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SMITHFIELD -- Give Big Papi a break, says Boston Red Sox president and CEO Larry Lucchino. "It's too early to lose faith in David Ortiz,"......
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CRANSTON. R.I. -- Two seminarians studying to be priests will be ordained as deacons by Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas J. Tobin at 10 a.m. Saturday......
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NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The town may not have enough money to pay employees what they are owed on June 12, Mayor Charles A. Lombardi......
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NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Two adults and a 16-year-old boy are facing narcotics charges in the wake of a police raid at a home at......
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By Alan Rosenberg Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The widow of a Chinese immigrant who died in the custody of a Rhode Island detention center has requested that her......
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Rhode Island Hospital has agreed to examine and revise safety procedures in each surgical department over the next two weeks, after a surgeon started operating......
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By Barbara Polichetti Email
WARWICK, R.I. -- If there's growth in commercial cargo flights in and out of Rhode Island, it is better suited to the airport at Quonset......
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The union representing the state's deputy sheriff's responded to criticism Friday, saying that persistent staff shortages, a failure to follow established security practices, and the......
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By Tom Mooney Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The murder Thursday of 26-year-old Linda Encarnacao has prompted two domestic violence agencies to issue a......
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By W. Zachary Malinowski Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Woonsocket man was sentenced to nearly three years in prison Friday for writing bad checks totaling more than $280,000 to buy......
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By Peter Lord Email
The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority and the state Department of Environmental Management are kicking off the summer's air quality alert season at 5......
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By Maria Armental Email
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- You can get a free ride to the University of Rhode Island's undergraduate graduation on May 17, courtesy of the Rhode......
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By John Hill Email
PROVIDENCE -- A Johnston man charged with slitting his 70-year-old stepfather's wrists in March was found to be a probation violator Thursday and sentenced......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I.-- A Superior Court jury has awarded a former truck driver $4 million, concluding that negligence by his orthopedic surgeon caused him mental and......
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EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Technicians have been battling an "insidious virus" that has infected, and reinfected, all of the computers within the city's school district.......
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By Maria Armental Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. --- South County state beaches will officially open to swimming on weekends starting Saturday, according to the......
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BOSTON (AP) -- Massachusetts is expanding the type of acceptable identifications for buying liquor in the state. Treasurer Timothy Cahill said Friday that restaurants, bars......
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By Maria Armental Email
WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- The Woonsocket police will hold its annual "Click It or Ticket" education and enforcement campaign between May 18 and 31. Extra police......
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WESTERLY, R.I. -- Wilcox Park is once again getting dressed in flowers. Some 25 vendors from Rhode Island and Connecticut will sell annuals, perennials, trees,......
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If you see streams of out-of-state cars around Rhode Island this weekend, it's a sure sign that the college graduation season is upon us. Friday......
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By Jack Perry Email
The Newport Spring Boat Show runs Friday through Sunday in the water and around the docks of the Newport Yachting Center on America's Cup Avenue.......
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By Paul Grimaldi Email
General Motors executives said Friday they wouldn't release the names of the 1,100 dealers that the struggling automaker is abandoning. GM dealerships around the country,......
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The Woonsocket police say Alvin Chang, (left) Phyllis Jean Ruff, (center) and Wallace Simmons (right) were arrested on drug charges. WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- A......
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By Alex Kuffner A Plymouth, Mass.-based green energy company is considering building a facility that manufactures wind turbines in Rhode Island. Aeronautica Wind Power has......
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By Mark Reynolds Journal staff writer An 82-year-old Providence man was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison Friday for trafficking prescription drugs. Judge Mary......
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By W. Zachary Malinowski Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Angela Raposo, former owner of a title insurance firm in East Providence, was sentenced this morning to two years in federal prison......
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By Tatiana Pina Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. --- A 29-year-old father of two died after his motorcycle crashed Wednesday afternoon on Pleasant Valley Parkway,......
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By Kate Bramson Email
WARWICK, R.I. -- A West Warwick woman accused of first-degree murder in the March 2008 stabbing death of 18-year-old Natasha Gonsalves has reached a plea......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Eight Rhode Island AmeriCorps programs will share $1.2 million given out in connection with the Economic Recovery Act recently passed by Congress.......
