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PROVIDENCE -- A Westerly man is the first official case of swine flu, another suspected case has shown up in a Johnson & Wales student......
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By FELICE J. FREYER Journal Medical Writer A Johnson & Wales University student is Rhode Island's fourth probable case of the H1N1 swine-flu, health officials......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Jack Warner, the state commissioner of higher education since 2002, is leaving to take a similar job in South Dakota, where he......
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By Karen Lee Ziner Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- About 300 May Day demonstrators assembled outside the local U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office......
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The Rhode Island State Police Intelligence Unit has arrested three men alleged to have defaced state highways and bridges. State Police Detective Peter Chabot and......
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Journal photo / Steve Szydlowski Police and fire officials in Warwick investigate a fatal accident involving a school bus this morning. Watch a projo.com......
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Providence Journal photo / C. Eugene Emery Jr. An East Greenwich worker sets up part of the barricade blocking South Road after the pavement......
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WOONSOCKET. R.I. -- The Woonsocket Police are seeking assistance in locating two men wanted in connection with an armed robbery that took place at World......
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PROVIDENCE. R.I. -- Nearly 5,000 runners are expected to compete Sunday in the second annual Cox Rhode Races weekend events. The runners range in age......
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Commencement exercises for New England Institute of Technology on Sunday will be missing one ceremonial aspect -- the traditional handshake graduates share with school officials......
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1:38 PM Fri, May 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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In a communication about the H1N1 flu (swine flu) sent last night to parishes and pastors, the Diocese of Providence instructed Catholics to follow recommendations......
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Friday's front page reports that two more probable swine flu cases from Rhode Island have been sent to the Centers for Disease Control and......
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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- New commercial fishing regulations that seek to balance conservation of depleted groundfish stocks with concerns about New England's troubled fishing industry......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- It's cloudy shortly before 7 a.m., and we should expect showers, especially after noon Friday, according to the National Weather Service. The......
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A year ago today: Warwick Mayor Scott Avedisian, a history buff, recently visited the city's namesake in England - again. It's about 3,240 miles from......
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WARWICK, R.I. -- A local woman is being held without bail as a violator after the police arrested her this week on charges of breaking......
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NORTH PROVIDENCE -- The Town Council has cut Mayor Charles A. Lombardi's budget by $448,096 and knocked 15 cents off the mayor's plan to increase......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The House Judiciary Committee Thursday evening approved a bill to criminalize prostitution that occurs indoors. The vote was 8 to 4, with......
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5:26 PM Thu, Apr 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Linda Borg Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- For many Rhode Islanders worried about swine flu, the voice of the reason is not Public Health Director David Gifford but Margarita......
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By Bruce Landis Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I -- The state Turnpike and Bridge Authority needs to make $50-million worth of repairs to the Pell......
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By Maria Armental Email
MIDDLETOWN, R.I. -- The Middletown police plan to put on a mock driving while intoxicated crash display at the high school on May 5 to......
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By John Mulligan Journal Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- The captain of the Maersk Alabama told a Senate committee Thursday that arming a small number of......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Black Air Foundation will sponsor a Black Aviation Historical Expo Friday as a fundraiser for the Lambert-Lima Flying Squadron Cadet program,......
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SCITUATE, R.I. -- Rhode Island State Police said on Thursday that members of a drug task force from several agencies were able to pinpoint a......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Providence man has been sentenced to five years in federal prison after admitting he took delivery of a package containing two......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The bike path on the old Washington Bridge has been reopened on a temporary basis, the state Department of Transportation announced Thursday.......
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JAMESTOWN, R.I. -- Former Gov. Bruce Sundlun has given up his driver's license. The decision, which his lawyer said came "upon reflection and the advice......
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By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington Bureau WASHINGTON, D.C. --- Crew responses to recent pirate attacks to U.S. merchant vessels in the Indian Ocean "were......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A federal grand jury has handed up identity-theft and credit-card charges against four city residents who were accused of participating in a......
