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By Felice J. Freyer Journal Staff Writer FOSTER, R.I. -- A 49-year-old Foster man died after being struck by a car late Friday as he......
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BY RICK MASSIMO Journal Pop Music Writer NEWPORT, R.I. -- So we know Chaka Khan is one of the great funk/R&B voices of all time,......
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By Cynthia Needham Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- If Elizabeth Dennigan's week started out with a bang in her announcement that she will challenge U.S. Congressman James Langevin in a......
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Providence Public Library is rescheduling a summer reading performance that was originally scheduled for Monday, a state holiday. Magician "The Great......
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By Barbara Polichetti Email
WARWICK, RI -- The Federal Aviation Administration has rejected the city's request that it open a temporary local office so residents can get answers to......
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NARRAGANSETT, R.I. -- A police officer driving south on Route 1A swerved to avoid hitting a herd of deer, but ended up striking one of......
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By Maria Armental Email
PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- A city man has been arrested on charges he raped and abused his infant daughter. The police said the four-month-old baby girl......
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By Katie Mulvaney Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Corrections Director A.T. Wall announced Friday that he would delay the date Ryan A. Greenberg can begin work release by one week......
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Journal photo/ Bob Thayer Members of homeless groups, including Christopher D'Ambra, center foreground, and Barbara Kalil, in red with glasses at right, rise as......
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Boston Red Sox have designated future Hall of Fame pitcher John Smoltz for assignment a day after Smoltz was roughed up by the New......
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By Maria Armental Email
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. -- A strange odor that sent five city firefighters to the hospital Friday afternoon came from the fire truck's battery charger, which......
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By Bill Van Siclen Email
PROVIDENCE -- Nearly a week after the surprise resignation of RISD Museum director Hope Alswang, members of the museum's governing board say they still don't......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- An issue of liability has postponed the planned replacement of the Conant Street Bridge, closed for 19 years, Mayor James E. Doyle......
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By Maria Armental Email
Providence Journal photo / John Freidah The deed from Narragansett Sachems Canonicus and Miantonomi to Roger Williams, granting him the lands and meadows along......
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By Katie Mulvaney Email
CHARLESTOWN, R.I. -- The Narragansett Indian Tribe will celebrate its 334th recorded annual powwow this Saturday and Sunday with dancing, traditional food, singing and drumming.......
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By Paul Grimaldi Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A federal judge Friday ruled against the Twin River slot parlor in a case that grants thousands of dollars in overtime pay......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
RICHMOND, R.I. -- Ruth Waldman was "a wonderful nurse and clinician and an excellent teacher," Dayle Joseph, dean of the URI College of nursing said......
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By Paul Grimaldi Email
LINCOLN, R.I. -- The 62-year history of racing in Lincoln will be interrupted Saturday with the suspension of greyhound racing at the Twin River slot......
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By Katie Mulvaney Email
PROVIDENCE -- A federal judge sentenced a former state Division of Motor Vehicles clerk to three years in prison for her role in a scheme......
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By Tom Mooney Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Stephen Boswell, 32, was ordered held without bail Friday morning, charged with murdering a man last weekend in what the police say......
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The White House announced Friday that President Obama intends to nominate state police Lt. Col. Steven G. O'Donnell to be the next......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- The police said on Friday that a young mother has been charged with neglect after officers found her two infants alone in......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Board members at the Rhode Island School of Design Museum are holding an emergency meeting to discuss the abrupt resignation of......
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By Jack Perry Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The string of nice summer days should continue Friday and into the weekend. Expect a sunny day today with a high near......
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By Maria Armental Email
NARRAGANSETT, R.I. -- A lover's alcohol-infused quarrel landed a 17-year-old youth in jail and his grandmother arrested on charges she tried to cover up for......
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
WARWICK, R.I. -- The state Department of Health on Thursday recommended closing Gorton Pond Beach because of high bacteria counts. It said it will continue......
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By Maria Armental Email
NARRAGANSETT, R.I. -- A Middletown woman was arrested Wednesday on charges she was driving drunk and nearly ran down a police officer as she led......
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Email
EAST GREENWICH, R.I. - Spooked by discovery in July of water collecting on the newly installed football field at the high school, the committee overseeing......
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By Jack Perry Email
The state is moving to evict about 43 homeless people living in two "tent city" camps in Providence and East Providence. The state say......