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By Kate Bramson Email
PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- Detectives are investigating whether the shooting Thursday evening of a 16-year-old boy on John Street was gang-related. Det. Lt. Daniel Mullen said......
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NEEDHAM, Mass. (AP) -- A Massachusetts man may wish he had breakfast in bed instead of in his car. Police in Needham say a man......
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Journal photo/ Steve Szydlowski Jon Zwarg, of Providence, stops by 20 North Main Street in Providence, where refreshments and a bike parking area have......
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By Kate Bramson Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- One man is at Rhode Island Hospital Friday morning after fire broke out in his first-floor apartment in a multi-unit building at......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- It's a drizzly morning, and it looks like a wet ride for those who are bicycling to work today, but the National......
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By Jack Perry Email
Today's front page reports that 4 area Chrysler dealerships are targeted for closing. Scientists for Brown University are in California trying to determine what......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
On the local front: A year ago today: Smithfield grants a 30-day extension of a condemnation order that could lead to the demolition of a......
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By Lisa Vernon-Sparks Email
WARWICK, R.I. -- In a court battle for millions in local tax dollars, West Warwick Town Solicitor Timothy A. Williamson cross-examined Supt. Kenneth Sheehan Thursday,......
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Email
EAST GREENWICH, R.I. -- After putting off a decision on whether to set up its own health insurance for workers, the Town Council Thursday night......
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By Mark Reynolds Email
JOHNSTON, R.I. -- The contract dispute between the Town Council and the local firefighters union will go to binding arbitration in July, according to Town......
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By Jack Perry Email
GENEVA, N.Y. (AP) -- Two varsity lacrosse players at Hobart and William Smith Colleges admitted Thursday they gave alcohol to an underage teammate who died......
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Coast Guard photo The sailing vessel Achelious is seen tangled in a fishing net, about half of a mile from Lands End, in Newport,......
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By Katie Mulvaney Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A federal judge in Rhode Island has upheld a $116-million verdict against the Palestine Liberation Organization......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The statewide grand jury on Wednesday indicted a Warwick man on charges that include identity fraud, child pornography, drug delivery and sex......
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By AMANDA MILKOVITS Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Scituate man had two-and-half times the legal limit of alcohol in his blood, and triple......
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By Paul Grimaldi Journal Staff Writer NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- One Chrysler dealer in North Kingstown, three in nearby Massachusetts and another in Connecticut just......
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By Benjamin N. Gedan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A $200,000 grant from the state Economic Development Corporation will help clean up polluted soil at The Steel Yard, the complex off......
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By Philip Marcelo Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Boys & Girls Clubs of Providence has fallen behind on its utility payments, leading National Grid to cut power to its......
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By Maria Armental Email
NATICK, Mass. -- A Cranston man was ordered held without bail Thursday on charges he assaulted two police officers and led police on a chase......
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Providence, the Creative Capital, could get a spot on national magazine Travel + Leisure's annual survey of "America's Favorite Cities." But first,......
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By W. Zachary Malinowski Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Thomas J. Fitzpatrick, a juvenile program worker at the state Training School who formerly headed an employees union at the juvenile......
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By Gregory Smith Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Superior Court Judge Daniel Procaccini has thrown out felony assault charges that were lodged against Providence Detective Jason Simoneau by his own......
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Providence Journal photo / Kathy Borchers During a morning shower, Deb Eldredge, from upstate New York, left, rally chairperson, and Sandi Weldon, of California,......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Flags will be lowered to half staff Friday in observance of Peace Officers Memorial Day, Gov. Donald L. Carcieri announced Thursday. Peace......
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By Benjamin N. Gedan Email
It's getting more expensive to drive in Rhode Island. Starting Monday, the state Division of Motor Vehicles will be charging substantially more to reinstate licenses......
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By Randal Edgar Email
CRANSTON, R.I. -- School Supt. M. Richard Scherza's days of leading the Cranston School Department are coming to a close. The 62-year-old educator told faculty......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PROVIDENCE -- Scientific sleuths from Brown University are in California trying to figure out what makes the great jumping frogs of Calaveras County jump so......
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Photo courtesy of the Johnston police Firefighters were called to Hartford Ave. Wednesday after a car crashed into this house. JOHNSTON, R.I. -- A......
