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FALL RIVER, Mass. -- Fall River could call back two police officers who were scheduled to be laid off next week thanks to a federal......
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NANTUCKET, Mass. (AP) -- A Nantucket man has been charged with murder after authorities say he fatally stabbed a fellow painter in a bar fight.......
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By Barbara Polichetti Email
Some Rhode Island merchants and consumers who were trying to support the local economy may get stung by the collapse of a national company that......
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By Paul Edward Parker Email
Residental real-estate appraisers, among the professionals hit hard as the real-estate market slowed to a crawl last year, are wondering whether President Obama's housing stimulus......
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By Tatiana Pina Email
WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- A Woonsocket man is being held without bail following an appearance this morning in District Court on charges of first-degree sexual assault......
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5:21 PM Fri, Mar 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham Email
East Providence Rep. Elizabeth Dennigan is considering a run for lieutenant governor in 2010. In an interview Friday afternoon, Dennigan, a 12-year veteran of the......
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5:13 PM Fri, Mar 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- This time it may be for real. While multiple deadlines have come and gone for......
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5:03 PM Fri, Mar 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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HANOVER, N.H. (AP) -- Dartmouth students have apologized for writing a tongue-in-cheek news report full of racial slurs directed at the school's next president, who......
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4:39 PM Fri, Mar 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- High school students who identify their sexual identity as something other than heterosexual are more likely to engage in and be victims......
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3:22 PM Fri, Mar 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Linda Borg Email
Providence Schools Supt. Tom Brady, right, shakes hands with Dominico Cabral, consul general of the Dominican Republic for the New England region, after a meeting......
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3:03 PM Fri, Mar 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Paul Davis Email
Journal photo / Bob Thayer Advocates for the needy demonstrate at the George Wiley Center in Pawtucket. PAWTUCKET -- Antipoverty advocates are again urging......
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2:54 PM Fri, Mar 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
WASHINGTON -- Rhode Island is to get almost $9.5 million in federal funds through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act directed at fighting crime, a......
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By Tracy Breton Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- U.S. Magistrate Judge David L. Martin has approved a proposed plan for distributing $176 million in settlement offers that have been made......
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By Tatiana Pina Email
Due to colder temperatures and thousands of people losing their jobs, the Salvation Army is receiving an increased number of calls from families asking for......
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By John Hill Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Formal arguments in a lawsuit contesting state law on how independent parties get on the statewide ballot have been pushed back to......
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1:42 PM Fri, Mar 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Business staff PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island Department of Labor said today it has been approved for a $75 million line of credit......
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1:20 PM Fri, Mar 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Karen Ziner Email
U.S. Senator Jack Reed and six colleagues are urging President Obama to extend protected status for Liberians living in the United States beyond a March......
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By Kathy Gregg Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, RI -- A bill to strip Rhode Island's governor of power to appoint a replacement for a......
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By Maria Armental Email
SMITHFIELD, R.I. -- The riches of the Audubon Society of Rhode Island's lending library are now one click away, the group announced today. Eighteen book......
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12:15 PM Fri, Mar 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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The Carcieri administration is calling for "interested parties" to serve on a task force to oversee his overhaul of Rhode Island's Medicaid programs. "Gary D.......
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11:46 AM Fri, Mar 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Alex Kuffner Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Eric Goetz has retained ownership of his world-famous yacht building company after placing the sole bid......
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9:44 AM Fri, Mar 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
ATTLEBORO, Mass. (AP) - Prosecutors have dismissed weapons and assault charges against former New England Patriots player Willie Andrews, who was accused of pointing a......
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7:27 AM Fri, Mar 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
SMITHFIELD, R.I. -- The police are investigating an armed robbery at a convenience store, Pick N Pay, at 99 Pleasant View Ave. . They have......
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7:14 AM Fri, Mar 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
PAWTUCKET -- At least five members of an extended family were forced from their two apartments at 14 Liberty St. in a fire that......
