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BY RICK MASSIMO Journal Pop Music Writer UNCASVILLE, Conn. -- Early in Jay-Z's show Friday night show at the Mohegan Sun Arena, the Brooklyn rapper......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Rhode Island will receive about $1.2 million and Massachusetts $7.4 million in federal grants to deal with swine flu and prepare for......
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NARRAGANSETT, R.I. -- A California schoolteacher, who faces charges related to sideswiping several oncoming cars on Boston Neck Road (Route 1A) on July 5, is......
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Two South Kingstown men have been arrested on burglary and larceny charges connected to a string of about 20 house breaks in Narragansett and South......
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PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- The police arrested two Pawtucket men on charges that they stole wheels from the car of Triple-A All-Star pitcher Clay Buchholz of......
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CRANSTON, R.I. -- A man was hit by a car as he crossed Cranston Street Friday morning, the police said. The police said James Lucas,......
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CHARLESTOWN, R.I. -- A spectacular fire, preceded by a loud explosion, roared through a portion of a wood-frame home at 11 Kings Factory Road near......
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City Park, Conimicut Point, and Gorton Pond beaches in Warwick will reopen to swimming, again, just in time for the weekend. The state Department of......
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CHARLESTOWN, R.I. -- Charlestown's Winnapaug Pond will reopen to shellfishing Saturday, the state Department of Environmental Management announced Friday. The DEM closed Winnapaug Pond and......
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
JAMESTOWN, R.I. -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will headline a high-dollar fundraiser on Jamestown Saturday evening under the sponsorship of U.S. Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy.......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island Department of Corrections is one of 11 law enforcement agencies around the country that have reached new agreements enabling......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The College Crusade of Rhode Island says that students who participate in its program graduate from high school and go right to......
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RHODE ISLAND -- About 1,700 athletes will swim 1.2 miles in Narragansett, bike 56 miles and then race a 13.1-mile half-marathon in Providence on Sunday......
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For an article looking at taxes in Pawtucket, a Journal reporter is seeking Pawtucket taxpayers to interview Friday. Please contact Michael McKinney at 401-277-7447 or......
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Rhode Island is about to get $8 million in federal stimulus money to weatherize as many as 1,200 homes of low-income families, according to......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- All mosquito samples taken from 20 traps set statewide during the week of June 29 have tested negative for West Nile Virus......
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By Katie Mulvaney Journal Staff Writer WARWICK, R.I. -- Superior Court Judge Stephen P. Nugent reaffirmed his ruling on Friday that allows a 22-year-old woman......
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By Cynthia Needham Journal staff writer Governor Carcieri has vetoed several more bills including those that would allow 16- and 17-year-olds to preregister to vote.......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The moon was out Thursday night, and so were the muggers in Columbia Park. Two groups of visitors to the park told......
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Bank surveillance / photos courtesy Providence police PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A sex offender with a long criminal record of robberies and burglaries is being......
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Providence Journal photo / Kathy Borchers Ramiro Morales appears in Providence District Court Friday for a bail hearing. PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A North Smithfield......
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SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- A car knocked over a utility pole Thursday morning on Route 1 at Torry Road, injuring the driver and cutting power......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Central Falls councilwoman arrested last month on a drunken-driving charge was formally arraigned Friday morning in District Court. Eunice DeJesus DeLaHoz,......
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The driver in a crash that killed a Rhode Island woman on Long Island last year was sentenced Thursday to two to six years in......
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FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) - A window and door maker is closing its Fall River plant, putting nearly 300 people out of work. A spokeswoman......
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This Sunday The Journal will announce three $5,000 scholarships for two high school scholar athletes and a high school journalist. The Providence Journal High School......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is among hundreds expected to attend the 11 a.m. funeral Friday for Martha Dodd Buonanno, a sister of......
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AP Photo Elizabeth Beisel swims during the finals of the women's 400-meter individual medley at the U.S. national swimming championships in Indianapolis Thursday. INDIANAPOLIS......
