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WASHINGTON -- A congressional panel plans to review this week's Supreme Court decision to block the U.S. Department of Interior from placing into trust a......
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Nelson Rolon, convicted in December of the knifepoint robbery of an 87-year-old woman who was unable to testify at the trial, was sentenced yesterday to......
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By Chris Venditto and Michael McDermott Journal Staff So are they really married? It's been the buzz all day: Tom Brady, the Patriot's quarterback......
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PROVIDENCE, RI -- The Department of Environmental Management has announced that the Greenwich Bay Shellfish Management Area will be open Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from......
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PROVIDENCE, RI -- Saturday is expected to be mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Saturday night will be cloudy with snow and sleet......
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PROVIDENCE, RI -- Amid constant news of layoffs, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation has some good news. RIDOT is recruiting for 40 positions that......
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PROVIDENCE, RI -- He robbed. He ran. He swam. But the finish line for Alvin Murray's bank-robbing triathlon in Cumberland last summer came Friday with......
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Journal photo / Ruben W. Perez University of Rhode Island basketball captains Kahiem Seawright, center, and Jimmy Baron visit with students today at the......
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By Mike McKinney Journal Staff Writer WARWICK, RI -- The night she would find her husband and brother-in-law shot and bleeding on the floor, Claire......
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Journal photo / Bob Thayer Tish Adams, a jazz singer, musician, music teacher at School One in Providence, and WRIU radio host, unveils a......
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EAST PROVIDENCE, RI -- Two teenagers apparently drag racing on the Wampanoag Trail Friday afternoon have been hospitalized for what appeared to be non-life-threatening injuries,......
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St. Joseph Health Services announced Friday that it is eliminating 36 positions and cutting pay for all of its non-union employees after losing about $3.4......
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By Richard Salit Email
NEWPORT -- A pipe and drum band that formed just three years ago, with members who had never played a musical instrument, has been......
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By Linda Borg Email
PROVIDENCE -- Best-selling author Jodi Picoult will read and sign her new book at Hope High School on Wednesday. The doors will open at 5:30......
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JOHNSTON _ A 68-year-old Smithfield man was taken to Rhode Island Hospital for observation after he was ejected from the rear hatch window of his......
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SOMERSET, Mass. -- The police today released a 73-minute audio recording of the 911 calls before and after a natural gas explosion in a house......
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
WASHINGTON -- Rep. James R. Langevin expressed concern today about President Obama's plan to leave as many as 50,000 U.S. troops in Iraq after a......
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2:36 PM Fri, Feb 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE- Mijanielle Achille says the Genesis Center, an adult education program, is like a second home to her. The 40-year-old Haitian immigrant received job training,......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Journal Staff Writer FALL RIVER, Mass -- More than 100 members of several city unions gathered at Fall River Government Center......
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Journal photo/ Kathy Borchers It's been a busy day at Tony 's Seafood, 1365 Fall River Ave. (Route 6), Seekonk, Mass., on the first......
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By Kate Bramson Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Sports broadcaster Greg Gumbel will be the keynote speaker next Wednesday at the 12th annual New England Turfgrass Foundation's conference and show.......
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By Katie Mulvaney Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE -- Superior Court Presiding Justice Joseph F. Rodgers has picked the House speaker's deputy assistant to fill a......
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By Mike McDermott Email
Joe Trainer, who was the assistant head coach and defensive coordinator under head coach Darren Rizzi last year, will replace Rizzi as head coach of......
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By Benjamin N. Gedan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Former employees of The Colibri Group, the famed East Providence jewelry maker that abruptly shut down in January, crowded into a Providence......
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By Katie Mulvaney Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE -- Patrick's Pub, a favorite Smith Hill political haunt, will pay $14,000 over three years for violating federal......
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By Tatiana Pina Email
Turkey Hill Dairy, headquartered in Lancaster County, Pa., is adding its Dynamic Duos Movie Night Ice Cream to its list of recalled products because it......
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Tuesday was a good day for Todd M. Amaral. The correctional officer, who serves as a captain in the medium security section of the Adult......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- The Rhode Island Supreme Court has set a date of May 13 for hearing arguments in the dismissed ethics case......
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JOHNSTON, RI -- Twelve police officers and four K-9 dogs searched Johnston High School for a possible bomb at 6 this morning and found nothing,......