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Providence Journal photo / Steve Szydlowski Providence Journal Food Editor Gail Ciampa wins applause from Providence Journal Executive Editor Thomas J. Heslin (right) and......
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Providence Journal photo / Mary Murphy Providence fire officials and firefighters gather in front of the Yarmouth Street house off of Reservoir Avenue this......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Survivor winner Richard Hatch has been released from the federal prison where he was serving a sentence for tax evasion. The......
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LONDON (AP) -- National Grid PLC, which distributes energy in the United Kingdom and the northeastern United States, including Rhode Island and Massachusetts, reported Thursday......
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- A pharmacists association on Wednesday accused CVS Caremark Corp. of waging unfair competition and asked for a Federal Trade Commission investigation. The......
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By Kate Bramson Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Providence man died in a motorcycle crash Wednesday afternoon on Pleasant Valley Parkway after a police officer noticed him traveling at......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Go fly a kite Thursday. It should be a good day for it. The National Weather Service has forecast a mostly cloudy,......
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By Jack Perry Email
Today's front page reports that the state House of Representatives voted Wednesday to ban indoor prostitution in Rhode Island. A surgeon at Hasbro Children's......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
A year ago today: The state Department of Transportation posts a 10-ton weight limit for Cove Bridge in Portsmouth because of deterioration found during an......
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By Michael P. McKinney Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Maybe the next Family Court judge needs to know the music kids listen to, the......
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
WEST GREENWICH, R.I. -- Two 19-year-old Coventry men were hospitalized early Wednesday after a car went out of control and rolled over on southbound Route......
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
WARWICK, R.I. -- A 20-year-old man was being held without bail at the Adult Correctional Institutions Wednesday night in the aftermath of a fight in......
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By Donita Naylor Email
By Steve Peoples Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Senate Health and Human Services Committee has unanimously endorsed the promotion of Acting Secretary Gary......
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By Felice Freyer Email
A surgeon on Monday began operating on the wrong part of a child's mouth during oral surgery at Hasbro Children's Hospital, the fifth wrong-site surgery......
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
WASHINGTON -- Rhode Island Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse will ask President Obama to nominate Assistant U.S. Attorney Peter F. Neronha to be the......
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By Randal Edgar Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island House approved Wednesday a bill that would ban prostitution that occurs indoors, a......
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By Gregory Smith Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- City license regulators have ordered a 10-day shutdown of the Sportsman's Inn as punishment for failing to control its premises the night......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch praised craigslist managers for their "decisive action" in shutting down a section of the Web site that......
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By Jennifer D. Jordan Email
The 26-year-old son of Roger Williams University President Roy J. Nirschel resigned as a university fundraiser Monday, after his arrest Saturday on assault charges in......
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By Richard Dujardin Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A rubbish fire in the basement of an unoccupied three-story house at 176 Cleveland St. "looked......
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Email
Darlington Fabrics in Westerly, which makes stretch knit fabrics, has joined the list of companies moving to a four-day workweek in an effort to prevent......
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By Jack Perry Email
Journal photo/Mary Murphy Former Senate President William V. Irons leaves the courthouse this morning with family members and Vicki Almeida, right, one of his......
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
Providence Journal photo / Bob Thayer Hydrangeas are in full bloom outside the Westin Providence today, as sunny skies made the blue hues of......
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By Kate Bramson Email
WARWICK, R.I. -- The police have charged the owner of a local jewelry store that closed abruptly a few weeks ago with 21 felony counts......
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By Barbara Polichetti Email
WARWICK, R.I. -- Cutting city spending and level-funding local support of the school budget is not enough to spare residents a tax increase next year,......
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The 7 to 7 News Blog has reached a milestone: 1,000 followers on Twitter. As of 2 p.m. Wednesday, there were 1,000 users who receive......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Paul Mueller, news anchor at Channel 6, has quit his job, WLNE-TV announced Wednesday. His lawyer, Rick Carr, said on Wednesday that......
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The police are searching for a young man who was seen shooting a BB gun at a school bus carrying elementary schoolchildren......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A visit from local author Amy Belding Brown, author of Mr. Emerson's Wife, that was scheduled for Sunday at the Providence Public......
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By Tom Mooney Email
Cynthia Giles, director of the Conservation Law Foundation’s Rhode Island office and a Barrington resident, has been confirmed to be the top EPA enforcement officer.......
