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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The police are looking for a pizza deliveryman they said hit two pedestrians and sped away in downtown Providence Friday night. The......
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6:22 PM Fri, May 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental and Amanda Milkovits Journal Staff Writers BARRINGTON, R.I. -- An East Providence man charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old Barrington Middle School......
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5:36 PM Fri, May 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Nearly 50 protesters, including tenants who say they were being forced from their apartments because their landlords are being foreclosed, protested outside......
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5:03 PM Fri, May 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Barbara Polichetti Email
WARWICK --- Police say they are investigating the closure of Strand Jewelers and resultant complaints from customers, some of whom say the business shut its......
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4:54 PM Fri, May 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Bruce Landis Email
The state Turnpike and Bridge Authority says it has a hit on its hands: the EZ Pass transponders that let people pay their Pell Bridge......
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4:21 PM Fri, May 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
The tuxedo "tag" PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state Department of Transportation and 14 formal-wear shops have joined forces to discourage underage drinking during prom......
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4:20 PM Fri, May 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
CHARLESTOWN, R.I. -- National History Day in Rhode Island is nominating Thalia Wood, a teacher at Winman Junior High School, for the PBS Teacher of......
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4:04 PM Fri, May 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Journal Staff Writer EAST GREENWICH, R.I. -- Despite a unanimous rebuke from the Planning Board, the developer of a controversial......
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3:30 PM Fri, May 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
The R.I. Department of Business Regulation has denied a bid by the kennel owners at Twin River for a hearing on the looming suspension of......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Two foundations have announced the selection of five college students from Rhode Island to visit landmarks of Western historical and political thought,......
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3:15 PM Fri, May 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
WARWICK, R.I. -- Expect some roadway closures at T.F. Green Airport overnight on Monday into Tuesday morning. Construction work related to the Intermodal project will......
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3:07 PM Fri, May 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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Providence Journal photo / Bob Thayer Rob Swift of Newport heads into the foamy surf at Second Beach in Middletown, where about 30 surfers......
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
BOSTON -- A Warren, R.I., man who came to the aid of a stranger last summer was honored at the State House on Friday with......
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
WARWICK, R.I. -- Students at Pilgrim High School were forced to evacuate their school for about 30 minutes around noon Friday after fire in a......
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1:29 PM Fri, May 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Tatiana Pina Email
Journal photo/ Kathy Borchers Sgt. Ed Cunanan, right, and 12 other Woonsocket police officers, joined by some family members, start out on the relay......
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12:54 PM Fri, May 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
JOHNSTON, R.I. -- The Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation will hold a special Eco-Depot collection in Woonsocket on Saturday, May 30 from 8 a.m. to......
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12:41 PM Fri, May 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Providence Police Department will conduct its annual memorial service on Monday in honor of officers who have died in the line......
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12:11 PM Fri, May 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Christine Dunn Email
One of the six historic Colin C. Baker townhouses in Providence -- the one at 422 Broadway -- will go on the block next Wednesday,......
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11:59 AM Fri, May 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Tatiana Pina Email
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. - - Two 13-year-olds have told police that strangers in vehicles approached them in separate incidents May 1 as they walked along......
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11:26 AM Fri, May 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Letter carriers across Rhode Island hope to be carrying something away after dropping off the mail Saturday. It's the traditional annual food......
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10:27 AM Fri, May 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By W. Zachary Malinowski Email
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- The Westerly High School boys' distance medley team ran the fastest time in the United States this outdoor track season Thursday......
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9:00 AM Fri, May 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
By Business staff Royal Bank of Scotland, owner of Providence-based Citizens Financial Group, on Friday reported a first-quarter loss of $1.29 billion as writeoffs from......
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8:06 AM Fri, May 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- The lobster population is at an all-time high off the Maine coast but is faring poorly in southern New England, according......
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8:00 AM Fri, May 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) -- For two days, Wesleyan University feared becoming another Virginia Tech as police conducted a nationwide manhunt for a man accused of......
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By Jack Perry Email
BOSTON (AP) -- Members of The Boston Globe's largest union held a tense meeting Thursday to debate a proposal for deep wage and benefit cuts......
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By Kate Bramson Email
By MARK PRATT Associated Press Writer BOSTON (AP) -- Dominic DiMaggio, a seven-time All Star who still holds the record for the longest consecutive game......
