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A husband and wife were injured Saturday as they jumped from a second-floor window to escape a fire that caused major damage to their house.......
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NEWPORT, R.I. -- "It's the most predictable story told," The Avett Brothers sang Saturday at George Wein's Folk Festival 50; "In with the new, out......
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Projo.com went down Friday morning and only started coming back online Saturday afternoon. A technical program disabled projo's servers. For a time this afternoon, the......
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In her first trip to the FINA World Swimming Championships, Elizabeth Beisel came in third in the 200-meter backstroke in Rome on Saturday, about a......
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By Daniel Barbarisi Journal Sports Writer BALTIMORE -- On a night when he hit a home run and saved one with a leaping catch at......
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Special to The Journal THE HIGHLIGHTS: Mark Wagner's first two home runs of his Triple-A career paced Pawtucket to victory and prevented a series sweep.......
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By RICHARD DUJARDIN Journal staff writer EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The leader of a tent city of homeless people was arrested on a warrant Friday......
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By DANIEL BARBARISI Journal sports writer BALTIMORE -- When David Ortiz emerged from the dugout and ran onto the field Friday night for pregame warmups,......
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By Daniel Barbarisi Journal Sports Writer BALTIMORE -- Adam LaRoche had just started to get comfortable. With Fenway Park and its high wall, with the......
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By Joe McDonald Journal Sports Writer Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein said he wanted to improve the club for the rest of the season......
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By Daniel Barbarisi Journal Sports Writer BALTIMORE -- The Red Sox landed one of their prized targets just before the trade deadline, acquiring Cleveland's hard-hitting......
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By Daniel Barbarisi Journal Sports Writer BALTIMORE -- The Red Sox relief corps stood crowded around Justin Masterson's locker, jerseys in hand. Each man signed......
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By Kate Bramson Journal staff writer CUMBERLAND, R.I. -- The police have identified the elderly couple killed Thursday afternoon while driving out of an ice......
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By Robert Lee and Shalise Manza Young Journal Sports Writers FOXBORO - Most NFL teams have said that they would not consider signing Michael Vick......
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By Mike Szostak Journal Sports Writer Elizabeth Beisel will go for the gold Saturday in the 200-meter backstroke final at the FINA World Swimming Championships......
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By Robert Lee Journal Sports Writer FOXBORO - Tom Brady's nightmare is over. Now, after left-knee surgery, optional team activities, and mini-camp, he is ready......
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6:23 PM Fri, Jul 31, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Denise Lavoie AP Legal Affairs Writer BOSTON, Mass. -- A Boston University student has been ordered to pay $675,000 to four record labels for......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Providence man and a 16-year-old youth were arrested Thursday on charges they assaulted a police officer, Maj. Thomas F. Oates III......
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WARWICK, R.I. -- A West Greenwich man has been arrested on felony larceny and embezzlement charges, the Attorney General's Office announced Friday. James Vieira, 62,......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Providence man was convicted of first-degree murder in the February shooting death of Elio Olivero, the Attorney General's Office announced Friday......
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By Michael P. McKinney Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A North Providence man is being held without bail on nine counts of second-degree child......
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BRAINTREE, Mass. -- A Pawtucket man was arrested on charges he was selling marijuana in a shopping-mall parking garage, The Patriot Ledger is reporting. Justin......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island Department of Health on Friday recommended the closure to swimming of Oakland Beach in Warwick and Atlantic Beach Club......
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WARWICK, R.I. -- Is there a cash-filled briefcase in your future? TV's Deal or No Deal will hold a casting call Sunday for the show's......
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Project begins to pave gravel section in eastern Coventry The Rhode Island Department of Transportation announced today that is has closed a portion of the......
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By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington Bureau WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Obama has announced his intent to nominate Assistant U.S. Attorney Peter F. Neronha to......
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By Mike Szostak Elizabeth Beisel will race for a medal Saturday in the 200-meter backstroke final at the FINA World Swimming Championships in Rome. The......
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Associated Press Photo / Gerry Broome Sgt. Michael Walsh, center, from East Providence, R.I., and other paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 4th Brigade......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- With storms in Friday night's forecast, officials have posponed the performance of Route .44 originally scheduled for 7:30pm in Waterplace Park. The......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A union official and a contractor face up to five years in prison after pleading guilty to charges in an unlawful payment......