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
PROVIDENCE -- The city and the Providence Public Library have still not reached an agreement for how the city branch library system will be funded......
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By Bruce Landis Email
With $137 million to fix roads and bridges coming to Rhode Island under the federal economic stimulus plan, some local officials are wondering why they......
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By Neil Downing Journal Staff Writer The Providence Journal Co. is laying off 74 workers -- about 12 percent of its total work force --......
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Courtesy photo / The Gap Shoppers at the Gap superstore midtown Manhattan have some new fashion options, thanks to a unique partnership between the San......
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By Cynthia Needham Email
For months he's flown under the radar. Now John Edwards, the former United States Senator and 2004 vice presidential candidate, is coming to Brown University......
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11:18 AM Fri, Feb 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Reynolds Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Woonsocket will be restrained from laying off firefighters at least through Monday, a judge said this......
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By Maria Armental and Kate Bramson Journal staff writers PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The president of the Rhode Island Shellfishermen's Association said the state Department of......
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10:38 AM Fri, Feb 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Philip Marcelo Email
PROVIDENCE, RI -- The Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence is raising money to finish its long-delayed headquarters, with work expected to start......
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
FALL RIVER -- The police this morning were at the scene of a school bus accident, with children on board, on Montauk Street. The police......
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9:26 AM Fri, Feb 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
WARWICK, R.I. -- The state police have reopened the high-speed lane of Route 295 south before exit 2 following a minor single-car accident. Only minor......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- One man who had found shelter in a boarded-up building at the corner of Broad and Summer Streets was taken to the......
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By Felice Freyer Email
A new state law that takes effect Sunday allows women to breastfeed or bottle-feed their babies in public places. An earlier law exempted breastfeeding mothers......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
A year ago today: While her Kennedy cousin Patrick and Uncle Ted have endorsed Sen. Barack Obama for president, former Maryland Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy......
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By Jack Perry Email
Today should warm to a high of 56 degrees in the Providence area, but there's a slight chance of showers after 2 p.m., according to......
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Today's front page features coverage of State House hearings on dueling same-sex marriage bills. Demonstrators also rallied at the State House yesterday, urging Governor......
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By Karen Ziner Email
A 16-city "National Family Unity Campaign" starts tonight in Providence to raise awareness about what organizers call "the crisis of our broken immigration system," and......
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6:55 PM Thu, Feb 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan Washington Journal Bureau WASHINGTON -- Rhode Island native Charles W. Freeman Jr., a veteran diplomat known for his linguistic skills, has......
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6:50 PM Thu, Feb 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Donita Naylor Email
A 24-hour gourmet grocery with restaurant seating and Wi-Fi is set to open in mid-March at 173 Weybosset St. in Providence. Just blocks from three......
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
WASHINGTON -- President Obama's first budget imposes "difficult'' spending disciplines as it "eliminates the error of irresponsibility'' in recent federal spending blueprints, Rep. James......
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6:41 PM Thu, Feb 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Randal Edgar Email
As Johnston Mayor Joseph Polisena tells it, there was no hanky panky -- just an honest mistake. His town wanted to buy one of the......
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy said in a news release that President Obama's first budget ``restores balance'' and ``reverses the harmful cuts and neglect......
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By Steve Peoples Journal State House Bureau A key Senate panel this evening unanimously endorsed Gary Sasse to serve as Governor Carcieri's director of the......
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By Richard Salit Email
PROVIDENCE -- Who would climb the stairs of Rhode Island's tallest skyscraper -- all 28 floors, 56 flights and 597 steps -- when there's a......
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KILLINGTON, Vt. -- Two Block Island men got lost for hours Tuesday at Killington Resort when they strayed off a marked trail, the Burlington Free......
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5:49 PM Thu, Feb 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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WEST WARWICK, R.I. - Two local men are charged with felony assault and disorderly conduct after a fight early this morning that broke out after......
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By Peter Lord Email
Rhode Islanders will have the opportunity to recycle free of charge computers, printers and televisions at Providence Place Mall on Sunday and Monday. All brands......
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By Mark Reynolds Email
NORTH PROVIDENCE, RI -- The School Committee has approved a "corrective action plan" that would address all but about $283,000 of a projected $1.9-million schools......
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By Katie Mulvaney Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE -- In a continuing effort to ease the backlog in the Providence County Superior Court system, the presiding......
