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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- With scores of bills still in limbo, the General Assembly went into hiatus at 1 a.m. Saturday, as House Speaker William J.......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state Senate adjourned shortly before 10 p.m. Friday after an eight-hour session that included passage of the over-$7.76-billion budget for next......
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11:33 PM Fri, Jun 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The House approved by a wide margin late Friday night a bill that would bar the public identification of police officers in......
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10:58 PM Fri, Jun 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Suspects in serious drunken-driving accidents will be required to undergo chemical substance tests if a bill that passed the House late Friday......
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
CHARLESTOWN -- Firefighters on Friday night were responding to a house fire at 58 Driftwood Drive. Ashaway Fire Chief Michael Williams said several people had......
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
BOSTON -- Two of the California men who pleaded guilty 18 months ago to siphoning $132,000 from the bank accounts of 238 Rhode Islanders by......
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9:25 PM Fri, Jun 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Voters in 2010 will consider a proposal to drop "Providence Plantations," the controversial phrase conjuring up for many images of Rhode Island's......
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7:43 PM Fri, Jun 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
By Steve Peoples Journal State House PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island Senate has approved a $7.8-billion state spending plan, sending the budget bill to......
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7:38 PM Fri, Jun 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
WASHINGTON -- To warm greetings from colleagues, Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy appeared on the floor of the House late Friday to answer a call......
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6:55 PM Fri, Jun 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Voters will consider in 2010 a proposal to drop "Providence Plantations," the controversial phrase conjuring up for many images of Rhode Island's......
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By Katherine Gregg Email
PROVIDENCE -- In what has become an annual tradition, the House Finance Committee held an impromptu meeting on the State House balcony outside the House......
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By Steve LeBlanc Associated Press Writer BOSTON -- Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick pledged Friday to sign a 25 percent hike in the state sales tax......
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A New Bedford, Mass., man is being held at the Adult Correctional Institution on drug charges after a traffic stop on Route......
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- House lawmakers on Friday approved legislation to create a new Department of Veterans Affairs within the Office of Health and Human Services,......
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6:08 PM Fri, Jun 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Lynn Arditi Email
Rhode Island's State Police and the State Attorney General say a bill approved by the Senate Thursday night that seeks to outlaw indoor prostitution actually......
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TIVERTON, R.I. -- A Tiverton woman was arrested and charged with driving a stolen car and possession of crack cocaine, the State Police said Friday.......
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By Benjamin Gedan Journal Staff Writer Speidel, a 105-year-old Providence jeweler, filed for bankruptcy late Friday. The case will be heard on July 16 by......
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By Katherine Gregg Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The House has voted to allow round-the-clock gambling at Twin River seven days a week, and force the bankrupt current owners to......
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By Jack Perry Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A cold front is expected to hit portions of the state Friday afternoon and into the evening bringing thunderstorms, severe at times,......
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5:35 PM Fri, Jun 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Peter Phipps Email
WASHINGTON _ Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy cut short his stay at a treatment facility Friday to answer a call from House Democratic leadership that......
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By Donita Naylor Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Two beaches closed this week for poor water quality have been reopened, leaving none closed as the weekend begins. The beach at......
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Email
WEST WARWICK, R.I. -- Individual members of the West Warwick Teachers' Alliance have begun filing complaints with the state after the town failed to issue......
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By Philip Marcelo Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The full Senate is expected to vote on a proposed voter referendum to drop the phrase "Providence Plantations" -- which for many......
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4:40 PM Fri, Jun 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Talia Buford Email
WARWICK, R.I. -- The Coventry man who shot his wife in the shoulder during an Independence Day argument in 2007 was sentenced to 40 years......
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4:38 PM Fri, Jun 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, left, and then manager Joe Torre, right, join New York City Rudolph Giuliani during the parade celebrating the New......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Kristin E. Rodgers, daughter of retiring Superior Court Presiding Judge Joseph F. Rodgers Jr., won state Senate confirmation Friday to become a......
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By Alex Kuffner Journal Staff Writer WARWICK, R.I. -- Governor Carcieri on Friday signed into law legislation that could pave the way for off-shore wind......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Providence man has pleaded guilty to a charge of distributing five grams or more of cocaine base, the United States Attorney's......