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By Karen Lee Ziner Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Governor Carcieri has set a Sept. 1 final meeting date with an advisory panel monitoring......
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2:10 PM Fri, Jul 31, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Former Sen. Lincoln Chafee has about $133,000 in campaign cash after his first quarter fundraising as an independent candidate. Campaign finance......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Another round of tests for West Nile Virus and Eastern Equine Encephalitis in Rhode Island mosquitoes has come up negative, the state......
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Officials tell The Associated Press that Democratic Sen. Christopher Dodd has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. Dodd planned to announce the diagnosis......
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VICTOR, N.Y. (AP) -- A Massachusetts motorcyclist is credited with saving the life of a fellow New Englander whose vehicle had rolled into a western......
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By Amanda Milkovits Journal Staff Writer A closing attorney and a property appraiser accused in a multimillion-dollar mortgage fraud case were arraigned Friday morning in......
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11:26 AM Fri, Jul 31, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson and Tatiana Pina Journal Staff Writers NEWPORT, R.I. -- A 66-year-old Little Compton man was arraigned Friday morning and released in District......
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A funeral is being held this morning at St. George Greek Orthodox Church in Centerville, Mass., for a young Marine from Cape Cod who was......
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By Kate Bramson Journal Staff Writer PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- The police are searching for a man who fled Friday morning after robbing the Pawtucket Credit......
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9:53 AM Fri, Jul 31, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Severe thunderstorms that will produce gusty winds and heavy rains are possible Friday afternoon and evening, the National Weather Service warns. An......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Providence resident was in serious condition after he was stabbed in a fight Thursday night with a tenant who lives in......
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We are seeking to interview Rhode Islanders who have applied for the federal Making Homes Affordable program, the foreclosure avoidance plan that President Obama announced......
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ROME (AP) -- Elizabeth Beisel advanced to the semifinals in the World Swimming Championships here, placing third in the 200 backstroke. The North Kingstown High......
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On the local front: A year ago today: The Bristol Town Council removes a major obstacle in the path of the Robin Rug mill redevelopment......
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The Coast Guard on Thursday gave its coveted blessing, with conditions, to a proposal to build a liquefied natural gas offloading terminal in Mount Hope......
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By NEIL DOWNING Journal staff writer The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), a trade group for small businesses, called on state tax officials Thursday......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Warwick man shot at his ex-girlfriend in Providence on Wednesday afternoon and led the police on a rush-hour chase through three......
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Joel Tenenbaum, a graduate student from Providence, leaves federal court. / Associated Press photo By Denise Lavoie AP Legal Affairs Writer BOSTON, Mass. --......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Statewide Grand Jury on Thursday indicted Eric Oneal, who is being held without bail at the Adult Correctional Institutions, on murder......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Supreme Court justice Thursday agreed to stay a judge's order that a Coventry woman who killed two elderly sisters while drunken......
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WEST WARWICK, R.I. -- The cause of death for two brothers found Sunday in a West Warwick apartment building was carbon monoxide intoxication, said Helen......
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FOSTER, R.I. -- Police broke up an alleged underage drinking party on Monday and took 23 suspects into custody, Foster Police Chief Robert E. Coyne......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Superior Court judge confirmed Thursday that he sentenced Ryan A. Greenberg to minimum-security prison, with work release, for reckless boating in......
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By KATHERINE GREGG Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- State lawmakers took a paycut, while the vast majority of state employees received a 2.5......
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A new study by some of the world's leading fisheries experts, including a scientist at the University of Rhode Island, Jeremy S. Collie, is offering......
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REHOBOTH, Mass. -- Officers on Thursday charged Thomas J. Harris, 40, of 49 Cross St. with domestic assault and battery with a deadly weapon and......
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WESTERLY, R.I. -- Vandals have damaged an actors' changing tent belonging to the Colonial Theatre Shakespeare Festival, and a spokeswoman for the festival wondered Wednesday......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A statewide grand jury Thursday handed up a sweeping 41-count indictment against Pierre Chabot Jr. (aka Peter Chabot), charging that the 75-year-old......
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Red Sox sluggers David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez were both on the list of roughly 100 major-league players who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in......
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CRANSTON, R.I. -- Police have charged the owner of a convenience store with operating without a proper permit, forgery and selling cigarettes without a Rhode......