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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will receive $8.26 million in federal funds for shovel-ready, flood protection and water restoration projects in Rhode......
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HOPKINTON, R.I. -- A 19-year-old man injured in a late-night crash on Route 95 north is in serious condition Thursday afternoon at Rhode Island Hospital,......
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1:36 PM Thu, Apr 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Linda Borg Email
BARRINGTON, R.I. _ Police Chief John M. LaCross is reviving a parent consent form that will permit police officers to conduct a visual search of......
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By Gregory Smith Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Suspended Providence Police Detective Jason Simoneau went on trial Thursday morning on charges that he threatened......
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By Paul Edward Parker Journal Staff Writer Two surveys of the Rhode Island housing show a dismal performance in the first three months of 2009.......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A federal judge said he'll probably rule within a month on whether the state's laws that specify how new political parties get......
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By Talia Buford Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Smithfield man convicted of reckless driving in March was sentenced Thursday to one year probation,......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A federal judge has dismissed a sweeping lawsuit that alleged widespread abuse of children under the care of the state Department of......
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10:19 AM Thu, Apr 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The circus is in town, and the public is invited to watch the elephants eat "brunch" Thursday morning. Ringling Bros. and Barnum......
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10:15 AM Thu, Apr 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
The R.I. Health Department has sent two more samples to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to be tested for possible swine flu, department......
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R.I. health officials expect to get test results this Friday or Saturday for a student at North Kingstown High School who is being tested for......
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7:38 AM Thu, Apr 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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WARWICK, R.I. -- A local man was ordered held at the Adult Correctional Institutions in Cranston on a charge of second-degree sexual assault and as......
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By Lynn Arditi Email
A bill to criminalize prostitution that occurs indoors is scheduled for a vote Thursday in the House Judiciary Committee. Rhode Island is currently the only......
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Today's front page reports that will close for two days as a student is tested for what the state Health Department says is a......
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A year ago today: According to AAA, the average price for a gallon of gas in the Providence area today is $3.58. 5 years ago......
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8:18 PM Wed, Apr 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- Protesters against former Colorado congressman Tom Tancredo, a past Republican presidential candidate and outspoken opponent of illegal immigration, moved their demonstration to......
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6:41 PM Wed, Apr 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Glen Johnson Associated Press Writer BOSTON (AP) -- Two young brothers in Massachusetts who became sick after a trip to Mexico have tested positive......
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Associated Press File Photo of Tom Tancredo Story by Karen Lee Ziner Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- An estimated 300 Providence College students......
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5:55 PM Wed, Apr 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state Senate delayed a vote on a bill to regulate gas utility improvements today after National Grid requested more time to......
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5:52 PM Wed, Apr 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A bill calling for automatic annual increases in the minimum wage to keep it in line with "the rate......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Rhode Island high school student who visited Mexico in a family vacation is being tested and monitored for a potential case......
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5:17 PM Wed, Apr 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kathy Gregg State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island Senate Wednesday afternoon approved a bill to allow licensed dispensaries -- known as......
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Providence Journal photo / Bob Thayer Maurice Cartier walks along the shore of the Blackstone River in Cumberland, where he dove in and rescued......
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ATTLEBORO, Mass. -- An automatic plea of not guilty was entered Wednesday on behalf of David Weller, 26, of 41 Dunham St., who was charged......
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3:43 PM Wed, Apr 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Gang violence turns the natural order of things on its head. Mothers bury their children. Teenagers attend wakes for boys barely old......
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By Katherine Gregg PROVIDENCE - Weighing in on the "uncertain future facing Twin River,'' Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch said state officials should......
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3:06 PM Wed, Apr 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A police officer out on patrol in South Providence drove up on a 15-year-old boy firing a gun down Broad Street early......
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WARWICK, R.I. -- The national housing market has returned to its normal balance after a buying frenzy in the first part of this decade led......
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2:20 PM Wed, Apr 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katie Mulvaney Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The brother of the state Senate Judiciary Committee chairman has been named associate jury commissioner for the Rhode Island court system. Eugene......