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7:05 AM Fri, Mar 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
A year ago today: NEWPORT -- Construction begins on a $4.5-million combat training pool at Newport Naval Station, yet another sign of the boom......
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By Jack Perry Email
Today's front page features a story about the conviction of Alfred "Freddie" Bishop for the 2007 murder of Gabriel Medeiros during a burglary attempt......
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By Jack Perry Email
What a week. The work week started with a nasty winter storm and is ending with high temperatures near 53 in the Providence area, according......
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7:08 PM Thu, Mar 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Andy Smith Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- WLNE-TV, Channel 6, laid off six employees this week, four full-time workers and two part-time, among them reporter Jennifer Gannon. "The recession......
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6:20 PM Thu, Mar 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Alisha A. Pina Email
PROVIDENCE -- Roger Williams Middle School Vice Principal Robert Perkins said he was at his "wits' end" Friday when he threw a Dominican flag he......
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6:14 PM Thu, Mar 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Randal Edgar Email
Former Cranston Mayor Stephen P. Laffey told WPRO's Dan Yorke today that he will not run for governor next year. Laffey, who ran for U.S.......
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
Journal file photo/Connie Grosch Allison Rogers in January, in an environmentally friendly dress by Katie Brierley. Allison Rogers, who was Miss Rhode Island 2006, is......
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5:53 PM Thu, Mar 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Nearly 20 people spoke out Thursday afternoon during a hearing on legislation that would allow Rhode Island students to attend state colleges......
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5:39 PM Thu, Mar 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
WASHINGTON _ President Obama concluded today's launch of his campaign to retool the health-care system on an emotional note, ushering the ailing Sen. Edward......
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5:14 PM Thu, Mar 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
By Katherine Gregg Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Patrick T. Burke, the deputy assistant to House Speaker William Murphy since 2003, was confirmed......
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5:07 PM Thu, Mar 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Rick Massimo Email
The Dave Matthews Band, whose 2006 performances in Fenway Park were released as a live album, will play the ballpark May 29 and 30,......
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By Alisha A. Pina Email
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The director of the city's Career and Technical Center was put on paid administrative leave Wednesday afternoon as the state police......
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4:37 PM Thu, Mar 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Richard Salit Email
Touro Synagogue Foundation photo NEWPORT, R.I. -- Financial difficulties have forced Touro Synagogue Foundation to disband its paid staff and to temporarily cease public tours......
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3:43 PM Thu, Mar 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By John Hill Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A city woman whom federal prosecutors said cashed an $8,885 fraudulent tax refund check pleaded guilty to tax fraud charges today in......
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3:31 PM Thu, Mar 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Lisa Vernon-Sparks Email
NARRAGANSETT - Raising student achievement a few notches higher, redesigning class schedules and snatching a few school awards, three years in a row. These are......
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3:27 PM Thu, Mar 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katie Mulvaney Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Former House majority leader Gerard M. Martineau is seeking to have his sentence reduced, citing a Superior Court decision that found the......
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2:56 PM Thu, Mar 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Talia Buford Journal staff writer WARWICK -- Alfred "Freddie" Bishop has been convicted of first-degree murder and six other charges related to the June......
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2:02 PM Thu, Mar 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Bruce Landis Email
The state Department of Transportation said that it is closing three bridges -- one in Cumberland and a pair in Hopkinton -- because of......
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Edward Kennedy has returned to Washington and plans to attend the White House health care summit hosted by President Obama. Kennedy,......
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1:43 PM Thu, Mar 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The House Finance Committee this afternoon will hear the controversial legislation known as the "Student Equal Economic Opportunity Act" that state Rep.......
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1:12 PM Thu, Mar 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Former state department head Christine C. Ferguson has been appointed to the board of directors of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of......
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12:53 PM Thu, Mar 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Tracy Breton Email
PROVIDENCE -- For the third time, lawyer Thomas W. Pearlman, a former Republican legislator and Providence councilman, is in trouble for unethical billing practices, including......