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3:30 PM Fri, Jun 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- A dead whale that washed ashore on a private Rhode Island beach almost two weeks ago was finally buried. Ron Bogle,......
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2:52 PM Fri, Jun 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Bill Van Siclen Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Flanked by dozens of local arts and cultural leaders, Mayor David N. Cicilline on Friday unveiled a sweeping plan designed to boost......
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2:39 PM Fri, Jun 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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Governor Carcieri will either have to veto or sign the state budget once it hits his desk. A delay in the Senate -- the state......
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2:35 PM Fri, Jun 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
NORTH SMITHFIELD, R.I. -- An East Providence man died early Friday morning when he apparently lost control of his motorcycle on Route 146A, the police......
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2:25 PM Fri, Jun 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The House and Senate will be back at it on Smith Hill this afternoon fighting through hundreds of bills as they race......
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2:20 PM Fri, Jun 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Three local men have been indicted by a federal grand jury on drug charges, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced Friday. The indictments......
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1:43 PM Fri, Jun 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
WESTERLY, R.I. -- The American Cancer Society's Relay for Life's three local events will go on Friday as planned, rain or shine, a spokeswoman for......
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1:43 PM Fri, Jun 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The House and Senate will be back at it on Smith Hill this afternoon fighting through hundreds of bills......
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1:39 PM Fri, Jun 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
BOSTON (AP) -- Lawyers for the man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller asked a judge to throw out his kidnapping and assault convictions, arguing......
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By Lynn Arditi Email
A bill to require that banks notify tenants about a pending foreclosure sale and continue to provide "essential services" such as heat, water and utilities......
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1:02 PM Fri, Jun 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Gunfire from an adjacent back yard wounded a party-goer Thursday evening, Detective Lt. Paul R. Campbell said on Friday. Campbell said that......
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By Maria Armental Email
SEEKONK, Mass. -- Seekonk's post office will be renamed Sunday after the late Marine Lance Cpl. Eric Paul Valdepeñas, who was killed in Fallujah, Iraq,......
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12:08 PM Fri, Jun 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Richard Salit Email
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island won't withdraw its proposed double-digit rate hikes as requested by state Health Insurance Commissioner Christopher F. Koller.......
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12:01 PM Fri, Jun 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state Department of Transportation announced on Friday that traffic lanes will be restricted on parts of Route 95 beginning at 10......
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11:59 AM Fri, Jun 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
Providence Journal photo / Ruben W. Perez Team Oracle's Sean D. Tucker's flies over the State House and highways in Providence, promoting this weekend's......
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11:42 AM Fri, Jun 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
FALL RIVER, Mass. -- A Bristol County grand jury has handed up an indictment against the proprietor of a Fall River concrete company in connection......
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11:19 AM Fri, Jun 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- St. Michael the Archangel, the parish on Oxford Street that has been home to thousands of Catholics of diverse backgrounds over its......
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9:04 AM Fri, Jun 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
View full-size image The Rhode Island Department of Transportation is reminding motorists that they should take the new Route 403 highway to this weekend's R.I.......
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7:00 AM Fri, Jun 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
In national news, Friday's front page reports on the deaths of "King of Pop" Michael Jackson and former Charlie's Angels' star Farrah Fawcett. Locally,......
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6:00 AM Fri, Jun 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
On the local front: A year ago today: The state Supreme Court rules that harsher penalties, approved in 2006, do apply to motorists who refuse......
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12:02 AM Fri, Jun 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Lynn Arditi Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The House and Senate Thursday night approved two separate bills to strengthen the law against sex-trafficking minors. The House, by a vote......
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11:59 PM Thu, Jun 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Email
WEST WARWICK, R.I. -- In a vote that was largely symbolic, West Warwick residents Thursday night overwhelmingly rejected the same $49.2-million School Committee budget it......
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11:54 PM Thu, Jun 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Philip Marcelo Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. --- The House Finance Committee approved a bill late Thursday night that would assess colleges and universities a fee for all their non-Rhode......
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11:45 PM Thu, Jun 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Despite warnings that their actions could upset the consensual agreement filed by Twin River's owners in U.S. bankruptcy court this week, members......