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By Talia Buford Journal staff writer WARWICK, RI -- A medical examiner testified today that when he examined murder suspect Alfred "Freddie" Bishop the day......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- An area known as Conditional Area A in upper Narragansett Bay will re-open to shellfishing beginning at sunrise Friday, the state Department......
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By Benjamin N. Gedan Email
Despite doubling its staff, the state office that distributes payments to Rhode Island's unemployed is struggling to keep up with requests for aid. Callers to......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE --- An inmate who escaped today from the Adult Correctional Institutions was recaptured at 4:15 p.m. in......
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PROVIDENCE, RI -- A Providence man arrested this morning in connection to an attempted murder last year in Central Falls was ordered held without bail......
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PROVIDENCE, RI -- Testimony ended today in the Woonsocket firefighters' union effort to prevent the city from laying off any of its members as part......
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
BY JOHN E. MULLIGAN Journal Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- President Obama's far-reaching first budget relies on money from delinquent taxes and other ``perennial pay-for accounts''......
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By Katherine Gregg, Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, RI -- Lest there be any doubt that casino gambling has a base of support in the......
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
SOMERSET, Mass. - - A day after she was laid to rest after a funeral at St. Patrick Church, investigators have yet to make a......
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. --- The NAACP Providence branch will hold a press conference at 3 p.m. on the Feb. 18 New York Post cartoon that depicted......
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By Katherine Gregg Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE, RI -- When Rep. Arthur Handy introduced his version of the same-sex marriage bill up for debate at......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The first Senator Claiborne Pell Lecture on Arts and Humanities will be held on March 3 at 5:30 p.m. in the Ballroom......
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By Barbara Polichetti Email
WARWICK, RI -- If William D. McCaffrey, director of the Warwick Area Career and Technical Center, gets his wish, there will be a little white......
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By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse said in a news release today that President Obama's new budget will invest......
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Journal photo / Glenn Osmundson While warm and fuzzy, the creamy-colored coat of the University of Rhode Island's mascot had started to look worn......
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By Kate Bramson Email
CRANSTON, R.I. -- If you're a Lottery player, have some old tickets around and could use an extra $55,000 or so -- who couldn't use......
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By Tracy Breton Email
Richard A. Pacia, who abruptly resigned as president of the bar association a week ago, has a raft of lawsuits against him that accuse him......
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By G. Wayne Miller PROVIDENCE -- As Americans live longer than ever before, the aging population inevitably is transforming health care, economics, retailing and relationships.......
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By Mark Reynolds Email
PROVIDENCE, RI -- The case of a North Providence councilman charged with drunken driving was scheduled for an April trial this morning in District Court,......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PROVIDENCE --- Bernard LaFayette Jr., a civil rights activist, minister, educator, lecturer and authority on nonviolent social change, will deliver the annual heritage address at......
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By W. Zachary Malinowski Email
PROVIDENCE -- A federal judge this morning halted the deportation of a key witness in the wrongful death lawsuit of Hiu Lui ``Jason'' Ng,......
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By Jack Perry Email
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Lauren Bacall, Bill Cosby, performers from Broadway and some surprise guests will celebrate Sen. Edward Kennedy's recent birthday with a special performance......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Advocates on both sides of the debate over same-sex marriage are expected to crowd a State House hearing room this afternoon for......
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NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) -- A New Bedford man has been sentenced to 90 days in jail after pleading guilty to killing his wife's 3-month-old......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Legislation to mandate that all beverages sold in Rhode Island must be in biodegradable plastic containers was described as well-intentioned at a......
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By Randal Edgar Email
CRANSTON -- For parents and students who were unhappy with plans to cut the gifted and talented and summer reading programs, not to mention hockey......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
On the local front: A year ago today: Kent Hospital will launch graduate medical training programs in emergency medicine and family practice this summer, making......
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By Jack Perry Email
Today's front page features a story reporting how Governor Carcieri hopes to control Rhode Island's share of the federal stimulus package, worth an estimated......
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Today brings a slight chance of snow showers this morning, although the temperature is likely to reach 51 degrees later today. It was about 30......
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By Donita Naylor Email
A Black Hawk helicopter landed at Coast Guard Station Point Judith in Narragansett today. With the Rhode Island Army National Guard helicopter, based in Quonset,......