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By Benjamin N. Gedan Email
Hasbro chairman Alfred J. Verrecchia, who led a review panel that was highly critical of the R.I. Economic Development Corporation, is defending the board that......
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Worried about Mexico's swine flu outbreak, vacationing Rhode Islanders are flying to the Bahamas or elsewhere, travel agency officials said Tuesday. Others are cancelling or......
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11:57 AM Wed, Apr 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By AMANDA MILKOVITS and KATHERINE GREGG Journal Staff Writers PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Was that an "official" announcement of a run for governor of Rhode Island......
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11:10 AM Wed, Apr 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. -- The shakeup at the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility continues as the governing board has scheduled a meeting for Thursday night......
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By Kate Bramson Email
ATTLEBORO, Mass. -- A 26-year-old Attleboro man accused of meeting a 15-year-old Minnesota girl online and luring her into making a cross-country bus trip to......
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By Jack Perry Email
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Textron Inc. says it will eliminate 8,200 jobs, or 20 percent, of its global work force as the recession continues to weaken......
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BOSTON (AP) -- The median selling price of single-family homes in Massachusetts fell by more than 18 percent in the first quarter when compared to......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- What a difference a day makes. The high temperature Wednesday should fall about 26 degrees short of Tuesday's near-record high of 89......
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PROVIDENCE -- While Governor Carcieri appears to have closed his door, House Speaker William J. Murphy has left his door open to talks about......
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By Kate Bramson Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state police are assisting in the effort to move a disabled tractor-trailer that's partially in the right travel lane of Route......
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By Jack Perry Email
Today's front page reports that health officials could learn in a few days what impact the swine flu will have on the world. A......
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On the local front: A year ago today: Rhode Island's water supply is overused during the hot summer months, sometimes dangerously drawing down reserves and......
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SOUTH KINGSTOWN, RI -- The role of the University of Rhode Island is to educate students for the future -- "for careers that do not......
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PROVIDENCE -- North Providence's proposal for hiking property taxes 9 percent between now and June 30 won support from the Senate's Committee On Finance Wednesday......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Investigators have arrested a man from Alabama who allegedly met a 15-year-old Minnesota girl and lured her into making a cross-country bus......
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By Linda Borg Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The School Board approved a $325-million budget Monday night, but not before a couple of members urged their colleagues to fight continued......
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Providence Journal photo / Mary Murphy North Smithfield Deputy Fire Chief Craig Beausoleil walks through the charred brush off of St. Paul Road in North......
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By Philip Marcelo Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. --- Mayor David N. Cicilline said today that the Providence Emergency Management Agency is closely monitoring the swine flu outbreak and is prepared......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Three local women will be honored Wednesday as part of the state's 29th anniversary of the National Crime Victims' Rights Week, which......
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The biggest political story since Barack Obama's election has a Rhode Island angle. When he announced his defection to the Democratic Party......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Former Sen. Lincoln Chafee said Tuesday that Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter's decision to switch political parties demonstrates the escalating struggle moderate Republicans......
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Journal file photo / Ruben W. Perez Daniel Cooney, left, at an April 8 meeting of the Central Falls Detention Facility Corporation. CENTRAL FALLS,......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Providence teenager who authorities say accompanied the man who shot a drug dealer to death last August was sentenced Tuesday to......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Is your favorite high school sports team being cut back because of a local budget crunch? Want to donate some money to......
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Providence Journal photo / Frieda Squires Brown University's Clyde L. Briant, right, and Brendan C. McNally at the newly opened Rhode Island Center for......
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By Maria Armental Email
WASHINGTON -- Rhode Island will recieve $185,862 for crime victim compensation programs and $569,000 for crime victim assistance from the federal government's Recovery Act. The......
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JAMESTOWN, R.I. -- The Jamestown police are asking the state Division of Motor Vehicles to investigate whether former Gov. Bruce Sundlun should be allowed to......
