
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By Linda Borg Email
The College Crusade of Rhode Island has received a $100,000 grant from the Nellie Mae Education Foundation. The award provides the Crusade with a......
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NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The police have charged a Pawtucket man in a break-in at Twins Pizza after video footage of the crime broadcast by......
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By Jack Perry Email
Gasoline prices in Rhode Island have increased for the sixth straight week, according to AAA Southern New England. The average price for a gallon of......
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
COVENTRY -- A 62-year-old man is being held without bail after the police say they found marijuana with a street value of $15,000 in his......
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By Jack Perry Email
A federal inmate is scheduled for an initial appearance in U.S. District Court this afternoon on a charge that he plotted to kill a fellow......
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By Karen Ziner Email
PROVIDENCE -- The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Rhode Island will present an encore screening of The Visitor, starring Richard Jenkins, Trinity Repertory Company......
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By Steve Peoples Email
Providence police this morning are looking for three men responsible for a broad daylight home invasion yesterday afternoon. Sgt. Paul Renzi reports that three suspects......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
A year ago today: More than 1,000 revelers gather at Bryant University in Smithfield to ring in the Chinese New Year amid pounding drums, gyrating......
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It won't be as warm as yesterday, but it will feel a lot better than it did last week. Today will be mostly sunny with......
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Today's front page features a story about three people killed in a head-on collision in Cranston and a report about the police shooting and wounding......
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By Linda Borg Journal Staff Writer NORTH KINGSTOWN - An unidentified Tower Hill Road resident is in the intensive-care unit of Rhode Island Hospital with......
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