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12:17 PM Thu, Mar 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington bureau WASHINGTON -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Rep.Patrick J. Kennedy are among scores of public officials, medical experts, patient......
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12:07 PM Thu, Mar 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg PROVIDENCE, RI -- With the newly unemployed still facing long wait times to get through to the state's Department of Labor &......
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12:01 PM Thu, Mar 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
MORTGAGE HELP: Do you have a steady income but can't afford your mortgage because the payments are too high? If so, you may be a......
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11:51 AM Thu, Mar 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Email
EAST GREENWICH, RI -- The Planning Board has given a failing grade to a proposal that would outlaw new private schools throughout the town. The......
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11:22 AM Thu, Mar 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
ESPN Deportes is reporting that Alex Rodriguez will have surgery to remove a cyst from his hip, and that he will be out 10 weeks.......
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11:21 AM Thu, Mar 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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Tommaso Marsella, right, leaves Garrahy Courthouse after a bail hearing in 6th District Court. With him is his lawyer William Dimitri. Providence Journal photo /......
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10:17 AM Thu, Mar 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
CRANSTON, R.I. -- Cranston police officers will provide an escort and honor guard this morning for the funeral of a former Cranston Police Chief, George......
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9:10 AM Thu, Mar 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
BOSTON (AP) -- Manny Ramirez is severing one of his last ties to Boston. The former Red Sox outfielder put his Boston penthouse suite on......
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7:35 AM Thu, Mar 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
PROVIDENCE - Interfaith House, a residential community created five years ago on the Brown University campus to encourage dialogue and understanding between students of different......
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7:13 AM Thu, Mar 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
ATTLEBORO, Mass. (AP) -- A Massachusetts man has been charged with trying to kill his girlfriend's 11-month-old daughter. Police say 22-year-old Matthew Werner of Brockton......
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7:05 AM Thu, Mar 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
On this day in Rhode Island history: A year ago today: Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, a national organization, calls on the Most......
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By Jack Perry Email
It's just 16 degrees in the Providence area, but the temperature should reach 37 degrees and even warmer weather is on the way with the......
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Today's front page features a story about the testimony of Alfred "Freddie" Bishop in his trial for murder. An administrator at Roger Williams Middle......
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6:25 PM Wed, Mar 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Susan Areson Email
By Katherine Gregg, Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE -- Even if the stock market rebounds next year, the cost to Rhode Island taxpayers of providing......
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6:19 PM Wed, Mar 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
NORTH PROVIDENCE - Police have obtained a warrant for the arrest of a 25-year-old East Greenwich man who they say tried to stab an employee......
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5:32 PM Wed, Mar 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
PROVIDENCE -- The Senate today unanimously confirmed Gary S. Sasse as the newest director of the state's Department of Administration. Sasse, the former longtime head......
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5:29 PM Wed, Mar 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Benjamin N. Gedan Email
Theaters, museums and other nonprofit organizations are "in jeopardy" of collapse as donations and attendance slow, according to a study released today. Loyal patrons are......
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5:28 PM Wed, Mar 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Lynn Arditi Email
Lobbyists for banks, credit unions, mortgage brokers and financial-services companies testified against a bill today in the General Assembly to require lenders to post bonds......
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
PROVIDENCE -- In a little over 12 hours, two armed men held up two stores in the city's South Side, frightening the store employees and......
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4:56 PM Wed, Mar 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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By John Hill Email
CRANSTON -- An Adult Correctional Institutions officer has been put on administrative leave after being arrested Monday on a possession of marijuana charge while on......
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4:51 PM Wed, Mar 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
PROVIDENCE -- A young man who'd testified for a friend accused of murder was found shot to death in his apartment yesterday afternoon. Milo E.......
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By Gregory Smith Email
The Providence police have complained to the city Board of Licenses that four bars and nightclubs have violated a state law that generally disallows......
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4:13 PM Wed, Mar 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
Journal photo / Kathy Borchers Joe Andriole, staff representative for Rhode Island Firefighters Union, center, is accompanied by Christopher Oakland, vice president of the......