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11:35 PM Thu, Jun 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Lynn Arditi Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Senate Thursday night approved a bill to make indoor prostitution illegal and hold landlords who "knowingly" allow prostitution on their property......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The House Labor Committee approved a bill late Thursday that unilaterally mandates that existing teachers' contracts remain in effect until a new......
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8:27 PM Thu, Jun 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Donita Naylor Email
CRANSTON, R.I. -- The Cranston police have asked the attorney general's office to determine whether there were any traffic violations involved in an accident in......
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7:10 PM Thu, Jun 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A bill that would make it a felony in Rhode Island for a convicted child molester to knowingly enter a playground,......
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7:04 PM Thu, Jun 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Providence man was arrested Wednesday on child-pornography charges following an investigation by the state police computer crimes unit. Richard Bertoncini, 45,......
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6:50 PM Thu, Jun 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A public hearing on a proposed rate hike for the Providence Water Supply Board drew just one member of the public and......
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6:43 PM Thu, Jun 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Donna McGarry Email
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Michael Jackson, the record-breaking, sensationally gifted "King of Pop" who emerged from childhood superstardom to become the entertainment world's most......
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By Gregory Smith Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- John F. Cicilline, noted criminal-defense lawyer and father of Mayor David N. Cicilline, has unsuccessfully petitioned the Zoning Board of Review to......
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5:33 PM Thu, Jun 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A top Carcieri administration official voiced strong opposition to a bill -- up for public hearing on Thursday, in the closing hours......
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5:19 PM Thu, Jun 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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Providence Journal photo / Mary Murphy Olive Lemoine of Lincoln, right, picks strawberries with her niece, Alice Hart of Attleboro, Mass., at Four Town......
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By Katie Mulvaney Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Less than a month after being nominated by Governor Carcieri, Supreme Court Justice Paul A. Suttell on Thursday won Senate confirmation as......
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Members of the Rhode Island carpenters union Local 94, have ended their strike against the association representing state's major building contractors after......
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel invoked the name of the late Rhode Island Sen. John H. Chafee on Thursday......
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By Kate Bramson Email
By Steve Peoples Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Senate Finance Committee unanimously endorsed the proposed $7.76-billion state spending plan that the House......
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4:29 PM Thu, Jun 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Donita Naylor Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- North Kingstown Town Beach has been closed to swimming because of bacteria counts, but three other beaches have been reopened, based on......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The traffic pattern on the Henderson Bridge will be altered Thursday night, the state Department of Transportation has announced. The bridge, also......
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4:15 PM Thu, Jun 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Philip Marcelo Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- After going more than six months without action on scores of bills, the state Senate moved into high speed Wednesday night with......
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By Donita Naylor Email
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A two-car accident just before noon tied up traffic on Route 114 for about an hour Thursday, East Providence police said.......
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By Alex Kuffner Email
Governor Carcieri is set to sign key legislation for Rhode Island's emerging renewable energy industry at a green economy roundtable Friday morning. The governor will......
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3:08 PM Thu, Jun 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Donita Naylor Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- This just in: The sun is out, there's blue sky overhead and photographer returning to the Providence Journal newsroom at 75 Fountain......
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By Peter Phipps Email
PROVIDENCE -- The House of Representatives has restored most of a proposed 50 percent cut in funding to the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation. As......
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2:28 PM Thu, Jun 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
Providence Journal photo / Ruben W. Perez Until now, when Narragansett Tribal Police Lt. Antone Monroe stopped a suspect in the woods, he couldn't......
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CRANSTON, R.I. -- A 17-year-old was stabbed in the arm late Wednesday night during a fight at a Reservoir Avenue McDonald's and the man identified......
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By Peter Lord Email
Gov. Carcieri Wednesday night submitted the names of four incumbent members of the Coastal Resources Management Council to the state Senate for its advice and......
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By Talia Buford Email
CRANSTON, R.I. -- Michael Derderian, co-owner of The Station nightclub who pleaded no contest in the deaths of 100 people killed in the disastrous fire......
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By Kate Bramson Email
Providence Journal photo / Steve Szydlowski Nicholas Gianquitti apologies to the Pagano family at his sentencing Thursday in Superior Court. By Talia Buford Journal......
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By Paul Grimaldi Journal staff writer Businesses owed money by the owners of the Twin River slot parlor will gather in Providence on Tuesday to......