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CRANSTON, R.I. -- Cranston police added their presence to the case against former Providence police officer Joseph A. Mignano Jr. on Thursday by charging him......
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By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press Writer CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- A Massachusetts woman accused of cutting the fetus out of her pregnant friend and then......
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PROVIDENCE -- The state's new pre-kindergarten pilot program for low-income children will roll out this fall in four communities -- Central Falls, Providence, Warwick and......
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Journal file photo Craig Price awaiting a hearing in a Rhode Island court in March. Craig Price, who murdered four Warwick neighbors in the......
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Journal photo / Mary Murphy This morning's first session of Patriots training camp was cut about 20 minutes short when thunderstorms moved into Foxboro.......
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WARWICK, R.I. -- The salsa and eggs stopped flying, but the police continued to investigate. Now four young women face charges of assault and disorderly......
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PORTLAND, MAINE -- Four additional people pleaded guilty this week in District Court to being participants in a drug ring that funneled cocaine and other......
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CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. - - The Central Falls police are asking for the public's help in identifying a man who stole a cash register from......
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CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. - - The police arrested a 16-year-old boy at Central Warehouse Liquor store Thursday morning after responding to an alarm, according to......
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Thursday's Providence Journal front page reports that state tax officials have put more than 1,200 businesses on notice that they are out of business......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Showers and thunderstorms are in the forecast again Thursday, according to the National Weather Service. The weather service warns that some of......
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On the local front: A year ago today: More than 3,000 butterflies, and at least 45 species, are spotted during the Audubon Society of Rhode......
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By TOM MORGAN Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Hope Street was closed for a block in each direction from Eighth Street on Wednesday after......
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Prepare to hit traffic on the Mount Hope Bridge tomorrow -- more than usual. If you can, seek alternate routes. Otherwise, take it easy; it'll......
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By G. Wayne Miller Journal Staff Writer WARREN, R.I. -- More than three years after work began, the replacement Warren River Bridge will open to......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- State health officials on Wednesday recommended the reopening of the Plum Beach Club in North Kingstown, based on water samples that show......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- More robbery charges are being lodged against an ex-Providence police officer accused of posing as an officer in order to rob people.......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch is seeking a divorce from his estranged wife as he prepares to run for governor next year.......
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WARWICK, R.I. -- The police are investigating an assault Tuesday on Bald Hill Road. The weapon of choice: soda, salsa, eggs ... "Your basic garden......
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By Andy Smith Journal staff writer Crimzon Rose, a jewelry company based in North Providence, plans to add 60 jobs in the state. The additional......
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EAST GREENWICH, R.I. - Bikers planning to blast through East Greenwich may want to steer clear of the town instead, especially if their exhaust systems......
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BY Katherine Gregg Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- In a complaint filed Wednesday morning with the Board of Elections, the state GOP accuses......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state Department of Environmental Management is soliciting applications to assess contaminated soils in the state. The department received $400,000 in targeted......
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Ryan Greenberg, the teenager whose reckless boating led to the death of his friend on the Barrington River two years ago, will be allowed out......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Pawtucket man was sentenced to 12 1/2 years in prison Wednesday for possessing 85,000 pornographic pictures and videos of children and......
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Rep. James Langevin took part Wednesday morning in the debate over health-care reform, as the Rhode Island Democrat read from a constituent's letter on......
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HOPKINTON, R.I. -- About 200 residents of three condominium associations near Lindhbrook Country Club have been under a state Health Department boil water advisory since......
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WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- The police say they are looking for two youths who may be connected to a robbery and the attempted sexual assault of......
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WARWICK, R.I. -- State police have arrested the former treasurer of the Warwick Knights of Columbus on an embezzlement charge. Dennis Delbarone, age 57, of......
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WARWICK, R.I. -- The officer was wondering why the car didn't have a license plate. But his interview with the driver he pulled over in......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A man was stabbed at a rooming house in the Charles neighborhood on Tuesday afternoon. Despite being stabbed in the neck and......
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PROVIDENCE -- A former employee at the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility has been charged with lying to federal investigators about having sex with an......
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ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) -- A Newington, Conn., man has claimed his $25-million Powerball Jackpot prize after picking the winning numbers in the June......
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WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) -- Police in central Massachusetts are trying to figure out who killed an expectant mother, removed a fetus from her womb and......