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4:04 PM Wed, Mar 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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By W. Zachary Malinowski Email
Federal investigators are looking into allegations that a former staff member at the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility in Central Falls sexually assaulted two prisoners......
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3:55 PM Wed, Mar 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Alan Rosenberg Email
Local music teachers and students improvise with members of the Silk Road Ensemble at a FirstWorks educational workshop featuring Yo-Yo Ma at the RISD Auditorium......
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3:23 PM Wed, Mar 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
If the switch to daylight-saving time next Sunday seems early this year, that's because it is. When President George W. Bush in 2005 signed a......
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2:48 PM Wed, Mar 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Bill Van Siclen Email
Rhode Island Citizens for the Arts, one of the state's top arts advocacy organizations, has hired Lisa Carnevale as its first executive director. The news......
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2:25 PM Wed, Mar 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Rick Massimo Journal Pop Music writer Solo pianist George Winston, known best for his New Age recordings but whose latest work includes elements......
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2:06 PM Wed, Mar 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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On the witness stand this morning, Alfred "Freddie" Bishop demonstrates how he propped his elbow on his knee to stitch closed gashes on his forehead,......
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Dr. James F. Padbury, pediatrician-in-chief at Women & Infants Hospital, is among seven researchers nationwide to receive grants from the March of Dimes under a......
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1:19 PM Wed, Mar 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
LONDON (AP) -- He won't be allowed to call himself Sir Ted, but U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy has been awarded an honorary knighthood by Britain.......
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1:16 PM Wed, Mar 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Pawtucket man accused of burning his business is being held without bail pending a bail hearing on March 17. The Pawtucket......
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1:00 PM Wed, Mar 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Tracy Breton Email
PROVIDENCE -- A lawyer representing many of the victims of The Station nightclub fire today pleaded with a U.S. magistrate judge to approve a proposed......
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Journal photo/ Steve Szydlowski By Tatiana Pina Journal Staff Writer CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. -- A 44-year-old woman found dead in her apartment by firefighters......
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11:33 AM Wed, Mar 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Peter Lord Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Community officials from across Rhode Island gathered at the State House this morning to accept $7.55 million in federal and state environmental......
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11:31 AM Wed, Mar 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Rick Massimo Journal Pop Music Writer Pianist/singer Diana Krall brings her Quiet Nights Tour to the Providence Performing Arts Center, 200 Weybosset St.,......
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11:17 AM Wed, Mar 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
It's not too early to prepare for St. Patrick's Day, especially if you plan to be in Pawtucket on Saturday. The Rhode Island Public Transit......
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11:16 AM Wed, Mar 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Linda Borg Email
PROVIDENCE, RI -- An administrator at Roger Williams Middle School has been placed on paid leave after he reportedly grabbed a Dominican flag from a......
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By Kate Bramson Email
SCITUATE, R.I. -- No one was injured in a house fire late Tuesday night in the vicinity of 582 Rocky Hill Rd. People were in......
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9:10 AM Wed, Mar 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
FALMOUTH, Mass. (AP) -- A customer shopping at a Wal-Mart for a wallet claims he found something that definitely didn't fit the bill: human teeth.......
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By Kate Bramson Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The police are investigating the third homicide of the year in the capital city after a woman arrived home from work last......
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8:00 AM Wed, Mar 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham Email
If you've lost your job in recent months, you probably have questions about health insurance coverage. Lt. Gov. Elizabeth Roberts may have answers. The......
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By Alisha A. Pina Email
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- MassMutual Financial Group is offering free $50,000 life insurance policies to working, low-income families. Its LifeBridge program is designed to help......
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7:13 AM Wed, Mar 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
CRANSTON, R.I. -- A fire early this morning under the bridge that carries Park Avenue over the Amtrak tracks delayed two freight trains and damaged......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
On the Rhode Island front: A year ago today: A massive primary turnout in Providence favoring Barack Obama is not enough to swing Rhode......