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Before the work week is over, Rhode Island is expected to have a new chief justice of the Supreme Court and a new Superior Court......
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By Lynn Arditi Email
Two versions of bills to strengthen the law against sex-trafficking minors are scheduled for separate votes Thursday in the General Assembly. A bill (H-5661 Sub......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Environmental police officers will join Coast Guard units Friday through Sunday to enforce a law against operating a boat while intoxicated, the......
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Providence Journal / Steve SzydlowskiThe 2,000-member Providence Teachers Union voted 947 to 73 this morning to approve a new contract, the first in five years,......
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By Jack Perry Email
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) -- A New Bedford man accused of fatally shooting a father of 11 children during a fight at a city VFW......
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ATTLEBORO, Mass. (AP) -- A former religious cult leader from Massachusetts convicted of first-degree murder for starving his infant son to death is making a......
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By Jack Perry Email
Thursday's Providence Journal front page reports on the House budget debate. Thursday's Providence Journal front page reports on the Providence Police Department's roving detail,......
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By Jack Perry Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Expect a mostly cloudy with a high near 75 degrees. Although it's late June, the wind will again blow from the north,......
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By Steve Peoples, Cynthia Needham and Katherine Gregg Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Minutes before 2 a.m., after a debate that spanned nearly......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
On the local front: A year ago today: The Charlestown police are investigating the desecration of a grave in Rhode Island Historic Cemetery No. 18......
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By Steve Peoples Email
Minutes before 2 a.m., after a debate that spanned nearly 11 hours, the House of Representatives approved a $7.76-billion state spending plan that wiped out......
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By Rick Massimo Email
BY RICK MASSIMO Journal Pop Music Writer UNCASVILLE, Conn. -- It may have seemed as though singer Gwen Stefani didn't need the band No Doubt......
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By Katherine Gregg Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The House of Representatives voted to raise the state's gasoline tax by 2 cents per gallon, after beating back attempts by lawmakers......
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By Katherine Gregg Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Despite threats of lawsuits by teachers unions, the House of Representatives has approved a slate of pension cuts aimed at shaving a......
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A local woman reported to the police Friday that someone broke into her apartment at 7 Brook St. while she was......
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The police on Friday arrested two juveniles in separate cases involving domestic assault. In one, a 16-year-old boy was arrested on......
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The police have obtained a warrant for the arrest of a 19-year-old man accused of assaulting another teen with a baseball......
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By Maria Armental Email
WESTERLY, R.I. -- In 2001, a year after being diagnosed with cancer, Margaret Russell walked in the survivor lap of the American Cancer Society's Relay......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Fort Adams State Park in Newport joins the list of areas closed to swimming because of high bacteria counts, the state Department......
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By Linda Borg Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The membership of the Providence Teachers Union will vote on a new contract, the first one in five years, Thursday morning at......
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By Katherine Gregg Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- In what some state lawmakers described as one of their toughest votes of the day, the House voted to keep a high-profile......
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Obama has nominated a prominent Rhode Island educator, Brenda Dann-Messier, to be an assistant secretary of education. Dann-Messier, the president of......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state Supreme Court has upheld a Superior Court decision denying a former state chemist his "classified employee" status for state retirement......
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By Benjamin N. Gedan Email
Providence Journal photo / Kathy Borchers Tina Baker searches for a job at the netWORKri career center in Pawtucket in December 2008. PROVIDENCE, R.I.......
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By Tom Mooney Email
Two regional shark experts who have viewed photographs of a reported great white shark pulled from a fish trap off Narragansett two weeks ago believe,......
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By John Hill Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch will not appeal a federal judge's ruling that threw out part of the state's laws on how......
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NORTH ATTLEBORO, MASS. -- Reacting to the news that a popular swim coach who has coached various sports teams in town for years is facing......
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PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- A Warwick man who has served time for drugs and robbery is accused of being the mysterious biker who held up a......
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By Katherine Gregg Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- In the opening minutes of the House budget debate, House Finance Chairman Steven Costantino announced that the leadership had decided to preserve......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- If your organization has a creative way of getting people to work and play toward wellness, Governor Carcieri and the Rhode Island......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Getting under way more than an hour late, the House of Representatives is about to begin debating -- and voting -- on......