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Providence Journal photo / Kathy Borchers Holding signs and listening to the speakers are from left: Kathy Lessuck, Christina Nieves and Delores Cifuenta, part......
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CUMBERLAND, R.I. -- Six days after officials publicly asked for more people to come forward if they believed they were victims of an alleged......
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By Peter Lord Email
The Conservation Law Foundation Tuesday filed a motion with the Rhode Island Supreme Court seeking a stay to block Champlin's Marina from expanding while CLF......
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By Rick Massimo Email
Huey Lewis and the News will open The Nantucket Nectars Sunset Music Series, at the Newport Yachting Center, organizers announced Tuesday. Lewis will play Thursday,......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- "He made me breathe." That's how Ashley Sousa described the way her husband, Nick Sousa, helped her as she gave birth to......
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Email
EAST GREENWICH, R.I. -- If you're driving to or from work through Warwick or East Greenwich on Friday, May 15, expect to see a few......
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By AMANDA MILKOVITS Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The police are investigating whether a double shooting in the Hartford housing projects Monday night is......
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By Bill Van Siclen Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Attention WaterFire fans: The second WaterFire lighting in as many weeks will take place Saturday, beginning at 8:30 p.m. The partial lighting......
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By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington Bureau WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The nomination of Rhode Islander Cynthia J. Giles to the Environmental Protection Agency's chief enforcement......
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By Tracy Breton Email
The victims of The Station nightclub fire are going to get some free financial advice to help them manage the settlement money they will be......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Superior Court judge has denied Nicholas Gianquitti's bid for a new trial following his murder conviction in the shooting death of......
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By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- A key senator provided a stong endorsement Tuesday for the nomination of U.S. Sen. Jack Reed's......
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By Business staff New England's unemployment rate rose 0.2 percentage point in March to 7.8 percent - the highest it had been since December 1992;......
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BOSTON (AP) -- House lawmakers overwhelmingly backed a plan to raise the state sales tax from 5 percent to 6.25 percent late Monday, despite a......
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Greed and his preoccupation with amassing money for his third wife led the son of the late socialite Brooke Astor to......
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BOSTON (AP) -- The fiancee of a medical student accused of killing a masseuse he met through craigslist said Monday she still loves him, but......
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Are you ready for more record-breaking heat? After the region reached a record high Sunday, another record could fall Tuesday as the temperature is expected......
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Tuesday's Providence Journal front page reports that the state has cut off talks with the owners of Twin River over a financial rescue plan.......
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A year ago today: The Stone House, a Little Compton landmark building dating to 1854 that is now a small hotel, has been placed on......
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Email
EAST GREENWICH, R.I. -- A decline in a home's value by about 15 percent will translate into no local tax increase this year, according to......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state of Rhode Island last week received 3,500 blankets from the U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Supply Center Philadelphia through a......
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By Mark Reynolds PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island Rabies Control Board is expected to meet Wednesday morning in response to critics who say the......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state Department of Environmental Management and the Town of Narragansett are soliciting bids to build onshore wind-turbine projects. The energy produced......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The woman clutched one knife against her throat and held another at her abdomen, and she suddenly showed signs that she was......
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BOURNE, Mass. (AP) -- A car crash has forced the rescheduling of a welcome-home ceremony at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy for the second-in-command of a......
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Two teenage sisters and a teenage boy in a car thought it would be funny to shoot their pellet-firing air guns at......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The story behind a break-in last month at the State House office of House Majority Leader Gordon Fox appears to point to......
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By Felice Freyer Email
Steve Peoples doesn't have swine flu. That's good news not just for him, but for the entire state of Rhode Island, which is on high......
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WARREN -- Federal stimulus aid was felt on Main Street on Monday as Jamiel's Shoe World -- a local business for 72 years -- celebrated......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. --- Providence College will give five honorary degrees at the Dominican institution's 91st commencement, held at the Dunkin' Donuts Center at 11 a.m.......
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NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The police said Monday that a car accident late Saturday proved fatal to Marissa Gardner, 19, of Johnston. Deputy Police Chief......