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7:02 AM Fri, May 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
Stop. Put away that umbrella -- for now anyway. The orange orb in the blue, yes, blue, sky is the sun. After a stretch that's......
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By Jack Perry Email
Today's front page features a story reporting that former Red Sox slugger Manny Ramirez has been suspended for 50 days for using a banned......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
A year ago today: Some 20,000 pounds of shellfish are transplanted to Ninigret Pond as part of a shellfish and eel grass restoration effort in......
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7:10 PM Thu, May 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
Fall River, Mass. -- A former Catholic priest who was kicked out of the Diocese of Fall River and stripped of his priestly faculties in......
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5:50 PM Thu, May 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Tatiana Pina Email
By Maria Armental and Tatina Pina Journal Staff Writers CUMBERLAND, R.I. -- An Attleboro, Mass., man is being held on $20,000 surety bail at the......
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5:12 PM Thu, May 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By John Hill Email
WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- The Diocese of Providence has told a state nursing-home association that it will close its St. Francis House assisted-living center at 167......
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4:58 PM Thu, May 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- Carolina Correa, a senior at Shea High School, has been chosen as Rhode Island's 2009 Youth of the Year. The honor came......
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4:52 PM Thu, May 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state Senate voted 34-to-0 Thursday to ban texting while driving, a practice that local authorities blame for accidents and at least......
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4:49 PM Thu, May 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Bryan Rourke Email
WaterFire Providence begins again, only slightly dimmed by the economy, and is looking for your help. Officials Thursday announced nine full and four partial events......
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4:36 PM Thu, May 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Alisha A. Pina Email
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A State Police lieutenant has been chosen to lead the city's Police Department on an interim basis while a new, permanent......
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4:35 PM Thu, May 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
CRANSTON, R.I. -- Retired Cranston police Sgt. Antonio B. Buonanno pleaded not guilty Thursday morning in District Court, Warwick, to a misdemeanor charge of domestic......
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4:22 PM Thu, May 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Gregory Smith Email
A state grand jury Monday handed up indictments against six men who allegedly were involved in a racketeering enterprise based in West Warwick that, according......
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3:58 PM Thu, May 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Paul Roberti, who has overseen public utility and regulatory matters in the Attorney General's office since 1997, has been named by Governor......
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3:28 PM Thu, May 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A lawyer for the Rhode Island Greyhound Owners Association has asked state racing regulators, in a letter hand-delivered on Thursday, for "the......
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3:09 PM Thu, May 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Tatiana Pina Email
Bank of America will be closing branches in Scituate and Rumford in July, according to a bank spokeswoman. The Bank of America branch in Rumford,......
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2:48 PM Thu, May 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
CRANSTON, R.I. -- A lucky player is $1 million richer today, the Rhode Island Lottery announced Thursday. A player in Wednesday night's $94.7 million PowerBall......
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2:44 PM Thu, May 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rhode Islander Cynthia J. Giles is a step closer to securing her position as the chief enforcement officer of the Environmental Protection......
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2:42 PM Thu, May 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Alan Rosenberg Email
By Gail Ciampa Journal Food Editor PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island Community Food Bank hosts "Ciao Rhode Island -- A Culinary Experience," Thursday from......
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2:40 PM Thu, May 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Former Red Sox slugger Manny Ramirez will be suspended for 50 games for violating Major League Baseball's drug policy. The suspension, first reported by The......
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2:40 PM Thu, May 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Email
EAST GREENWICH, R.I. -- After being promised savings of thousands of dollars, the Town Council Wednesday night unanimously endorsed two pieces of General Assembly legislation......
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2:30 PM Thu, May 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Felice Freyer Email
Tests have confirmed five additional cases of swine flu in Rhode Island, bringing the total to seven cases. Those found to have the caught the......
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2:23 PM Thu, May 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Rhode Island State Police Col. Brendan P. Doherty will receive tonight the Big Brothers of Rhode Island's Robert "Cy" Killian Humanitarian Award.......
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2:09 PM Thu, May 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Amanda Milkovits Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A 20-year-old man from the Charles neighborhood in the North End has been identified as the......
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2:05 PM Thu, May 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Alan Rosenberg Email
Lost in the shuffle when the Tony nominations were announced Tuesday was the fact that former Trinity Rep artistic director Oskar Eustis is among the......