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By Donita Naylor Email
Firefighters have knocked down flames and are searching a two-family house 102 Silver Lake Ave. Heavy flames were reported at 5:20 p.m. Property assessment records......
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
PROVIDENCE -- Mynor Noriega was at the change machine at the Freeway Car Wash in Olneyville last Thursday when he suddenly heard his car's engine......
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CHARLESTOWN -- Narragansett Chief Sachem Matthew Thomas said today that his tribe along with others nationwide will go to Congress, the White House and even......
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By Maria Armental Email
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obamas are getting a dog in April. First lady Michelle Obama tells People magazine that the target date for the arrival......
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By Maria Armental Email
BARNSTABLE, Mass. (AP) -- A group fighting plans to build 130 wind turbines in the ocean waters off Cape Cod has challenged the findings of......
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By Lynn Arditi Email
Rhode Island will receive over $79 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to improve affordable housing and prevent homelessness, U.S. Senator......
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By Donita Naylor Email
A Kent County grand jury handed up an indictment Tuesday naming Efrain R. Campoverde, 41, on first- and second-degree sexual assault involving an Oct.......
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By Bryan Rourke Email
Dan Aykroyd played the part of a salesman today in Attleboro. And lots of people were buying, about 300 of them, many of whom stood......
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Email
PROVIDENCE - Hospital care costs may be increasing rapidly, but the growth in Rhode Island is lower than most of New England, according to a......
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
PROVIDENCE -- A 20-year-old woman and her boyfriend are charged with running a drug-dealing operation from her residence in Elmhurst after they allegedly tried to......
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By Lisa Vernon-Sparks Email
Town officials for a month now have been wrestling with school officials to gain control over the district's stressed finances. First it was a proposed......
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By Jennifer D. Jordan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Some of the claims filed against the now-defunct Education Partnership have been paid, including those of dozens of students who feared they......
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By Linda Borg Email
PROVIDENCE _ Teachers: Do you want to find out how you can teach the subject of genocide to your students? Then, you might want to......
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By W. Zachary Malinowski Email
CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. -- Anthony Ventetuolo Jr., the executive director of the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Center, was paid nearly $1 million to supervise......
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By Maria Armental Email
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) -- Up to 20 pieces of jewelry have been stolen from a home recently put up for sale by former Republican......
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WARREN - Opponents of a proposal to put a liquefied natural gas offloading facility in the middle of Mount Hope Bay are trying to raise......
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By Jack Perry Email
Journal photo/ Kathy Borchers Defendent Alfred "Freddie" Bishop confers with his attorney, Russell Sollitto, after prosecutor John Corrigan delivered his opening statement today in......
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By Maria Armental Email
WARWICK, R.I. -- The deadline for Rhode Island college and college-bound students to apply for state financial aid is looming. The completed Free Application For......
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By Steve Peoples Journal State House PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Senate President M. Teresa Paiva Weed and Senate Majority Leader Daniel P. Connors are meeting behind......
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The late monologist Spalding Gray, who grew up in Barrington, RI, has more to say. And Gray's companion, Kathleen Russo is giving you the opportunity......
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
"Remember, thou art dust and to dust thou shall return." That's one of the admonitions given to the faithful in Ash Wednesday services all over......
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By Linda Borg Email
BARRINGTON -- Calling it a bare-bones budget, Supt. Robert McIntyre has proposed a $42.4 million budget that represents an increase of more than 4 percent......
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By Kate Bramson Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Firefighters quickly extinguished a small blaze this morning that someone intentionally set at a Honey Dew Donuts shop at 695 N. Main......
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Journal photo/ Bob Thayer Erin Doyle, of St. Margaret's School in East Providence, receives ashes today during the annual Ash Wednesday Mass conducted by......
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By Mark Reynolds Journal staff writer NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Lawyers representing the local government and town firefighters have stitched together a far-reaching agreement that......
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STATE HOUSE -- A group of faith-based community organizers today announced that Rhode Island will be the launching point Friday of a 16-city "National Family......
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By Katherine Gregg, Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, RI -- House Speaker William J. Murphy says the change in legislative leadership in Massachusetts and the......
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As adopted children grow up, the urge to meet a birth parent can be powerful. But for some, just knowing a name is enough. A......
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WARWICK -- Three businesses near T.F. Green Airport were evacuated this morning after a subcontractor working on the commuter-rail station project hit a gas......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The chief disciplinary counsel of the Rhode Island Supreme Court has filed ethics charges against lawyer Todd M. Amaral who is alleged......