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By Jack Perry Email
It's just nine degrees in the Providence area shortly before 7 a.m., and the five mph. wind makes it feel even colder, just one degree......
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By Jack Perry Email
Today's front page takes a look at bridge and highway projects the state will undertake with the first $10 million in stimulus money. The......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PROVIDENCE --The Superior Court today rejected a lawsuit filed by Republican members of the Rhode Island House of Representatives against top Democratic leaders of the......
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By Maria Armental Email
BOSTON (AP) -- Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has joined the blogosphere. Coakley launched her blog, "At Issue & In Focus," today -- during National......
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By Katie Mulvaney Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE -- The Senate Judiciary Committee today approved House Speaker William J. Murphy's deputy assistant as a special magistrate......
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By Katherine Gregg Email
PROVIDENCE, RI -- With the state's unemployment rate hitting 10.3 percent, lawmakers shed the usual formalities today to give instant approval to a bill allowing......
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By Alan Rosenberg Email
Jazz Fest founder and executive producer George Wein reacts as he plays with a jazz band in New Orleans, Dec. 16, 2008. (AP Photo) By......
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
PROVIDENCE -- A judge has ordered Governor Carcieri to release certain documents to the Rhode Island Affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union concerning who......
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By Karen Ziner Email
The death last year of Hiu Lui Ng while he was in the custody of the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility in Central Falls, should......
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Email
EAST GREENWICH, RI -- Faced with a loss of tax dollars because the New England Institute of Technology has purchased prime development property at the......
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By Bruce Landis Email
As President Obama released $28 billion in federal stimulus money for roads and bridges, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation said it will be......
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By Maria Armental Email
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A concrete company will pay a fine of $55,000 and spend an estimated $178,000 to complete three "Supplemental Environmental Projects" to......
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By Maria Armental Email
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- A Washington County grand jury Friday indicted Jesse Rathbun, 35, of Westerly, on a charge of first-degree child molestation, the attorney......
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Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach Daniel Goldstein, third from left in gray sweatshirt, signs documents during his arraignment early Tuesday. PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The......
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By Richard Salit Email
NEWPORT, RI -- Salve Regina University announced this afternoon that its next president will be Sister Jane Gerety, a hospital official in Georgia who......
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By Peter Lord Email
Growing concerns among state officials and environmental advocates about periodic drinking water shortges, particularly in the summer, have prompted studies, task forces and unsuccessful legislation.......
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By John Hill Email
WOONSOCKET, RI -- The city has staved off any danger of running out of money this month by reaching agreement to borrow about $3 million......
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By Maria Armental Email
Journal file photo PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Kenneth Burke, P.E., is the new chief of staff/general manager of the Rhode Island Water Resources Board. Burke's appointment......
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By Gina Macris Email
SOMERSET, Mass. -- New England Gas has discovered that the gas main on New York Avenue had been damaged sometime before a Feb. 19 explosion......
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By Talia Buford Journal Staff Writer WARWICK -- The prosecution could wrap its case as early as this afternoon, as the murder trial of Alfred......
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By Mark Reynolds Email
NORTH PROVIDENCE -- A local taxpayers' association is inviting residents and taxpayers to an informational forum tomorrow night on the town's proposal to hike tax......
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By Maria Armental Email
WARWICK, R.I. -- President Abraham Lincoln's bicentennial birthday bash officially kicks off today at 2 p.m. at Warwick Mall. Lincoln scholar Frank J. Williams, chair......
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Are you unemployed and having trouble getting through to the Department of Labor to get your unemployment benefits? We'd like to hear your story. If......
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By Benjamin N. Gedan Email
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Rhode Island's increase in unemployment was the worst in the nation last year, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics......
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By Gregory Smith and Tatiana Pina Journal Staff Writers Atty. Gen. Patrick C. Lynch has unsealed an indictment of Kayborn Brown, 19, of 100 Daboll......
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By Alan Rosenberg Email
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) - A Massachusetts man has been fined $500 after pleading guilty to assaulting a Chuck E. Cheese mascot. Authorities say 34-year-old......
