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10:33 PM Wed, Jul 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Richard C. Dujardin  Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A 47-year-old Scituate man pleaded guilty to federal charges of bankruptcy fraud and tax evasion Wednesday in connection with his failing to......
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10:18 PM Wed, Jul 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A U.S. District Court jury has convicted Stiven F. Polanco of drug trafficking for his attempted sale, in early December, of 100......
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8:01 PM Wed, Jul 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island Department of Health has issued a lengthy advisory to all operators of summer camps on steps to take to......
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7:04 PM Wed, Jul 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Donita Naylor Email
SOUTH KINGSTOWN R.I. -- The funeral for volunteer firefighter Allan "Pickles" LePage, who died Tuesday from injuries suffered Monday at the Kingston Fire District station......
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5:09 PM Wed, Jul 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jennifer D. Jordan Email
Tuesday marked the last day for Jack R. Warner, Rhode Island's higher education commissioner since 2002. With his departure, Rhode Island lost three education leaders......
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4:38 PM Wed, Jul 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
PROVIDENCE -- Five bills dealing with sex offenders are in limbo while the Rhode Island General Assembly is in recess. To reach the governor,......
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4:33 PM Wed, Jul 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Alisha A. Pina Email
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Middletown High School administrator may be the next principal of the state's largest high school. The School Committee will interview......
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4:09 PM Wed, Jul 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- A liquor store owner foiled a would-be robber Tuesday after a struggle during which the holdup man stabbed himself. Woosocket PD photo......
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3:41 PM Wed, Jul 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples Email
Lt. Gov. Elizabeth Roberts will not run for governor in 2010, according to a statement issued Wednesday afternoon. The first-term lieutenant governor said that instead......
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3:40 PM Wed, Jul 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Backers of the successful drive to legalize the sale of marijuana for medicinal purposes have now won Senate support......
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3:00 PM Wed, Jul 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katie Mulvaney Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Superior Court jury has found that Roger Williams Medical Center was negligent in allowing a Providence man to fall from his......
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2:31 PM Wed, Jul 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
About 100 yards of Cadillac Drive in Providence was flooded all the way across in up to 2 feet of water, leaving drivers no alternative......
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2:20 PM Wed, Jul 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Donita Naylor Email
NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- An employee of Electric Boat was fatally injured in an accident at the company's Quonset Point manufacturing plant at 7:25 a.m.......
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2:06 PM Wed, Jul 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Philip Marcelo Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Mayor David N. Cicilline announced Tuesday that he has appointed Paul J. Thomas, West Warwick's public works director, to lead the city's......
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1:26 PM Wed, Jul 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Philip Marcelo Email
PROVIDENCE -- Following Senate approval on Tuesday, state law will now require that natural gas companies consult with homeowners about planned utility upgrades, and give......
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1:15 PM Wed, Jul 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Gina Macris Email
TIVERTON, R.I. -- A limited clean-up of toxic soil on 50 acres in North Tiverton is expected to begin in September and wind up by......
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1:06 PM Wed, Jul 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. -- Police have identified the victim of a stabbing Tuesday as Evan Botelho, 18, of LIncoln, who is in stable condition in......
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1:04 PM Wed, Jul 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
By Paul Grimaldi Journal Staff Writer Online diamond and jewelry retailer Blue Nile Inc. (NILE:NASDAQ) has terminated contracts with Rhode Island advertising affiliates over legislation......
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12:30 PM Wed, Jul 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- There's a little confusion on Smith Hill about when the state will officially celebrate Independence Day. July 4, as most of us......
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12:23 PM Wed, Jul 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
Providence Journal photo / Kathy Borchers Narin Kheng, of Cranston, is arraigned in Superior Court before Judge William E. Carnes and held without bail.......
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12:09 PM Wed, Jul 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Richard Salit Email
Tolls at the Claiborne Pell Bridge may be going up for motorists who don't own an E-ZPass transponder purchased in Rhode Island And the Mt.......
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11:47 AM Wed, Jul 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
LINCOLN, R.I. -- A Central Falls Councilwoman, whom the police say was driving erratically on Great Road in Lincoln Friday night with a juvenile male......
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8:38 AM Wed, Jul 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
BOSTON (AP) -- The Blue Angels say they've changed their plans for a low-level photo flight over the USS Constitution in Boston. A spokesman for......
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8:11 AM Wed, Jul 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) -- A suspected rabid fox attacked a 76-year-old woman and went after a man who tried to help her, forcing a Worcester......
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8:09 AM Wed, Jul 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
EXETER, R.I. -- The Rhode Island State Police have arrested three men for trespassing at the abandoned Ladd School, the former hospital building that was......
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7:20 AM Wed, Jul 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
Download a copy of today's front page in .pdf format. Wednesday's Providence Journal reports that top executives of Harrah's Entertainment visited Rhode Island to meet......
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7:12 AM Wed, Jul 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- A 32-year-old man who fled Rhode Island after allegedly wounding three people when he opened fire inside the Sportsman's Inn strip......
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7:05 AM Wed, Jul 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Showers and thunderstorms are again in the forecast Wednesday. The National Weather Service has issued a special weather statement for a line......
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6:00 AM Wed, Jul 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
A year ago today: Warwick officials are asking the public to heed posted warnings and stay off the long sandbar at Conimicut Point after four......
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