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U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse's Washington office said about 11:30 a.m. today that the senator is expected to speak on the Senate floor shortly about the......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- As a young man, Moses Brown helped finance a slave ship to Africa. It ended badly. More than 100 Africans died on......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The sixth-graders of Vartan Gregorian Elementary School invite you to Faces of Fox Point, a photograhpic exhibit of the history of the......
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A Superior Court judge has ruled against the town in a zoning dispute concerning 15 acres of the old Camp Meehan property, Mayor Charles A.......
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The Tibetan religious leader and Nobel Peace Laureate the Dalai Lama will visit New England in May. At the invitation of the Tibetan Association of......
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WOONSOCKET -- Patrolman Timothy Hammond was on patrol in the early hours of the morning when he saw flames coming from the second floor of......
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EAST PROVIDENCE -- Pink slips are being mailed to 55 teachers this week so district officials can have "financial flexibility" as they attempt to manage......
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EAST PROVIDENCE -- He was called the school district's "financial guru" only a few months ago and now Jerome I. Baron is gone. The School......
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By Journal Business staff A majority of Massachusetts residents support plans for locating a destination casino on the waterfront in New Bedford, according to a......
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) -- West Virginia University students preparing for spring break will hear the story of one adventure gone horribly wrong. In a single......
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Today's front page features a story about the U.S. Supreme Court ruling for the state of Rhode Island in a decade-long fight for control......
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A year ago today: West Warwick limits sites for placement of so-called adult entertainment businesses, including sex-paraphernalia shops, pornographic bookstores, cinemas and video stores as......
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It's just 19 degrees now in the Providence area, but the temperature should reach 39 degrees under partly sunny skies today, according to the National......
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Today is Ash Wednesday, the start of the penitential period recalling the 40 days that Jesus spent in the desert in preparation for his public......
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A Fall River, Mass., man this afternoon was found guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting of 23-year-old James Cadet in 2006. David T. Miller,......
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WASHINGTON -- Rhode Island legislators today expressed hope that President Obama's speech to the nation tonight will be an important display of his determination to......
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By Mike Stanton Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Fired Providence tax collector Robert Ceprano has filed a $10-million claim against the city. Ceprano's firing......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Superior Court judge today reversed a decision by the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council, and granted the appeal of Champlin's......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- North Providence lawyers and representatives of the town's firefighters union said this afternoon they are close to reaching an agreement over whether......
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BARRINGTON, R.I. -- After six years of legal wrangling, state and local officials celebrated the start of construction of 47 new rental homes for working-class......
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By Michael P. McKinney Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE -- The Saint is sticking with his federal public defender -- for now. Anthony M. St. Laurent......
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The state's plan to extend commuter rail service south from Providence to Warwick and Wickford means that the state must buy $200 million in liability......
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By John Hill Journal Staff Writer Lawyers for City of Woonsocket and its firefighters' union said progress was made today on a tentative contract agreement......
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WARWICK, R.I. (AP) -- The median price of single-family homes in Rhode Island last month dropped sharply with a glut of short sales compared to......
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FRANKFURT (AP) -- The U.S. Army said Tuesday it has dropped a conspiracy to commit premeditated murder charge against an American soldier accused of taking......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. --- The Jewish Community Day School is closing its middle school due to financial constraints. Parents are invited to attend a meeting today......
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By Katie Mulvaney Journal staff writer The U.S. Supreme Court today ended the Narragansett Indian Tribe's decade-long fight for control over 31 acres in Charlestown,......
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By Katherine Gregg, Journal State House Bureau Today was supposed to be the day Governor Carcieri delivered his Fiscal Year 2010 budget proposal to state......
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Asia Turner, a senior at East Providence High School, has won the title of Rhode Island's Junior Miss 2009. Turner competed against eight other young......
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By Rick Massimo Journal pop music writer Elton John and Billy Joel are heading out for another duet tour, and they're coming to Gillette Stadium,......
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The Army Corps of Engineers hopes to dredge the channel leading into Block Island's Great Salt Pond between May 15 and June 30. The......
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SEEKONK, Mass. --- The town's veterans agent, Don Kinniburgh, is appealing a one-day, unpaid suspension for violating the town's sexual harassment policy, according to the......