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By Kate Bramson Email
WARWICK, R.I. -- A 35-year-old Warwick woman was hospitalized this morning with a broken arm and broken leg after being struck by a car on......
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By Jack Perry Email
BOSTON (AP) -- Treasurer Timothy Cahill thinks Massachusetts should license three slot parlors to give the financially ailing state a boost of gambling revenue. The......
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By Tracy Breton Email
PROVIDENCE -- Newport lawyer John T. Sheehan Jr. is in more trouble with the Rhode Island Supreme Court's disciplinary counsel, this time in connection with......
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By Kate Bramson Email
JOHNSTON, R.I. -- The police have charged a man with one count of felony assault with a dangerous weapon, and one count of felony assault......
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By Jack Perry Email
CHATHAM, Mass. (AP) -- Chatham's health board has reversed course and voted to allow swimming at one of Cape Cod's most popular, yet dangerous, beaches......
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By Jack Perry Email
The National Weather Service has issued a special weather statement warning drivers to watch out for slippery roads after the temperature dropped into the teens......
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PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- The owner of a fitness gym at 170 York Ave. that was destroyed by fire early yesterday is due in District Court......
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By Jack Perry Email
The big storm that dumped 8 to 10 inches on Rhode Island has moved away, but there's still a slight chance of snow showers today,......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
A year ago today: Fire officials evacuate 23 people from a building in the Tiogue Commons senior and affordable housing complex in Coventry this morning......
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Today's front page features more bad news on unemployment in Rhode Island. The unemployment rate has hit 10.3 percent. Rhode Islanders collecting unemployment should......
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By Linda Borg Email
BARRINGTON -- A feisty crowd of more than 150 taxpayers shouted down the Town Council last night after its president, June Speakman, postponed a......
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By Maria Armental Email
FALL RIVER, Mass. -- Fall River is to lay off 149 union workers and cut salaries for non-union municipal employees to close a projected $2.9-million......
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By Richard Salit Email
SOUTH KINGSTOWN -- South County Hospital laid off 20 employees Monday and cut $100,000 in pay for seven top administrators after running up a $2-million......
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By Barbara Polichetti Email
WARWICK, RI -- This hefty March snow did more than foul traffic and close schools in the city -- it put an indefinite hold on......
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By Gregory Smith Email
Thirty-six people, including at least 12 Providence College students, face court action after detectives raided four bars in the PC area looking for underaged people......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
Hospitals today reported a wide disparity in the number and nature of patients coming to emergency rooms with problems related to the snowstorm. The storm......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
Medical authorities say there are a number of ways to cut down on the risk of illness or injury when dealing with the consequences of......
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By Felice Freyer Email
Two health centers in Rhode Island will share $2.4 million in federal stimulus money. Northwest Community Health Care, in Pascoag, and the Tri-Town Community Action......
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Providence man is being held without bail on charges he killed a man last year in Central Falls, the police said.......
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PROVIDENCE, RI -- A 12-year-old girl who was having "a bad day" at school was asked to write a letter expressing her feelings. What she......
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By Maria Armental Email
CUMBERLAND, R.I. -- Firefighters battled a fire this afternoon at 806 High St., a single-family home, near the intersection with Baldwin Street. The fire was......
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By Paul Grimaldi Journal staff writer General Growth Properties , the owner of Providence Place mall, laced its latest federal regulatory filings with cautionary language......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Child molestation charges were dropped today against a veteran principal at the Elizabeth Baldwin School, the largest elementary school in Pawtucket.......
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
PROVIDENCE -- One man was shot over a "beef" and another man was stabbed over a gold necklace, in incidents within four hours of each......
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By Maria Armental Email
HANOVER, N.H. -- A Brown University alumnus has been selected to lead Dartmouth College, the liberal arts college announced today. Jim Yong Kim, currently chairman......
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By Steve Peoples Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Three months after opening bids from 11 companies, the Carcieri administration has canceled plans to......