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SMITHFIELD, R.I. -- Bryant University will award advanced degrees to 187 people on Thursday, including a doctor, nurses and hospital administrators who have earned a......
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By Carolyn Thornton Journal Sports Writer The Pilgrim softball team is gearing up for a special night Thursday night, when the Patriots host Toll Gate......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state Department of Environmental Management will hold a public meeting on Monday to discuss a training program for owners and operators......
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By Bill Van Siclen Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Facing a steep drop in its endowment, the Rhode Island School of Design will rely on a combination of layoffs, benefit reductions......
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By Alisha A. Pina Email
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The director of the city's Career and Technical Center director -- put on administrative leave in early March for alleged financial......
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
WASHINGTON -- A top Al Qaeda planner and recruiter surrendered valuable information -- including the identity of the mastermind of the September 11 attacks --......
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By Christine Dunn Email
Providence Journal photo / Kathy Borchers Joe DeAngelis, attorney for eventual winning bidder Robert Campellone, looks at the four-family townhouse at 422 Broadway that......
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By Kate Bramson Email
WARREN, R.I. -- A 14-year-old girl who chased a ball into the street and was struck by a car Tuesday night is at Hasbro Children's......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- It's Mayor's Night Out on Wednesday evening, a monthly chance for residents to meet Mayor David N. Cicilline. The mayor will be......
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TIVERTON, R.I. -- About 75 junk cars ablaze in the night looked like a "gigantic bonfire" when the first fire crew arrived Tuesday night at......
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By Kate Bramson Email
WARWICK, R.I. -- The police have filed additional charges against the 20-year-old man whom they caught Tuesday afternoon after a confrontation in a Wal-Mart parking......
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By Jack Perry Email
CRANSTON, R.I. -- A father of six daughters has claimed the $1 million winning PowerBall PowerPlay ticket sold in Rhode Island on May 6, according......
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By Kate Bramson Email
NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Firefighters Wednesday morning have extinguished a house fire at 53 Allen Ave. Crews remain at the scene of the fire in......
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By Kate Bramson Email
WEST GREENWICH, R.I. -- Two people were taken to Rhode Island Hospital early Wednesday with serious injuries after a two-car crash on Route 95 south......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The earlier part of Wednesday should be the best, but it looks like a nice enough day overall. The sky is bright......
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By Jack Perry Email
Download a copy of Wednesday's front page in .pdf format. Today's front page reports that 11 people were arrested Tuesday on child pornography charges. A......
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By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington bureau WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Sharp partisan dispute is shaping up for Wednesday's Senate hearing, called by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse,......
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A year ago today: David Swain loses his bid to overturn the 2006 wrongful-death verdict in a civil trial that led to criminal charges that......
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By Randal Edgar Journal Staff Writer CRANSTON, R.I. -- The City Council charted a financial course Tuesday that differs sharply from the wishes of......
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By Talia Buford Email
SMITHFIELD, R.I. -- The Town Council cut the School Department appropriation by $500,000 during Tuesday's budget hearing after three hours of discussion, leaving school officials......
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By Barbara Polichetti Email
WARWICK, R.I. -- There is another school building that might close next year in addition to the John Greene Elementary School, which officials last week......
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
WESTFORD, Mass. -- A Warwick man wanted for allegedly assaulting a police officer in Natick was arrested by the Massachusetts State Police after a chase......
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
JOHNSTON, R.I. -- A local man was charged Friday with felony assault on a person over 60 after he allegedly yanked a Scituate man......
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
JOHNSTON, R.I. -- A 25-year-old man was arrested on two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon outside the Players Bar & Grill on Hartford......
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By Alisha A. Pina Email
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The School Committee will vote Tuesday night to accept the retirement of its Career and Technical Center director -- who was......
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Barrington teenager Ryan Greenberg is expected to admit to his role in the boating death of Patrick Murphy on the Barrington River in July 2007.......
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island House has postponed to May 20 a vote on a bill to allow licensed dispensaries -- known as "compassion......
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JOHNSTON -- A New Jersey company today acquired a clean-air permit for its $80-million project to generate electricity from the methane gases given off by......
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It may not surprise Rhode Island drivers, but the state's roads are in the third-worst condition in the nation, according to a new study by......