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By Paul Davis Email
WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- When Pastor Brian Souza sheltered the homeless in tents at his church on April 20, he had their safety in mind, he......
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By Kate Bramson Email
CRANSTON, R.I. -- Middle school students sporting wacky hairdos, wearing multi-colored wigs or opting for totally mismatched clothes -- like plaids with stripes. That's just......
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By Jennifer D. Jordan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- One of the youngest students to ever earn a bachelor's degree at Rhode Island College will receive her diploma in May, along......
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By Katherine Gregg Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Carcieri administration has broken off months of behind-the-scenes negotiations with the owners of Twin River over a financial rescue plan -......
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By Talia Buford Email
WARWICK, R.I. -- Alfred "Freddie" Bishop, who was convicted in March of killing a man during a burglary, was denied a motion for a new......
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By Talia Buford Email
WARWICK, R.I. --- A trial date has been set in District Court for a costume-shop owner accused of cyberstalking a former customer and coworker. Ann......
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
By John E. Mulligan Washington bureau WASHINGTON -- Rhode Island will be well-represented in this week's consideration of nominees to big jobs in the Obama......
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By Felice Freyer Email
The Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency announced that it has activated the State Emergency Operations Center in Cranston at "level 2" in preparation for possible......
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Shawn Powers CRANSTON, R.I. -- The police have charged a 21-year-old Warwick man with four misdemeanor counts of procuring alcohol for minors in connection......
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By Jennifer D. Jordan Email
PROVIDENCE -- Tom Tancredo, former congressman from Colorado, Republican presidential candidate and outspoken opponent of illegal immigration, is scheduled to speak in Rhode Island Wednesday.......
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By Philip Marcelo Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Hundreds of mayors will come to the capital city in June for the annual meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, the......
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A young man was shot in the arm while waiting in a car in Elmwood on Saturday night. Freddy Caba, 19, who......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
Journal file photo NARRAGANSETT, R.I. -- The Ladies of the Rolling Pin will once again greet May Day at dawn on Friday with a......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
Journal file photo Elephants from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus turn right into the back parking lot of the Dunkin' Donuts......
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WARWICK, R.I. -- Facing an economic slump, some of the state's nonprofit organizations may merge to survive, said speakers at a United Way of Rhode......
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By Jack Perry Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Gas prices are inching up again slightly this week in Rhode Island. AAA of Southern New England says in its weekly......
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- The detectives investigating two home invasions that occurred a week and a half apart say the suspects are targeting residents involved......
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By Mark Reynolds Email
WARWICK, RI -- A 42-year-old Warwick man was charged with felony assault after he allegedly attacked a 15-year-old with a "blunt instrument," the police said......
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By Jack Perry Email
CUMBERLAND, R.I. (AP) -- A voter registration drive targeting Rhode Island high school students kicks off this week. Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis plans......
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By Kate Bramson Email
Students from Foster and Glocester's Ponaganset High School are getting some attention on The Today Show Monday morning. Host Meredith Vieira, a Rhode Island native,......
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By Kate Bramson Email
EAST GREENWICH, R.I. -- The two right lanes on Route 95 north at Exit 8A (Route 2 South) were closed during the morning rush hour......
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By Kate Bramson Email
ATTLEBORO, Mass. -- Some 35 to 40 firefighters battled a multi-alarm blaze at the General Metal Finishing company, at 42 Frank Mossberg Drive, for more......
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By Jack Perry Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- After yesterday's record warmth, the region will enjoy a pleasant but cooler day today. The temperature reached 88 degrees in Providence yesterday......
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By Jack Perry Email
Today's front page features a local report on the swine flu after U.S. health officials yesterday declared a health emergency. The state hopes to......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
A year ago today: Rhode Island House leaders say they're in the midst of reviving a plan to ban the use of hand-held cell phones......
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By News staff Email
Swine flu has not shown up in Rhode Island, but officials are monitoring flu cases and preparing local health care providers to deal with the......
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