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The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority will receive more than $24.2 million to buy 20 new hybrid buses and to upgrade 10 trolleys to hybrid......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- It looks like we're in for a rare gem of a summer day, rare this summer anyway. Expect sunny skies with a......
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By Maria Armental Email
WASHINGTON -- Woonsocket will get $545,000 and the state of Rhode Island $3.28 million in federal funds to fight homelessness. "We cannot afford to ignore......
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On the local front: A year ago today: A group of residents from at least four different towns meets at the South Foster Fire Station......
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CUMBERLAND, R.I. -- The School Committee Thursday night approved revised job descriptions for the employees who oversee the school district's computers, in the wake of......
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By Richard C. Dujardin and Thomas J. Morgan Journal staff writers PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Vice President Joseph Biden, surrounded by children in suits and dresses,......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Providence After School Alliance has opened a summer activities program for middle school children, an extension of its popular after-school program.......
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By John Mulligan WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rep. James R. Langevin was named Thursday to become chairman of a subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Governor Carcieri, who has led the charge in Rhode Island to crack down on illegal immigration, applauded the Obama administration Thursday afternoon......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state Department of Health on Thursday recommended swimming bans at Camp Grosvenor Beach and North Kingstown Town Beach, both in North......
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By Paul Edward Parker Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The price of a single-family house in Rhode Island was 25 percent lower in May......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state Department of Environmental Management has declared that its seasonal 24-hour Bay Line telephone information line is now open. The Bay......
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After nearly two years of fits and starts, it looks like plans to unite the state's two hospital groups into a seven-hospital conglomerate is back......
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Hasbro, the Pawtucket-based toy company, maker of G.I. Joe, announced Thursday that tickets are now on sale for the premiere of G.I Joe: The Rise......
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SMITHFIELD, R.I. -- Police have identified the driver in a head-on collision Wednesday evening as Alisha Kelly, 19, of Glocester. Det. Sgt. Michael C. Rheaume......
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The organizers of SoundSession '09, the week-long music festival in downtown Providence, announced Thursday that rapper Fat Joe will not perform Friday night in Kennedy......
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EAST GREENWICH, R.I. - The parking lot has been torn up, the asbestos is being removed, and workers are preparing to begin tear down the......
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Journal photo/ Mary Murphy Woonsocket firefighters leave Landmark Medical Center after extinguishing a fire that started on the roof and sent smoke into the......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A 39-year-old man is in serious condition after being shot while sitting on a friend's porch in the West End neighborhood after......
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WASHINGTON -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse is scheduled to address the Senate about 12:45 p.m. Thursday. Seth Larson, spokesman for the Rhode Island Democrat, said Whitehouse......
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READING, PA. -- A 24-year-old Providence man is charged with first-degree murder and is serving as a witness against a Pennsylvania man accused of being......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Police are seeking the driver of a red minivan who they say tried to abduct a 5-year-old boy in Olneyville around 3:15......
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The Rhode Island International Film Festival has announced it will honor Academy Award-winning actor Ernest Borgnine with its lifetime achievement award. The film festival,......
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EAST FALMOUTH, Mass. -- Passengers aboard a Providence-bound flight cheered Tuesday night when the pilot safely landed the plane after it struck a flock of......
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AP Photo John Hovan holds a photo of himself from when he served in the U.S. Navy in World War II, after he already......
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projo.com photo / Andrea Panciera Masses of dark gray clouds and frequent showers accompanied many motorists on their way home from work Wednesday afternoon......
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Thursday's front page of the Providence Journal features an interview with U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy, who is back to work after four weeks of......
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Journal file photo Walkers cross the rebuilt boardwalk at the Audubon Society's Environmental Education Center in Bristol. On the local front: A year ago......
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SMITHFIELD, R.I. -- A woman was seriously injured in a crash on Farnum Pike near Old County Road around 8:30 Wednesday night. Rescue workers extricated......
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NEWPORT, R.I. -- A man robbed the Thames Street branch of Sovereign Bank of an undisclosed amount of money at about 10 a.m. Wednesday, the......