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1:23 PM Thu, May 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Email
EAST GREENWICH, R.I. -- The prognosis for a Walgreens drug store at the corner of Main Street and First Avenue is looking grim. The Planning......
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1:20 PM Thu, May 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Paul Davis Email
WOONSOCKET -- Under orders from the city, the Rev. Brian J. Souza Thursday removed his campground for the homeless -- a handful of blue tents......
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1:13 PM Thu, May 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PROVIDENCE. R.I. -- The Rhode Island House of Representatives onn Thursday passed bills that would give greater protection to victims of domestic violence and provide......
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1:08 PM Thu, May 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Domino's Pizza deliveryman told police that he was beaten and robbed by three men when he tried to deliver a pizza......
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12:13 PM Thu, May 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
By Steve Peoples Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The bottom is in sight, but Rhode Island's economy still has a long way to......
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12:01 PM Thu, May 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Linda Borg Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A team of five Wheeler School seniors won $10,000 after earning third place in the Moody's Mega Math Challenge. They won after......
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11:48 AM Thu, May 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
Today is the fourth annual Children's Mental Health Awareness Day, and events are taking place in East Providence and Cranston. Several Head Start agencies across......
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11:18 AM Thu, May 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Linda Borg Email
Journal photo/ Kathy Borchers Showing some of the donations they have collected for Saturday's march and distributation are from left: John Roias, 18, Stacey......
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10:48 AM Thu, May 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Providence Fire Department will give free carbon monoxide detectors and fire extinguishers to residents in need. Providence Fire Chief George S.......
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9:25 AM Thu, May 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
SOMERSET, Mass. (AP) -- New England Gas Co. has agreed to test natural gas lines in a Somerset neighborhood that was the site of a......
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8:47 AM Thu, May 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
By Neil Downing Journal Staff Writer Starting Thursday, more than 200,000 Rhode Islanders will begin receiving one-time payments of $250 apiece from the federal government......
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8:38 AM Thu, May 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) -- Officials at Wesleyan University are telling students as well as faculty and staff to stay at home following the fatal shooting......
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8:13 AM Thu, May 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
CONCORD, N.H. -- The New Hampshire Legislature has passed a bill allowing gay marriage, but the governor hasn't said whether he'll sign it. If Gov.......
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7:05 AM Thu, May 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
It has to stop raining some time. Right? Right!? It's May 7th and the month is keeping its rainy streak alive. It has rained every......
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By Jack Perry Email
Today's front page reports that U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse will conduct hearings into the use of interrogation techniques authorized by the Bush adminstration. Twin......
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6:00 AM Thu, May 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
A year ago today: Rookie Providence Patrolman Mark Hubbard and Patrolman Matthew Cute, his training officer, arrest a robbery suspect after a woman complained that......
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10:17 PM Wed, May 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Email
R.I. Department of Transportation photo One of the steel I-beams supporting a small bridge on South Road in East Greenwich has corroded and collapsed.......
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6:32 PM Wed, May 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state Health Department on Wednesday announced that a male student at Johnson & Wales University has become the second person in......
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6:22 PM Wed, May 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Neil Downing Email
Starting tomorrow, more than 200,000 Rhode Islanders will begin receiving one-time payments of $250 apiece from the federal government to help stimulate the nation's economy.......
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5:51 PM Wed, May 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Tatiana Pina Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Rhode Island House Majority Leader Gordon D. Fox Wednesday fondly remembered former Senate President Joseph A. Montalbano's son as "a good......
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5:38 PM Wed, May 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch said Wednesday that Jim Buckmaster, CEO of the online classified ad service Craigslist, needs to do more......
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5:20 PM Wed, May 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Peter Lord Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A Supreme Court Justice issued a stay Wednesday afternoon, temporarily preventing Champlin's Marina from going ahead with its controversial expansion plans in......
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5:00 PM Wed, May 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Bryan Rourke Email
There will be no Encore Awards this year, the Arts & Business Council of Rhode Island announced today. Instead, the awards gala, which was scheduled......
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4:43 PM Wed, May 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Linda Borg Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Local parents are invited to attend the school department's annual spring parent conference Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the......
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4:16 PM Wed, May 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Tatiana Pina Email
NEWPORT, R.I. -- Police have identified the man who was killed Saturday night when his vehicle rolled over coming off the exit to the Claiborne......