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
BOSTON (AP) -- "The View" co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck says a claim that she plagiarized parts of her best-selling diet book is "without merit." The......
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Providence Journal photo / Bob Thayer Workers take down the bleachers at the 18th hole of the 2009 CVS Caremark Charity Classic, which ended......
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Email
Five weeks after residents rejected a $79.7 million budget for West Warwick, voters will be asked to reconsider that decision at a continuation of the......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Starting at 2 p.m. today, the House of Representatives will begin debating - and voting - on the proposed $7.76 billion tax-and-spending......
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By Katherine Gregg PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- It is budget-cutting day at the State House, but not when it comes to the free health care packages......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state Department of Environmental Management announced that $80,000 in grant money is available to help promote and sell specialty crops grown......
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By Philip Marcelo Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state Senate Health and Human Services Committee is taking up a bill on Wednesday that......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A man arrested after a high-speed chase in Providence last August has been indicted on a federal charge of being a felon......
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BURRILLVILLE, R.I. -- The police have charged a man with attempted robbery after intercepting him while he allegedly was on his way to hold up......
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Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Paul McCartney will perform at Fenway Park, in Boston, on Aug. 5 and 6. Tickets are being sold to......
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse has been named to a bipartisan panel of senators who will investigate a sexual-abuse case against a federal judge from......
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BOSTON -- A Rhode Island man who worked as a security supervisor in Massachusetts was arraigned Tuesday afternoon on charges he schemed to collect more......
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Map produced by RJD URI Center for Vector-Borne Disease / Data sources RIGIS, USGS, URI Center for Vector-Borne Disease, May 30, 2009 SOUTH KINGSTOWN,......
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By Jack Perry Email
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- Commercial fishermen in New England would have the option of being regulated by how much fish they catch, not how many......
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SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- Every child can be an athlete. That's the message a group of health care and fitness volunteers hope to spread on......
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By Jack Perry Email
AAA says fewer Americans will travel this Fourth of July holiday weekend because people are still uncertain about the strength of the economy. The number......
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The Boston Globe and its largest union reached a tentative agreement last night on $10 million in wage and benefit cuts, according to the Globe's......
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NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- A boat that hit a buoy in Narragansett Bay early Wednesday morning managed to reach shore safely after putting out a......
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WARWICK, R.I. -- With the City Council refusing to increase the local share of school spending for the new fiscal year that begins July 1,......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island House of Representatives on Tuesday night voted 64 to 4 to approve a bill allowing the school committee in......
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Wednesday's Providence Journal front page reports on the bankruptcy filing of Twin River. West Warwick says it can't afford to pay its teachers. Download......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- It looks like we're nearing the end of this stretch of gloomy weather, but we'll have to endure one more day of......
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On the local front: A year ago today: Stormy weather blows into Rhode Island twice, with cascading quarter-sized hail and flash-flooding, wind gusts that tore......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A bill that would make it a felony in Rhode Island for a convicted child molester to knowingly enter a playground,......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The House on Tuesday passed an amended version of an open records bill that eliminates what supporters had called "a huge advance"......
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The Senate is expected to vote this week on two separate bills, designed to strengthen the laws against prostitution and sex-trafficking. A bill (S-596) introduced......
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- House lawmakers overwhelming approved the nomination of Supreme Court Justice Paul A. Suttell to be the court's next chief justice. The vote......
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NEWPORT, R.I. -- Two drivers are in serious condition Tuesday at Rhode Island Hospital after a collision that closed the Claiborne Pell Bridge for about......
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CRANSTON - Former state Sen. John Celona, in the Adult Correctional Institutions for corruption, will be released on parole, probably on July 22, the chairman......
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By Amanda Milkovits Journal Staff Writer NEW SHOREHAM, R.I. -- District Court officials have identified the victim of Tuesday's early morning fatal crash in which......
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By Mike McKinney Email
LINCOLN, R.I. -- If Twin River slot parlor's bankruptcy protection filing does provoke criticism from the host community, it may come over an included......
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Deepwater Wind, the energy company selected by Governor Carcieri to develop a major offshore wind energy project south of Block Island, today was awarded two......