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4:35 PM Tue, May 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- You don't mess with the Domino's Pizza delivery people. Four days after three men beat him with a pipe and robbed him......
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4:29 PM Tue, May 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Journal staff writer SCITUATE, R.I. -- A Warwick man who was among 11 people arrested Tuesday morning in a statewide sweep was......
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WARWICK, R.I. -- The 20-year-old man police were seeking in connection with a fight in which a man was dragged and run over by an......
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3:26 PM Tue, May 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Tom Mooney Email
CRANSTON, R.I. --- A brief but tense moment ended without incident just after midnight Tuesday when police were called to the home of a distraught......
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3:23 PM Tue, May 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Tim Barmann Email
Save The Bay reports that a massive sea star "kill" in North Kingstown is probably the result of recent heavy rains. The environmental organization has......
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By Felice Freyer Email
Hoping to give a leg up to young scientists studying the brain and mental illness, Butler Hospital has launched an unusual effort to establish a......
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2:55 PM Tue, May 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Email
Looking for a longer-lasting battery? University of Rhode Island researchers think the secret may be in their salt. A group led by URI chemist Brett......
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2:51 PM Tue, May 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Gina Macris Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Children's Friend, a multi-faceted social service agency that focuses on early childhood development, has won a $7 million federal grant to run......
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By Mark Reynolds Email
NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- With his financial recovery plan in tatters, Mayor Charles A. Lombardi, said he can see only one remaining approach to the......
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By Jack Perry Email
BOSTON (AP) -- AAA says the number of Americans planning to travel this Memorial Day weekend is expected to increase slightly over last year, with......
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By Benjamin N. Gedan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- So far, the gargantuan federal economic stimulus package has done little to revive Rhode Island's economy, Governor Carcieri said Tuesday. Three months......
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By Tatiana Pina Email
PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- A 19-year-old woman was arrested after she allegedly stabbed her boyfriend at their Park Street apartment Monday afternoon, according to the Pawtucket......
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12:23 PM Tue, May 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Michael P. McKinney Journal Staff Writer PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- The police and officialsTuesday morning unveiled a prototype of a global-positioning system that could be......
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By Mike Stanton Email
New allegations of tax favoritism at Providence City Hall have emerged from a lawsuit by fired tax collector Robert P. Ceprano. Ceprano alleges that Mayor......
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By Channing Gray Email
For the second year in a row, Pawtucket's Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre has picked up an Elliot Norton award, this time for its January production of......
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Earl J. "Buddy" Croft, III, executive director of the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority, has been named to the board of the International Bridge,......
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By Alan Rosenberg Email
Billionaire Donald Trump, who owns the Miss Universe organization, has spared the title of Carrie Prejean, the controversial Miss California whose topless photos and statement......
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By Gregory Smith Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Edward DiRocco, 46, of Providence, a self-employed landscaper and contractor, was driving his pickup truck on Smith Hill on March 29 when......
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11:46 AM Tue, May 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Providence police say that a South Providence man wanted for leaving the scene of a hit-and-run crash that led to an......
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10:59 AM Tue, May 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Tom Mooney Email
SOMERSET, Mass. -- A two-year-old girl was severely injured Monday afternoon after she ran toward a riding lawnmower and her foot slipped beneath it, the......
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9:47 AM Tue, May 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Linda Borg Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Middle and high school students will receive graphing calculators as part of the first round of grants from Brown University's Fund for......
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8:05 AM Tue, May 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) -- Two former New Bedford police officers laid off earlier this year as the city struggled to balance its budget have......
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By Jack Perry Email
Tuesday's front page reports that state judges have complained that courtrooms have been left without sheriff's protection and prisoners are routinely brought in late.......
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EAST GREENWICH -- The state Department of Transportation says it's too small to be classified as a bridge, so the South Road culvert crossing the......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Rain, and maybe even some hail, is back in the forecast. Expect isolated showers Tuesday, primarily between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.......
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6:00 AM Tue, May 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
A year ago today: Arguing that the last remaining stretch of the old Jamestown Bridge must be knocked down, two lawmakers have sponsored bills that......
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
CRANSTON, R.I. -- By a vote of 104 to 23, the rank and file of Cranston's police union on Monday declared they have no confidence......