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2:44 PM Wed, May 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Email
EAST GREENWICH, R.I. -- The Town Council is to vote Wednesday (tonight) on whether to endorse General Assembly legislation that would eliminate the requirement that......
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2:43 PM Wed, May 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- Maine's governor signed a freshly passed bill Wednesday approving gay marriage, making it the fifth state to approve the practice and......
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2:05 PM Wed, May 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Lisa Vernon-Sparks Email
TIVERTON, R.I. -- VeroScience, LLC, a privately held biotechnology and healthcare development company in Tiverton, has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of a......
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1:50 PM Wed, May 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Owners of the Twin River greyhound track and slot parlor decided on Wednesday to suspend live racing on Aug. 8 -- instead......
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1:36 PM Wed, May 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Talia Buford Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that inconsistent statements from a domestic abuse victim will not guarantee an acquittal if there is other......
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1:35 PM Wed, May 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Providence County Grand Jury has indicted a man who engaged police in a standoff in February. Miguel Avila, 39, of 530......
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1:26 PM Wed, May 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Christine Dunn Email
Johnson & Wales University announced Wednesday that it has signed a three-year agreement with Capitol Cove LLC to lease 96 newly constructed condominiums on Canal......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Providence County Grand Jury has indicted Santiago Pena, 54, of 116 Julian St., in the murder and robbery of Ivon Dufresne,......
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By Jack Perry Email
BOSTON (AP) -- Massachusetts public health officials say they have confirmed 11 new cases of the swine flu, bringing the total in the state......
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12:31 PM Wed, May 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse will preside next week at the first public hearing on the recently released legal memoranda that authorized the Bush......
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12:27 PM Wed, May 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Tatiana Pina Email
Rhode Island residents responded to Washington Trust's ninth annual peanut butter drive by donating 20,350 pounds -- or 10 tons -- of peanut butter. The......
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10:54 AM Wed, May 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse has won a temporary seat on a key Senate health committee -- a plum assignment at an opportune moment......
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9:48 AM Wed, May 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Tatiana Pina Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island Department of Transportation will be holding a public workshop Thursday morning at 10 a.m. at the Providence Marriott at......
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9:28 AM Wed, May 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- If April showers bring May flowers, what does all this rain in May bring? Thus far, we've had rain every day this......
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Senate Women's Caucus has launched its biennial clothing drive to benefit workers who have completed job training but need appropriate clothing.......
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By Jack Perry Email
By MARK PRATT Associated Press Writer BOSTON (AP) -- The Boston Globe and its largest employees union reached a tentative agreement early Wednesday morning on......
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By Jack Perry Email
Another day. More rain. Expect patchy fog before 9 a.m. Isolated showers are forecast before 10 a.m. Wednesday. Otherwise, it will be mostly cloudy with......
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By Jack Perry Email
Wednesday's front page reports that the Twin River greyhound track and slot parlor plans to suspend greyhound racing, a move described by a spokeswoman......
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
FALL RIVER, Mass. -- Police on Tuesday night were withholding the name of the public works employee who was seriously injured after he fell off......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
On the local front: A year ago today: A trial begins in the death of Thomas "T.J." Wright, a 3-year-old foster child who was beaten......
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By Cynthia Needham Email
PROVIDENCE -- Rhode Island's revenue collections through April are down approximately $100 million compared to projections made last fall, according to a monthly report released......
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and a Senate Judiciary Committee colleague said Tuesday that they are "heartened'' by the imminent release of a long-awaited......
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By Katherine Gregg Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Owners of the Twin River greyhound track and slot parlor have put the state on notice they intend to "suspend'' dog-racing on......
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By Philip Marcelo Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Mayor David N. Cicilline's proposed tax on students for the use of city services may extend beyond the capital city. According to......
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By Maria Armental Email
BRAINTREE, Mass. -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited a North Attleboro, Mass., metals refining plant for 10......
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A portrait of John Clarke, the man who along with Roger Williams has been credited with co-founding the Baptist church in America,......
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By Maria Armental Email
By Michael P. McKinney Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Proponents of a bill that would change Rhode Island's sex offender notification and the attorney......
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By Peter Lord Email
Gov. Carcieri and W. Michael Sullivan, director of the state Department of Environmental Management, inducted several more veteran Rhode Island farmers into the Rhode......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
CRANSTON, R.I. -- The Salvation Army on Tuesday severed its ties with the Special Signal Association, a group of volunteers who for decades had driven......