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Providence, R.I. -- United Way of Rhode Island has awarded more than $11.4 million to 38 social and human service programs. The money, to be......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Members of the Rhode Island carpenters union Local 94 have stopped showing up at many commercial and industrial work sites after its......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Due to high bacteria counts, the Rhode Island Department of Health on Tuesday recommended the closure of Bristol Town Beach, and Goddard......
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By Paul Kenyon Journal Sports Writer BARRINGTON -- Midway through the first round of the 11th CVS Caremark Charity Classic, Nick Price and David Toms......
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By Richard Salit Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- About 35 people gathered at the State House Tuesday afternoon enthusiastically applauded speakers who called on lawmakers not to eliminate the office......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A federal bankruptcy proceeding on the future of Twin River has concluded for the day; the case will return to court July......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Providence Community Library, which will take over the city's nine-branch library system beginning July 1, has lined up three finalists for......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Outgoing U.S. Attorney Robert Clark Corrente on July 1 will join Burns & Levinson LLP, a Boston-based law firm looking to expand......
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By Tatiana Pina Email
CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. -- Mayor Charles Moreau of Central Falls is offering $50 cash from personal funds for each real gun, rifle or shotgun turned......
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Providence Journal files / Glenn Osmundson Attention WaterFire fans: The famed floating bonfires will burn brightly over the July 4th weekend, thanks to a coalition......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Mayor David N. Cicilline will testify before the state House and Senate Finance committees on Tuesday afternoon in support of two controversial......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I.-- On Wednesday at around 12:17 p.m. at 21 Atwells Ave., a group of 19 Houston police officers and firefighters are expected to finish......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch announced Tuesday that the city of Cranston has agreed to pay a $1,000 civil fine for violating......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Robert A. Urciuoli, currently free on bail while he appeals his conviction for fraud and conspiracy, will be at liberty under essentially......
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By Alisha A. Pina Email
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- After hearing about the teachers no-confidence votes Monday afternoon, School Committee Chairman Anthony A. Carcieri says, "So what's new?" "No union......
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By Katherine Gregg Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Overwhelmed by more than a half-billion dollars in debt, Twin River's owners are on the......
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CRANSTON, R.I. -- Police officers on Monday evening interrupted what they said was a burglary in progress and arrested a Providence man. According to Capt.......
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By Tatiana Pina Email
WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- The Woonsocket Police arrested a convicted sex offender Sunday on a warrant from Westerly for failure to register as a sex offender.......
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Journal photo / Mary Murphy Fans gather around the second green to watch the teams of Dana Quigley and Brett Quigley, and David Toms......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island Community Food Bank kicks off its summer food drive on Tuesday, at a time when the number of Rhode......
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By Jack Perry Email
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- The New England Fisheries Management Council has begun a four-day meeting in Portland that may bring a new approach to groundfishing......
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By Kate Bramson Email
CUMBERLAND, R.I. -- Fire crews have brought an early morning fire in a two-story building at 150 Mendon Rd. under control Tuesday, but they remain......
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By Mike McDermott Email
The CVS Caremark Charity Classic resumes Tuesday at 9 a.m., with conditions possibly better than they were for Monday's first round. It is not expected......
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By Jack Perry Email
Tuesday's Providence Journal reports that thousands of Rhode Island college students will receive smaller state scholarships next year because of the state's financial problems.......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Tuesday's weather forecast is a repeat of the forecast for most of this month. Expect areas of drizzle before 1 p.m. then......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
On the local front: A year ago today: East Providence is exploring whether a four-day work week for its employees will save taxpayers money. Officials......
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- A wind-surfer who ended up clinging to a buoy after the sail detached from his board while he was surfing in......
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
JOHNSTON -- Two men who allegedly claimed to be town public works employees and laid asphalt on a driveway of a home on Dennison Street......
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By Alisha A. Pina Email
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The city's teachers unanimously voted no confidence in the School Committee on Monday afternoon. With one vote cast in dissent, they......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The violent images from Tehran so disturbed Iranian refugee Nader Mahmoudi that on Monday, he did something he could never have done......
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Email
Most of us think of the oceans as teeming with life. We've never visited the South Pacific Gyre, between South American and Australia. An expedition......
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Projo.com photo by Pamela Reinsel Cotter A juvenile fisher cat hides in a North Kingstown tree Sunday, part of a litter of 3 with......