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PROVIDENCE -- Frank Lennon, the president of the now-shuttered Russian Submarine Museum, made the front page of the Wall Street Journal today, saying he'd be......
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NARRAGANSETT, R.I. -- The police have issued a composite sketch of a would-be robber who allegedly tried to hold up a clerk at a Cumberland......
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EAST GREENWICH, R.I. -- In the wake of police reports that a man pushed former Gov. Bruce G. Sundlun down at a Citizens Bank branch......
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NBC10's Frank Coletta returned this morning to his anchor seat on the Sunrise morning news show, after being off the air for three weeks......
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PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) - A woman who embezzled $540,000 from the Rhode Island business where she worked has been sentenced to serve 2½ years in......
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Journal photo/ Bill Murphy LINCOLN, RI -- A Lincoln rescue worker looks inside a car that came to rest on the Jersey barrier on......
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ATTLEBORO, Mass. (AP) - Bliss Bros. Dairy Inc. is recalling certain ice cream products, saying they could be contaminated with salmonella. The company on Monday......
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A year ago today: Surrounded by a cheering swarm of supporters at a Rhode Island College field house, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- A court hearing is set for this morning in the case of a purported mobster accused from behind bars of offering......
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Today's front page reports that three Warwick unions have agreed to contract concessions. Workers should start receiving a little more in their paychecks April......
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The temperature should reach 33 degrees in the Providence area today, but a 10- to 14-mph. wind from the northwest will make it feel colder.......
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On the local front: A year ago today: Surrounded by a cheering swarm of supporters at a Rhode Island College field house, Democratic presidential candidate......
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EAST GREENWICH - The Town Council tonight approved $11 million worth of bonds for turning Swift Gym into a senior/community center and getting the ball......
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PROVIDENCE, RI -- Moments after winning the chairmanship of the General Assembly's Lottery oversight commission, Rep. William San Bento joined his predecessor, Sen. Maryellen Goodwin,......
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By Katie Mulvaney PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Most members of the commission that helps name state judges to the coveted lifetime posts are serving years......
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The Obama administration will transfer $93.5 million to Rhode Island on Wednesday as part of the state's share of the massive economic stimulus package signed......
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The Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation and Brown University are opening a center to help entrepreneurs build businesses, an effort to slow the state's spiking......
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Click on the image above to view a sortable chart that shows uncompensated care amounts for 2005, 2006 and 2007. Uncompensated care at hospitals......
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WARWICK --- Jury selection began today in the murder trial of Alfred "Freddie" Bishop, while officials say opening statements could begin as early as Tuesday.......
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PROVIDENCE -- Another chapter has appeared to open in the enigmatic case of art dealer, fugitive, tax cheat and current prisoner Rocco P. DeSimone, of......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The suspect in a homicide and alleged abduction in Providence yesterday was ordered held without bail during his arraignment this afternoon......
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PROVIDENCE --- A 22-year-old man sliced open his hand as he fled from a drive-by shooting in Mount Hope this morning. Donovan Brown told the......
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SCITUATE --- A police car from Foster collided with a vehicle traveling at what was described as a high rate of speed after the vehicle......
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John Ghiorse, originator of the Ghiorse Factor and once rumored to be the highest-paid broadcaster in the Providence market, has announced his retirement from NBC......
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BARRINGTON, R.I. -- The School Committee will hold a public forum Thursday night to solicit feedback on a recent proposal to require all teenagers to......
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The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority will use some of the money that will come to it under the federal economic stimulus program to start......
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BARRINGTON -- Seven hundred taxpayers have appealed their new property assessments calculated by Vision Appraisal Technology, the firm hired to conduct the townwide revaluation. Friday......
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By Katherine Gregg Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The same-sex marriage debate has prompted a radio ad war. Last week, the months-old Rhode......
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JAMESTOWN, R.I. -- Documentary maker and local resident Patti Cassidy, has begun a new film project that will trace the relationship of residents of the......
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A proposal to shorten the time it takes to earn a bachelor's degree to three years from four -- potentially saving students and their families......
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Journal Business staff Gasoline prices in Rhode Island slipped two cents today to average $1.99 a gallon, the first decline in eight weeks. Prices for......
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By Steve Peoples U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse is scheduled to speak this afternoon from the Senate floor about the need for national health care reform.......
