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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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6:07 PM Tue, Jul 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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6:03 PM Tue, Jul 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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4:43 PM Tue, Jul 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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4:39 PM Tue, Jul 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Barbara Polichetti Email
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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3:40 PM Tue, Jul 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Bryan Rourke Email
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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3:35 PM Tue, Jul 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
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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3:20 PM Tue, Jul 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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3:03 PM Tue, Jul 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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3:00 PM Tue, Jul 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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2:45 PM Tue, Jul 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
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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2:44 PM Tue, Jul 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Richard Salit Email
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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1:26 PM Tue, Jul 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
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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1:11 PM Tue, Jul 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Rick Massimo Email
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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1:00 PM Tue, Jul 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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12:18 PM Tue, Jul 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Talia Buford Email
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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12:13 PM Tue, Jul 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Email
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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11:55 AM Tue, Jul 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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11:38 AM Tue, Jul 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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11:20 AM Tue, Jul 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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10:50 AM Tue, Jul 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Email
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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10:40 AM Tue, Jul 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
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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10:37 AM Tue, Jul 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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10:32 AM Tue, Jul 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
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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9:31 AM Tue, Jul 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
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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9:12 AM Tue, Jul 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
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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7:44 AM Tue, Jul 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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7:29 AM Tue, Jul 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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7:00 AM Tue, Jul 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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6:00 AM Tue, Jul 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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