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By Donita Naylor and Kate Bramson Journal staff writers WARWICK, R.I. -- A 34-year-old Central Falls man is being held without bail at the Adult......
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BRISTOL, R.I. -- A tempest is brewing at the Rhode Island Tea Party over a phone call from the Bristol Fourth of July Committee telling......
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The Narragansett Indian Tribe will get $20,800 in federal funds to improve water quality, according to a joint announcement of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency......
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Providence Journal photo / Steve Szydlowski Visitors to the Cliff Walk below some of Newport's famous mansions enjoyed a break in the rainy weather......
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PROVIDENCE RI_A federal judge on Wednesday declined to immediately issue a temporary restraining order in a lawsuit brought by the Rhode island American Civil Liberties......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state Department of Health Wednesday recommended reopening Barrington Town Beach and Camp Canonicus, Exeter, for swimming. This recommendation was based on......
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By Katherine Gregg State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Swearing-in ceremonies for the state's newest Superior Court judge - and the 51st chief justice of......
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John Thomas of Canada opens windows on the unairconditioned bus he and two other travelers boarded after a stop at the Mi Sueño Restaurant at......
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SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- Judith Swift, a professor of communication studies and theater at the University of Rhode Island who has also held key administrative......
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By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington Bureau WASHINGTON, D.C. -- After a four-week course of addiction treatment, Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy returned to Congress Wednesday......
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NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- Because of the Wickford Art Festival this weekend, parking is banned on both sides of Main and Brown Streets from 5......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A man is recovering after being shot twice while inside his residence in the Elmwood neighborhood on Tuesday night. Just after 8:35......
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Jack Russell of Great White says his band is "making a living" again as fans have rediscovered the fun of pop-metal music. The band, whose......
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WESTPORT, Mass. -- A girl from Barrington is in critical condition in Hasbro Children's Hospital in Providence after what the manager of a private beach......
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WATERFORD, Conn. (AP) -- The Millstone 2 nuclear reactor in Waterford remains shut down, five days after lightning apparently hit a power line and affected......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson will play at Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel, 79 Washington St., on Wednesday, Nov. 4, at 8:30 p.m. Tickets......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Mayor David N. Cicilline and dozens of children from the city will kick off the Providence After School Alliance (PASA) expanded summer......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union asking the federal court to declare Narragansett's controversial "orange sticker" policy, meant......
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Narragansett Baykeeper John Torgan will testify before two Senate subcommittees Wednesday morning on the invasion of non-native species in Narragansett Bay, according......
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WEST WARWICK, R.I. -- The police have gotten no tips from the public since they released information Monday about a hit-and-run accident on Main Street......
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By Bruce Landis Journal staff writer JAMESTOWN, R.I. -- The state Turnpike and Bridge Authority voted, 3-1, Wednesday morning to move toward increasing the tolls......
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By Yuri Kageyama Associated Press Writer Journal file photo/ Bob Thayer Richard Gere walks by crew members during the making of his movie "Hachiko: A......
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ATLANTA (AP) -- Three men were sentenced to lengthy prison terms Tuesday for taking part in kidnapping a Rhode Island drug dealer who was chained......
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The Rhode Island State Police were busy Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning with five motor vehicle accidents on area highways, some of which were......
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By Amanda Milkovits Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The police are searching for a man who robbed the Sovereign Bank branch at 212 Thayer......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A farmer's market is scheduled to open on Wednesday at Rhode Island College and will operate weekly until October, the college said......
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Wednesday's Providence Journal front page reports on local reaction to the Michael Jackson memorial service. A second Rhode Islander has died from the swine......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- We could get more wild weather Wednesday. There's a chance of showers and thunderstorms before 3 p.m., and then showers are likely......
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The first folk festival in Newport was 50 years ago this summer, and we're looking for stories from longtime attendees for possible inclusion in a......
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On the local front: A year ago today: A town-owned site at the end of Legion Way in Barrington has become the prime candidate for......