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island Interfaith Coalition is planning a day-long conference on fighting poverty with faith starting at 8 a.m. Wednesday at the......
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By Maria Armental Email
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- A study commissioned by the Mohegan Sun casino shows Connecticut could lose tens of millions of dollars if gambling revenues drop,......
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The month-long spate of break-ins into dozens of vehicles parked near the Providence College campus came to a sudden end on Sunday......
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By Maria Armental Email
WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- The 9th Annual Woonsocket Police Department/ IBPO 404 "COPSWALK" will kick off Friday at River Island Park in Woonsocket. Thirteen officers embark......
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By Maria Armental Email
CUMBERLAND, R.I. -- Mayor Daniel J. McKee, U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, and Georgia state Rep. Jan Jones will......
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By Felice Freyer Email
The state has identified the10th probable case of swine flu, in a Coventy child younger than 10 who is a close contact of a Coventry......
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Watch the skies over Mount Pleasant High School on Wednesday morning. A helicopter from the Rhode Island National Guard is expected to......
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By Tom Mooney Email
NEWPORT, R.I. -- Elizabeth Baldwin appeared briefly in Superior Court on Tuesday and pleaded not guilty to embezzling nearly $7.3 million from 47 investors in......
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By Alan Rosenberg Email
Former Gov. Bruce Sundlun's family had tried to persuade him to give up driving for some time before he surrendered his license last week, according......
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By Jack Perry Email
By Maria Armental Journal staff writer JOHNSTON -- Nobody was injured when fire broke out on the roof of a Johnston nursing home Tuesday afternoon,......
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By Rick Massimo Email
The American Idols Live 2009 Tour will hit the Dunkin' Donuts Center, 1 La Salle Sq., Providence, on Sunday, Sept. 13, at 7 p.m. Tickets......
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BOSTON (AP) -- The New York Times Co. will resume negotiations with The Boston Globe's largest union, more than a day after talks to cut......
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FALL RIVER, MASS. -- A school staff member has fallen ill with swine flu, the School Department and the Fall River Department of Health and......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The 20th-annual Business Expo, hosted by the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce, opens at the Rhode Island Convention Center at 9:30 a.m.......
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By Business staff WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- Woonsocket-based CVS Caremark Corp., the largest U.S. drug-store chain, reported first-quarter earnings that exceeded analysts' estimates by 1 cent.......
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WESTERLY, R.I. -- The police on Tuesday identified the 1-year-old girl whose death the police said Monday they were investigating as an accidental drowning. The......
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TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) -- A Fall River man has been sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder for shaking his 8-month-old......
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BOSTON (AP) -- Massachusetts officials are confirming 28 new cases of swine flu, bringing the statewide total to 34. Only one of the new cases......
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EAST GREENWICH, R.I. - A controversial proposal to build a Walgreens drug store at the corner of Main Street and First Avenue could cause serious......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Johnson & Wales University reopens today after being closed for the weekend and Monday because three students had probable cases of swine......
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Rain is in the forecast again today, primarily before noon, according to the National Weather Service in Taunton, Mass. The high temperature should reach 53......
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Today's front page reports that the suspect in Boston's "craigslist" killing has been charged with the attempted robbery of an exotic dancer at a......
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On the local front: A year ago today: Woonsocket Mayor Susan D. Menard has a concealed audio/video recording system installed in a credenza behind her......
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PROVIDENCE -- Leaders of a new team of state officials charged with finding ways to spend $58 million in federal stimulus money for energy......
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NEW BEDFORD -- A 40-year-old worker at the Northern Wind seafood processing plant was crushed to death after being caught in an industrial ice-making machine......
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CUMBERLAND, R.I. -- A Lincoln man and three Cumberland youths have been arrested in connection to a weekend vandalism spree. The police said Adam Lozeau,......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state Department of Transportation announced Monday that it is lowering the 10-ton weight limit on Portsmouth's Cove Bridge, also known as......
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By Katherine Gregg Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE - Should Rhode Island voters have a chance to say yea or nay to full-scale casino gambling......
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NEWPORT, R.I. -- The lineup for George Wein's Folk Festival 50, announced on Monday, features a mix of the historical figures of American folk music......