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WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- On her way to the next interview, Alysha S. Castonguay -- now Miss Rhode Island USA, said Miss California USA Carrie Prejean......
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6:32 PM Mon, May 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jennifer D. Jordan Email
WARWICK -- David M. Dooley, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Montana State University, has been named the 11th president of the University......
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By Steve Peoples Email
Rhode Island government's budget deficits have grown by $200 million, according to revenue projections released this afternoon that will put new pressure on state lawmakers......
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3:54 PM Mon, May 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jennifer D. Jordan Email
PROVIDENCE -- Rhode Island's new education commissioner Deborah Gist, and her bosses, the Board of Regents for Elementary and Secondary Education, have signed a three-year......
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By Jack Perry Email
BOSTON (AP) -- State health officials say they have confirmed 13 new swine flu cases in Massachusetts, raising the total to 101 since the outbreak......
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2:19 PM Mon, May 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Twin River's owners have put the state on notice they will have to start pulling the plug on overnight gambling on weekends......
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By W. Zachary Malinowski Email
CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. -- The City Council tonight is expected to approve the appointment of a new member to the governing board that oversees the......
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1:12 PM Mon, May 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Philip Marcelo Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- City Council President Peter S. Mancini appointed five councilmen to a new committee to review the......
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12:53 PM Mon, May 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer BOSTON (AP) -- The man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller wants to use that name at his upcoming......
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12:30 PM Mon, May 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
WARWICK, R.I. -- Expect some roadway closures at T.F. Green Airport overnight Monday into Tuesday morning. The closures will start later than originally scheduled, at......
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12:21 PM Mon, May 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Gregory Smith Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Police Department is going to try out a new gizmo installed on its cruisers to automatically read motor-vehicle license plates and......
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By Rick Massimo Email
The Providence-based rock band Deer Tick has been making a name for themselves nationwide - a mention as one of the breakout stars of SXSW......
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11:47 AM Mon, May 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
WASHINGTON -- Another good omen is in the offing for President Obama's health-care overhaul Monday as he accepts the sincerest token of support -- the......
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11:30 AM Mon, May 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
The price for a gallon of gasoline in Rhode Island has increased an average of 13 cents in the past week thanks to higher crude......
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11:07 AM Mon, May 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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Journal photo/ Mary Murphy The ramp at exit 9A on Route 295 south in Lincoln has reopened, the state Traffic Management Center announced shortly......
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By Tom Mooney Email
MIDDLETOWN, R.I. -- Five people were injured in a three-car accident Sunday night at the intersection of West Main Road and Greene Lane, the Middletown......
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9:18 AM Mon, May 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
WELLESLEY, Mass. (AP) -- Boston Red Sox fans are paying their final respects to former team great Dom DiMaggio. A funeral Mass is scheduled for......
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By Kate Bramson Email
BARRINGTON, R.I. -- Three youths are in custody Monday morning after the police allege they drove a stolen minivan at speeds exceeding 80 m.p.h. on......
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By Kate Bramson Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Just 40 seconds into his new job as Acting Battalion Chief, David Plante mobilized crews for a house fire reported in an......
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WOONSOCKET, R.I. (AP) -- A former owner of the Pawtucket Red Sox has been cleared of charges that he tried to defraud a friend who......
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By Andy Smith Journal staff writer Postal rates are going up. Effective Monday, the price of a first-class stamp goes from 42 cents to 44......
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By Jack Perry Email
Monday's front page reports that the chief economist of the National Realtors Association says the Rhode Island housing market might see signs of renewed......
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By Katherine Gregg Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE - Despite the state's deepening budget hole, General Assembly leaders have been doling out raises to select......
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7:02 AM Mon, May 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Karen Bordeleau Email
By Cynthia Needham Journal State House Bureau Attention sports nuts: remember the plan to create Red Sox and Patriots license plates? Fear not, it hasn't......
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By Jack Perry Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- At 43 degrees before 7 a.m., the day is off to a chilly start, but it will get better. The temperature in......
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- South County beaches will officially open to swimming on Saturday, the state Department of Environmental Management announced Friday. Scarborough North and Roger......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
On the local front: A year ago today: Two kayakers are treated for mild hypothermia afternoon after their boats capsize in Greenwich Bay, off Warwick.......
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