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By Kate Bramson Email
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Residents of the Millstone Apartments building at 3044 Pawtucket Ave. are out of their homes Wednesday morning after heavy fire broke......
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Wednesday's Providence Journal front page reports on the dangers of Newport's Cliff Walk. Former Providence Mayor Vincent A. "Buddy" Cianci has new freedom now......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Another hot, humid day is on the way. The temperature could reach a high near 91 degrees Wednesday and the humidity is......
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On the local front: A year ago today: The state Department of Transportation and Carpionato Properties agree on the location of granite markers that will......
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CRANSTON, R.I. -- A ladder truck with its sirens blaring collided with a car at Park and Seymour avenues around 5:10 p.m. Tuesday, injuring the......
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Providence Journal photo / Frieda Squires Clouds and fog cover parts of the Pell Bridge connecting Jamestown and Newport on Tuesday. It's not unusual for......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- State health officials on Tuesday recommended the reopening of five beaches in Warwick and North Kingtown based on water samples that show......
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EAST PROVIDENCE -- John Freitas, the leader of a group of people living under a state bridge, said Tuesday he will remain "chief," despite media......
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By Eric Tucker Associated Press BOSTON, Mass. -- A Boston University graduate student was "a kid who did what kids do" when he swapped songs......
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By Cynthia Needham Journal State House Bureau House Speaker William J. Murphy said Tuesday he hopes the General Assembly is "able to tackle" a ban......
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Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind; The thief doth fear each bush an officer Shakespeare: King Henry VI WESTERLY-- "I looked at the guy under......
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NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- The shellfish diver whose body was found Tuesday morning by Warwick Fire Department divers had been in the business for about......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A new legislative commission is preparing to meet to weigh whether the state should establish and administer a Universal Voluntary Retirement Account,......
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Providence Journal photo / Frieda Squires Dockwise Yacht Tranport Super Ship Yacht Express, arrived in Narragansett Bay for the first time. NEWPORT. R.I. ---......
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By Kate Bramson Journal Staff Writer WARWICK, R.I. -- A 54-year-old Warwick man who is a convicted sex offender was held without bail Tuesday at......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A former Providence police officer was arraigned Tuesday on charges of robbing a man in Silver Lake -- under the guise of......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Police departments in Rhode Island will receive $6.5 million in stimulus funding to avoid police layoffs during a recession straining local budgets.......
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East Greenwich Public Works Department / Fred Gomes Areas of the new track and football field, which is artificial turf, were covered with water......
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WASHINGTON -- It's official: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse will join a unanimous Democratic majority of the Senate Judiciary Committee in recommending that the full Senate confirm......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Governor Carcieri will meet with an advisory panel critical of a state crackdown on illegal immigrants. Carcieri promised the meeting Tuesday......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Former Providence Mayor Vincent A. "Buddy" Cianci Jr. is a free man. Monday marked the last day of his supervised release following......
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By W. Zachary Malinowski Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A 15-year-old member of the Asian Boyz street gang has been arrested on weapons charges after the police found two loaded......
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By Jack Perry Email
BOSTON (AP) -- The median selling price for a single-family home in Massachusetts topped $300,000 in June, the first time that has happened since last......
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Email
The University of Rhode Island announced Tuesday it will receive a $13 million grant from the federal government to develop faster, more efficient ways to......
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By Kate Bramson Email
FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) -- Two men face charges in connection with the fatal shooting of a 23-year-old Fall River man. The police said Charles......
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By Jack Perry Email
Tuesday's Providence Journal front page reports that North Providence sold a portable office trailer it didn't even own. The state is spending $4.7 million......
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By Jack Perry Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The temperature in Providence Tuesday should reach 89 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. The day is starting out with patchy......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
A year ago today: The odds that roughly 41 shoreline acres of the former Rocky Point amusement park will remain forever unspoiled and accessible to......
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By Randal Edgar Email
Cranston, R.I. -- First the firefighters, now the laborers. The City Council ratified Cranston's second package of union concessions Monday, approving changes to a contract......
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
JOHNSTON, R.I. -- A 20-year-old man who allegedly took his mother's minivan without her permission and ended up in a rollover accident on Brown Avenue......
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Providence Journal photo / Mary Murphy Lylianna Aguilar, 8, of Providence, right, stands under one of the spouts at the Harriet & Sayles water......