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Providence Mayor David N. Cicilline, left to right, Rep. Patrick Kennedy, Sen. Jack Reed, and Rep. Jim Langevin, announce a $5.5 million lead remediation program......
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By AMANDA MILKOVITS and KATE BRAMSON Journal Staff Writers WEST WARWICK --- Friends and family of 14-year-old Aaron Boudreau will hold a vigil in......
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PROVIDENCE, RI -- The Rhode Island Contractors' Registration and Licensing Board will accept major credit cards for payment of registration fees, publications and fines, the......
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SOUTH KINGSTOWN -- A fire in a one-bedroom apartment at 152A High St. early this morning forced two of the three people who were there......
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EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Fifty-four city teachers may be losing their jobs at the end of the school year. The School Committee will vote to......
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JOHNSTON -- Local science teachers have changed their minds and opted to participate in a program that will improve science education across Rhode Island, a......
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
Central Falls, Rhode Island native Viola Davis was among the stunning Hollywood set at the Oscars last night, choosing a gold gown with a......
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PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- A mother, her 26-year-old son and their landlord have all safely escaped a house fire in a two-family building at 74 Sterry......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The police responded this morning to a report of shots fired in the area of Camp Street, which apparently led to a......
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By Paul Davis Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- State officials will soon make it easier to get food stamps. The changes, announced today, include hiring nine more workers to help......
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WINDHAM, Vt. (AP) - The Vermont State Police is warning motorists to take care when following directions from global positioning systems after two men ended......
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Westerly, R.I. -- The police today have identified a pedestrian who was struck and killed by a car on Route 1 Friday night as Richard......
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PROVIDENCE -- With Twin River's fate hanging in the air, the General Assembly's Lottery oversight commission meets today for the first time in close to......
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
AP file photo Providence is 1,486 miles from New Orleans' Bourbon Street, but that doesn't mean Rhode Islanders can't have a little fun to......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Students in need at a local middle school have a new option available to them with the official opening this morning of......
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Journal photo/Steve Szydlowski Warwick Mayor Scott Avedisian speaks at a press conference announcing concessions with the city's police, fire and municipal employees unions. By......
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By Gregory Smith Email
Banding together to defend their interests, owners of bars and nightclubs have formed the Providence Nightlife Association. Nightclub entrepreneur Alex Tomasso, association president, said his......
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By Donita Naylor Email
A documentary about South Providence will be shown at 5 tonight at Brown University, followed by a reception and discussion with the sociologist who produced......
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Stonington, Conn. -- A Rhode Island fisherman is charged with 14 counts of having lobsters that were smaller than the legal limit and for possessing......
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On the local front: A year ago today: Former Lincoln Town Administrator Jonathan F. Oster is found dead at his law office on Old Louisquisset......
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By Jack Perry Email
The wind will be today's big story. It will be mostly sunny with a high near 33 degrees, but breezy with a west wind between......
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Today's front page reports on two Oscar contenders from Rhode Island and a fatal shooting and abduction in Providence that led to a tense......
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Providence Journal video by Connie Grosch Video: Oscar Night America party at Federal Reserve in Providence. PROVIDENCE -- Viola Davis lost the best supporting......
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By Michael Janusonis Email
Overture Films, Jo Jo Whilden Richard Jenkins, left, and Hazz Sleimann in a scene from The Visitor, for which the 61-year-old Rhode Islander earned......
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A scene from Departures, about a laid-off cellist who answers a help-wanted ad for "Departures," thinking the job title is "travel agent"; it turns......
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By Michael Janusonis Email
In a break with the past, five winning actors from the past each introduced one of this year's nominees. It seems like a good idea,......
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The Oscar party is starting to break up at the Federal Reserve in Providence. A few dozen guests still remain. Steven Feinberg, executive director of......
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AP Photo/Chris Pizzello Viola Davis's gold gown with a plunging V-neck was by Reem Acra. AP Photo/Chris Pizzello Penelope Cruz wore a white 1950s......
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AP Photo / Matt Sayles Richard Jenkins, nominated for an Oscar for best actor in a leading role for his work in The Visitor,......
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AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill Spanish actress Penelope Cruz accepts the Oscar for best supporting actress for her work in Vicky Cristina Barcelona. Viola Davis,......
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AP Photos / Matt Sayles Viola Davis of Central Falls, R.I., nominated for an Oscar for best actress in a supporting role for her......
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