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EAST GREENWICH, R.I. -- Fourteen people have applied for the soon-to-be-vacant job of superintendent in the East Greenwich school system, School Committee Chairwoman Jean Ann......
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The state of Rhode Island plans to scale back its swine-flu testing program, offering tests only to people whose flu-like symptoms are so severe that......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Johnson & Wales University announced Monday that the school will resume normal operations on Tuesday. The university had suspended classes and other......
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Jeffrey R. Seemann, dean of the College of Environment and Life Sciences at the University of Rhode Island, has accepted a position at Texas A&M......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Mayor David N. Cicilline confirmed on Monday the city's intention to transfer library funding to operate the branch libraries to another city......
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By Tom Mooney Journal Staff Writer WARWICK, R.I. -- Rhode Island authorities are issuing an arrest warrant for a medical student accused in Boston of......
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CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. -- Turmoil continues to swirl around the troubled Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility. Kevin J. England, who was appointed to the board......
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JOHNSTON, R.I. -- A police officer saved a 75-year-old woman in a wheelchair from a burning house Sunday morning. Neither the woman -- Lucia J.......
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By Gregory Smith Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Have you ever been confronted or called to account by a police officer because of your racial or ethnic identity? If so,......
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Two Rhode Island students were honored in Washington, D.C., this weekend for their outstanding volunteer work during the 2009 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards. The......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Citing financial difficulties brought on by the recession, Roger Williams Medical Center confirmed on Monday that it had resorted to layoffs to......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Mayor David N. Cicilline said Monday that he will wait until the General Assembly ends its legislative session to deliver his final......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The city will offer free evening job training courses for young adults and unemployed, out-of-school city youths at the Providence Career and......
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By Business staff A.H. Belo Corp., owner of The Dallas Morning News and The Providence Journal, reported on Monday a first quarter net loss of......
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By Paul Davis Email
WARWICK -- About a dozen people in danger of losing their gas or electricity service carried shutoff notices to the state Public Utilities Commission Monday.......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- At special meeting of the state Emergency Management Advisory Council Monday morning, state Health Director David Gifford spoke with calm and caution......
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- High school seniors from Providence and Cumberland are among 141 "Presidential Scholars'' who will be honored during a visit to Washington in......
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WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- The city and its police union announced an arbitration decision Monday morning that could save the city about $556,000 this year and......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Higher education officials say they will launch an expedited search to replace Jack R. Warner, departing higher education commissioner. Frank Caprio, chairman......
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Tickets for the July 21 concert at McCoy Stadium, in Pawtucket, featuring Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp go on sale Saturday, May 9,......
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Larry Lucchino, president and CEO of the Boston Red Sox, will be the featured commencement speaker at Bryant University's graduation-day ceremonies May 16. Lucchino will......
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WARWICK, R.I. -- Rhode Island's House deputy majority leader pleaded not guilty Monday morning to a charge of drunken driving. Rep. Raymond J. Sullivan Jr.,......
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WESTERLY, R.I. - The police are investigating as an accident the drowning of a one-year-old girl in a bathtub Sunday in an apartment at 25......
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Gasoline prices in Rhode Island have increased for three straight weeks, according to AAA Southern New England. The average price for a gallon of regular......
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BOSTON (AP) -- The Boston Globe's largest workers union and the newspaper have finished all-night contract-concession talks without a deal, but will go back to......
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COVENTRY, R.I. -- A police officer injured Sunday night when he responded to a domestic disturbance on Knotty Oak Road is home after being treated......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state Health Department continues to await test results for seven potential swine flu cases, following the return of test results that......
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GRISWOLD, Conn. (AP) -- State police are investigating a fatal motorcycle crash in eastern Connecticut that has claimed the life of a Rhode Island man.......
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NARRAGANSETT, R.I. -- Although the work has already started, state officials will hold a groundbreaking Monday for the new "green" bath house at Salty......
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It looks like a wet week. Showers are in the forecast through Friday. On Monday, we're most likely to see showers between 2 and 3......
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Monday's front page features a report that swine flu concerns have prompted cancellation of classes at Johnson and Wales University and at the Narragansett......
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A year ago today: Fire guts a former rooming house in the Olneyville neighborhood, sending dark plumes of smoke and red flames into a cold,......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- State officials reported two new cases of "probable" swine flu in Rhode Island Sunday, including a second at Johnson & Wales University,......
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