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Queen Latifah speaks during the memorial service for Michael Jackson at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. AP/Mark J. Terrill WARWICK, R.I. -- Trenda Taylor,......
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NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- The Electric Boat worker who died July 1 at the Quonset Point submarine plant had left his hard hat in one......
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LINTHICUM, Md. (AP) - Southwest Airlines officials say a flight headed to Providence, R.I., has returned safely to BWI airport after at least one bird......
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Providence Journal photo / Mary Murphy Joan Ricci of Narragansett watches the memorial service for pop star Michael Jackson Tuesday on the big screen......
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WARWICK, R.I. -- The Federal Aviation Administration has refused Mayor Scott Avedisian's request for a second community meeting on the proposed runway expansion at T.F.......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Epaphras C. Osondu, an assistant professor of English at Providence College, is this year's winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing.......
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City Park Beach, Conimicut Point Beach and Oakland Beach in Warwick, and Peabody's Beach in Middletown reopened to swimming Tuesday. Barrington Town Beach, Camp Canonicus......
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Providence Journal photo / Steve Szydlowski State Police investigate the report of a pedestrian struck on Route 95 north, just before Thurbers Avenue. PROVIDENCE,......
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By Jennifer Jordan Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE. R.I. -- Saying that swine flu is now "widespread" in Rhode Island, state health officials Tuesday announced the......
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By Bruce Landis Journal staff writer BRISTOL, R.I. -- A Roger Williams University program supporting Rhode Island's shell fishing industry will get a $1 million......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- After a stretch of pleasant summer weather, it looks like we're in for some severe weather this afternoon. Live local radar More......
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A push by some lawmakers to rein in the pay of top hospital executives died as the General Assembly approached the end of the current......
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Journal photo / John Freidah Action has been delayed at the Campbells Hall of Fame Tennis Championships because of a rain shower. The day's......
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August's jazz festival in Newport, known until Tuesday as George Wein's Jazz Festival 55, picked up a new sponsor Tuesday. At a news conference in......
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Providence Journal photo / Kathy Borchers Chanel Jencks, of Warwick, second from left, and Sarah Benoit, of Fall River, try on gowns with assistance......
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SMITHFIELD, R.I. -- The United States First Circuit Court of Appeals has dismissed an appeal by four town voters, who said they were disenfranchised by......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Iron particles so small that a few thousand of them, lined end to end, would be as wide as a human hair......
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By Amanda Milkovits Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Met School graduate was identified as the young man who was shot to death in......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Superior Court judge has ruled that Michael A. and Jeffrey A. Derderians' insurance company does not have to pay the costs......
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
Nearly a week after we posted "Report: R.I. 4th-lowest state in obese adults, but child rate fares worse," the Rhode Island Department of Health has......
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WEST WARWICK, R.I. -- The Kent County Water Authority is seeking to automatically pass along any increase in water rates granted to the Providence Water......
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WARWICK, R.I. --The 19-year-old man who died in a car accident early Tuesday was a 2008 graduate of Warwick Veterans Memorial High School and a......
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By Mike McDermott Email
NEWPORT, R.I. -- The report from the press room at the International Tennis Hall of Fame is that it is very foggy and humid, but......
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While only so many will be able to attend the memorial to pop star Michael Jackson in person, people around the world will have the......
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PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- The police are asking for help from anyone with information about a shooting late Monday night in the area of Division Street......
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BOSTON (AP) -- The Boston Globe's owners have reportedly postponed a deadline for potential buyers of the newspaper to submit their initial bids. The New......
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By Jack Perry Email
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- First came the rain. Buckets of rain. Three weeks of rain. Now come the mosquitoes. Swarms of them. Millions of them.......
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By Jack Perry Email
The family of a former Providence police officer who was convicted of murdering his neighbor will continue to receive his $3,481.50 monthly pension. Archaeologists......