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By Alan Rosenberg Email
BOSTON (AP) - A jury is to begin hearing arguments in a music downloading lawsuit filed by the recording industry against a Boston University graduate......
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By Paul Davis Email
Journal photo/ Mary Murphy John Freitas, one of the founders of Camp Runamuck, talks with East Providence police after he and others from a......
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By Maria Armental Email
JOHNSTON, R.I. -- A convicted murderer on parole for life was sent back to prison Friday for violating parole by threatening a member of his......
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By Mike McKinney Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Providence woman who tried to get fraudulent tax refunds by filing false tax returns was sentenced in federal court Monday......
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By Philip Marcelo Email
PROVIDENCE -- Mayor David N. Cicilline announced that he has signed an executive order prohibiting the city Board of Licenses from issuing a license to......
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By Jack Perry Email
By Katie Mulvaney Journal staff writer Almost exactly two years after killing his classmate and friend, Patrick Murphy, on the Barrington River, Ryan Greenberg surrendered......
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By Kate Bramson Email
WEST WARWICK, R.I. - Two brothers who died Sunday night from what appears to be carbon monoxide poisoning in an apartment building apparently committed suicide,......
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By Maria Armental Email
Photo courtesy of the Warwick police WARWICK, R.I. -- The police are investigating a robbery at the Pawtucket Credit Union Friday. Detective Sgt. Frederick......
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By Donita Naylor Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Six beaches, four of them in Warwick, are still closed for water quality issues, but four were reopened on Sunday. Those reopened......
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By Tracy Breton Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Lawyers for the victims of the Station nightclub fire had hoped that their clients would be getting their settlements this summer. But......
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- It was 30 years ago today that women gained --- in the eyes of the law --- the right to decide what......
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By Mark Reynolds Email
NORTH PROVIDENCE -- To Mayor Charles A. Lombardi, it seemed like a fabulous idea: selling surplus government equipment and assets on eBay rather than waiting......
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By Alan Rosenberg Email
NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) - A Massachusetts dance group is aiming to bring back the Gilded Age in Rhode Island this week. The Commonwealth Vintage Dancers......
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By Maria Armental Email
BOSTON -- The Coast Guard is looking for four people who were reported missing Saturday. They were last heard from on July 22 at 9:30......
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By Alan Rosenberg Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Gas prices in Rhode Island have dropped a penny over last week, although fuel here remains more expensive than the national......
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By Karen Ziner Email
Frustrated after waiting months to meet with Governor Carcieri, a panel monitoring an immigration-related executive order sent a letter to Carcieri Monday that says they......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Highway crews got enough work accomplished overnight Sunday-Monday to cancel Monday night's planned full closure of Route 95 north in Providence, spokesman......
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By Bryan Rourke Email
The NBC game show "Deal or No Deal" is conducting auditions at Foxwoods on Aug. 20, 1 to 5 p.m. Participants must be U.S. citizens......
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- While standing with others on a street corner in Lower South Providence at 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, Erick Perkins saw two police......
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By Tatiana Pina Email
WESTERLY, R.I. -- Two weeks after the Town Council passed a local social host ordinance, the Westerly Police have charged three teenagers with underage drinking......
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
By Linda Borg Journal Staff Writer BARRINGTON, R.I. -- The Barrington Town Council issued a statement Monday morning in support of Police Chief John LaCross......
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By Tatiana Pina Email
MIDDLETOWN, R.I. - - A 62-year-old man from Massachusetts was killed Saturday near the intersection of Aquidneck and Prospect Avenues after he lost control of......
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By Kate Bramson Email
HOPKINTON, R.I. -- A man whose car struck a disabled and empty vehicle on Route 95 north Sunday night was killed in the crash. Anthony......
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By Jack Perry Email
Monday's Providence Journal front page reports on efforts by the police in Cranston to stem an increase in gang activity. The state Department of......
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By Jack Perry Email
ATTLEBORO, Mass. (AP) -- The Attleboro courthouse shuttered by an electrical fire more than two months ago is scheduled to reopen. A spokeswoman for the......
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By Jack Perry Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The region could get scattered showers and thunderstorms later Monday, according to the National Weather Service. It's humid this morning and the......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
On the local front: A year ago today: James Soares Jr., 24, the son of James and Marian Soares, is charged with bludgeoning his parents......
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