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By W. Zachary Malinowski Email
CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. -- Eugene Racquier, the longest serving member of the governing board that oversees the troubled Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility resigned on......
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By Paul Kenyon Journal Sports Writer Billy Andrade, with help from his partner, Helen Alfredsson, has put himself in position to be the first Rhode......
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By Channing Gray Email
Westerly's Colonial Theatre, which each summer brings live Shakespeare to Wilcox Park, will be staging Two Gentlemen of Verona July 15 through Aug. 2.......
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By Kate Bramson Email
WARWICK, R.I. -- The last of five Bickford's Family Restaurants in Rhode Island closed on the afternoon of Father's Day, nine days before the company's......
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By Lisa Vernon-Sparks Email
PROVIDENCE, RI -- In the world of consumer fraud, there's a new face in town: foreclosure rescue counselors, say state and federal officials. They prey......
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The state's financial crisis means that thousands of Rhode Island's college students will receive smaller state scholarships for the 2009-2010 academic year, even as the......
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Business leaders, health-care advocates and consumers will gather at the State House on Tuesday to oppose the elimination of the Rhode Island health insurance commissioner's......
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By Talia Buford Email
WARWICK, R.I. -- Three Kent County residents were indicted June 16 on charges of sexual assault and molestation involving separate incidents, the Attorney General's Office......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The city agency that is state's largest supplier of water has asked an oversight agency for permission to hike residential water rates......
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With all the dreary out there, it's time to look on the bright side: Since the official start of summer, we haven't had any snow.......
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Rhode island's unemployment rate of 12.1 percent for May puts the state in a tie for the third highest rate in the country. Highest is......
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By Katie Mulvaney Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The House Judiciary Committee has approved Paul A. Suttell to be the next chief justice of......
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The number of single-family houses sold in May showed a small increase from the same month a year ago, but prices remained sharply lower, according......
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
FOSTER, R.I. -- For 37 men and women from Rhode Island and Massachusetts, this drizzly morning was the end of their former lives, and, possibly,......
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Journal photos / Mary Murphy Umbrella-toting golf fans cross the first fairway during a break in the action at the Rhode Island Country Club on......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state Department of Environmental Management said Monday that tests on the first mosquitoes trapped this season showed no sign of West......
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The gasoline price picture is turning out to be as gloomy as the weather.......
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BOSTON -- A search for a boater believed missing on Sunday while headed for Newport was called off when the man sent an e-mail to......
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse is among the lawmakers planning to attend President Obama's signing Monday of a bill that will increase the federal government's......
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BOSTON (AP) -- A former Boston medical student accused of killing a masseuse he met through Craigslist has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and......
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By Tom Mooney Email
It lacks the classic immortality of Moby Dick but this whale is showing some staying power. Workers on Briggs Beach in Little Compton spent Saturday......
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SEEKONK, MASS. -- A fire that destroyed a barn and killed six to seven dozen rabbits and fowl inside the large structure on Sunday has......
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Providence Journal photo / Mary Murphy Umbrella-toting golf fans cross the first fairway during a break in the action at the Rhode Island Country......
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The New Bedford Police Department released this photograph of a suspect wanted in an attempted robbery that resulted in the shooting death of a......
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By Alan Rosenberg Email
Hot out of the restaurant oven, its sweet, dense dough covered with tart slices of baked apple, then topped with a thick better-than-syrup Saigon cinnamon......
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By Mike McDermott Email
The CVS Caremark Charity Classic is scheduled to begin this morning at the Rhode Island Country Club in Barrington. With nasty weather in the forecast,......
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BOSTON (AP) -- The Boston Globe and its largest labor union are scheduled to resume negotiations over how best to achieve $10 million in......
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BOSTON (AP) -- A former medical student accused of killing a 25-year-old masseuse he met through craigslist is being arraigned in Boston for first-degree murder......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- So far June has been a nice March, and it looks like it will stay that way for a few more days.......
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Monday's Providence Journal front page reports that Twin River has delayed its decision on filing for bankruptcy. Colleges throughout the state and nation have......
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On the local front: A year ago today: Rhode Island's deteriorating job market is expected to delay its recovery from what a new study describes......
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SEEKONK -- Fire, its cause not immediately determined, heavily damaged a barn off Route 44 on Sunday afternoon. No one was inside the building,......
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