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The first folk festival in Newport was 50 years ago this summer, and we're looking for stories from longtime attendees for possible inclusion in a......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
On the local front: A year ago today: A husband and wife are rescued from a boat about a mile off Point Judith by Good......
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
JOHNSTON, R.I. -- A North Kingstown man was charged with possessing crack cocaine after an officer who pulled him over Friday evening for failing to......
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Someone has drawn what West Warwick police detectives are describing as two pentagrams on an altar behind Sacred Heart Church in West Warwick. The......
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy will return to Congress Tuesday after an absence of about four weeks to be treated for addiction, his office......
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By Maria Armental Email
Providence Journal photo / Connie Grosch Misquamicut State Beach in Westerly was crowded for the third consecutive day. WESTERLY, R.I. -- A canopy of......
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By Richard Salit Email
A new pool at Naval Station Newport will be dedicated on Thursday to a 2001 graduate of Navy Officer Candidate School who was killed in......
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By Kate Bramson Email
WEST WARWICK, R.I. - A 50-year-old Warwick man who was seriously injured by a hit-and-run driver as he was walking across Main Street in West......
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The police are investigating reports of a shooting on Broad Street, near the Houston Street intersection. No one was injured, Maj.Thomas F.......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island ACLU and a national organization that promotes economic justice for low-income families on Monday filed a federal lawsuit against......
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Naval Station Newport will have a ribbon cutting ceremony on Wednesday for the arrival of a new command and with it 20 military positions and......
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By Talia Buford Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Even though Nicholas Gianquitti will probably spend the rest of his life in jail, his family......
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By W. Zachary Malinowski Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Providence man, described by police as a street gang leader, has been charged with possession of a firearm and drugs after......
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A city man is charged with murdering his live-in girlfriend in their Silver Lake residence over the holiday weekend. Johnny Tineo, 35,......
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
posted by projo.com user cornbread20 After weeks of bad weather the sun came out and the skies were clear for the Fourth of July......
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By Tatiana Pina Email
REHOBOTH, Mass. - - A 24-year-old Pawtucket man was arrested July 4 on assault charges after he allegedly threw a plasma television and a chair......
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It's finally beach weather for real. Check out our interactive beach map: Get the information you need on your favorite beach and get out there......
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By Jack Perry Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Gasoline prices have fallen for the second straight week, the first time that has happened this year, according to AAA Southern New......
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By Kate Bramson Email
REHOBOTH, MASS. -- The police continue Monday morning to investigate an armed home invasion at 6 Sassafras Rd. with the assistance of a police dog......
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By Jack Perry Email
PROVINCETOWN, Mass. (AP) -- A Cape Cod teenager has been charged with punching a police horse during Independence Day festivities in Provincetown. Police tell......
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By Kate Bramson Email
NORTH ATTLEBORO, MASS. -- A couple and their five children who were home around midnight Sunday escaped without injury after the driver of a pickup......
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By Kate Bramson Email
RAYNHAM, Mass. (AP) -- A mother and her adult son are dead following a three-alarm blaze at a Raynham mobile home. Fire Chief James Januse......
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By Jack Perry Email
Monday's Providence Journal front page reports on the proliferation of poison ivy and a possible link to climate change. A Brown University researcher specializes......
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By Maria Armental Email
Catch more fireworks tonight. You have two choices: Westerly or Smithfield. In Smithfield, the celebration will begin at 7 p.m. at Deerfield Park. The Paul......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- There was a little confusion on Smith Hill about when the state would officially celebrate Independence Day. This year, July 4 fell......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- It looks like that summer weather has finally arrived. Monday's forecast calls for a sun, and the extended forecast shows lots of......
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By Rick Massimo Email
The first folk festival in Newport was 50 years ago this summer, and we're looking for stories from longtime attendees for possible inclusion in a......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
On the local front: A year ago today: Short of money and expecting continued deterioration of its finances, the state's transit system is considering a......
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By Cynthia Needham Email
The Newport police are investigating an early-morning fire that destroyed two cars and a motorcycle and spread to the edge of a house where several......
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