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By Linda Borg Email
PROVIDENCE -- Classical High School student Amber Johnson won top honors at Saturday's statewide poetry competition at Bishop Henricken High School in Warwick, which was......
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By Jennifer D. Jordan Email
PROVIDENCE -- Brown University will host a national conference on children from immigrant families Friday and Saturday, highlighting recent research on why many first-generation immigrant......
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By Kate Bramson Email
With 11 ½ inches of snowfall, Coventry had the most snow in Rhode Island from the storm that slammed the region last night into today,......
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
The white stuff is putting state and city budgets into the red. Today's late-winter snowstorm weighted down the already over-burdened public works budgets at several......
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By Tatiana Pina Email
SMITHFIELD -- A West Warwick man killed in a crash on Route 295 north shortly after the snowstorm started last night was remembered today as......
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By John Hill Email
PROVIDENCE -- Fewer adult Rhode Islanders are in jail and more are on probation or parole than in most other states, a study by a......
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By Philip Marcelo Email
PROVIDENCE, RI --- Jeremy Nowak, president and CEO of the Philadelphia-based The Reinvestment Fund and a nationally recognized figure in urban development, will give the......
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By Kate Bramson Email
COVENTRY -- The Central Coventry Fire Department has responded to the report of a fire in the area of 865 Hill Farm Rd. More details......
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By Maria Armental Email
WARWICK, R.I. -- An ex-employer of accused murderer Alfred "Freddie" Bishop testified this morning that Bishop asked him to say that Bishop had hurt his......
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By Tom Mooney Email
WARWICK -- In hindsight, Charissa Winston, of Phoenix, was saying this morning from her bed of airport chairs at T.F. Green, it might have been......
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By Paul Davis Email
SOUTH KINGSTOWN -- For more than 25 years, Linda Barden raised money for the poor -- about $750,000 in cash for mostly homeless agencies. Now,......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The drifting snow covering the city is edging toward a record total for this date. According to Walter Drag, a meteorologist with......
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By Tatiana Pina Email
WARWICK, R.I. -- Three men were arrested Friday after they allegedly robbed a local jewelry store of $3,000, Warwick police said today. A quick thinking......
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By Jack Perry Email
The average price for a gallon of gasoline hasn't changed in the past week, according to AAA Southern New England. The price for a gallon......
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Journal photo/ Mary Murphy A bicyclist manages to ride down Canal Street this morning, although there was still plenty of snow on the street......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Taste of Chaos Tour, scheduled for tonight at Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel, has been canceled. Ticket refunds can be had wherever you......
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By Kate Bramson Email
While dozens of schools, child care centers, community groups and religious organizations closed today because of the snowstorm, Rhode Island state courts are open and......
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By Alan Rosenberg Email
By Katherine Gregg Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE -- In a four way Democratic Party primary race for governor in 2010, General Treasurer Frank Caprio......
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By Tatiana Pina Email
PAWTUCKET -- The fire chief is calling a 4 a.m. fire at a fitness gym at at 170 York Ave. suspicious. Chief Timothy McLaughlin said......
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Email
PROVIDENCE -- Mars, the cold desiccated world known as the Red Planet, now appears to have had water flowing across its surface much more recently......
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Today's front page features a story on March's roaring start, giving readers a heads up on the storm slamming the region this morning. Portsmouth......
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By Kate Bramson Email
This morning, it appears every public school district in Rhode Island made the same call: Canceled. Don't come in, the schools told their students. However,......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
Today in history: A year ago today: Electric Boat, the submarine builder, is looking to hire about 200 engineers and 200 designers. More than......
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By Jack Perry Email
March is roaring in like a lion with a powerful snowstorm swiping across New England today, making driving treacherous and canceling school across Rhode Island.......
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By Kate Bramson Email
JOHNSTON -- The state police report that a jackknifed tractor-trailer on Route 295 south at exit 5 is nearly cleared. The tractor-trailer jackknifed at the......
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