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On the local front: A year ago today: More than a million gallons of sewage overflows into Watchemoket Cove in East Providence after a pump......
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
JOHNSTON, R.I. -- A husband and wife were injured last weekend while trying to flee their burning, smoke-filled home on Plainfield Street by going through......
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Providence Journal photo / John Freidah The New England Patriots hold Friday morning practice during the open training camp on the practice fields behind......
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Police say they are seeking a warrant for the arrest of a man who allegedly broke into the apartment of a......
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By Philip Marcelo Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- No crime occurred in the City Hall deal involving Mayor David N. Cicilline's brother, two bad checks and a delinquent taxpayer, the......
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By Linda Borg Email
Providence Journal photo / Kris Craig Signs have been posted notifying campers on state property that a hearing will be held Friday on the......
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A ruptured line on a RIPTA bus dampened city streets with transmission fluid Thursday afternoon, creating slippery spots. Acting Battalion Chief Patrick......
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By Maria Armental Email
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. -- Three people remain hospitalized after they were exposed to noxious fumes at a trash disposal facility this week, hospital officials said.......
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The Associated Press with staff reports WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Senate confirmed Judge Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court nomination Thursday, making her the first Hispanic justice......
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By Karen Ziner Email
The Valley Falls Post Office branch in Cumberland is one of hundreds of stations and branches the U.S. Postal Service is considering for consolidation or......
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By Maria Armental Email
NARRAGANSETT, R.I. -- A Charlestown man, who said he had just left a Point Judith restaurant and was "distracted," rear-ended two cars Wednesday night on......
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April 2007 Providence Journal photo / Bill Murphy PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Juliett 484, better known locally as the Russian sub museum, is to be......
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Journal photo/ Steve Szydlowski State GOP Chairman Giovanni D. Cicione reacts after the Board of Elections dismisses a GOP complaint against Attorney General Patrick......
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MASHANTUCKET, Conn. (AP) -- A Massachusetts man who lost his leg in an accident at Foxwoods Resort Casino in 2006 has reached a $2.9 million......
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By Lisa Vernon-Sparks Email
WARWICK, R.I. -- Lawyers for the West Warwick School Committee and the Town Council have asked a Superior Court judge for a 90-day continuance of......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A man first believed to be a witness to the beating death of another man early Saturday morning will now be charged......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
CRANSTON, R.I. -- The state police have arrested a store clerk in an alleged lottery scam. John Barry, 63, of 955D Dyer Ave., an employee......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
CRANSTON, R.I. -- Police have arrested a suspect in a late night shooting Wednesday at the Riverbend apartment complex at 575 Dyer Ave. The suspect,......
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By Philip Marcelo Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Mayor David N. Cicilline signed two city ordinances meant to stave off some foreclosures and ease the impact of many others at......
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By John Hill Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- School districts cannot, under current state law, charge fees for interscholastic sports, and if a district wants to, they'll have to get......
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Providence Journal photo / Steve Szydlowski Work continues Thursday on the flag pole on the west side of the State House atop Smith Hill......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state Department of Health on Thursday reported the death of a third Rhode Islander from swine flu. Spokeswoman Annemarie Beardsworth said......
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Lightning strikes caused havoc in at least two Rhode Island communities Wednesday night. In Coventry, four of nine people were taken to Kent Hospital with......
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Journal photo/ Connie Grosch Emily Luther, a 17-year-old senior at Woonsocket High School, was crowned Miss Rhode Island Outstanding Teen 2009 in June. On......
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Governor Carcieri has put out the call for entries for his 2009 Governor's wellness innovation awards. Developed in 2007, the awards program salutes creative ways......
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BOSTON (AP) -- Gov. Deval Patrick said Wednesday he plans to have hip replacement surgery next month to help alleviate pain from arthritis and an......
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By Jack Perry Email
Thursday's front page reports more on the "cash for clunkers" program. The state Board of Regents wants to beef up evaluation standards and their......
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By John Hill Email
WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- Members of the City Council and School Committee met Wednesday night to go over the school system's 2009-10 budget deficit, and though......
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
Lightning strikes caused havoc in at least two Rhode Island communities Wednesday night. In Coventry, five people were taken to Kent Hospital after a group......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- We're finally putting together a nice stretch of summer days. Expect a partly sunny day Thursday with a high near 80 degrees,......
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By Tatiana Pina Email
CRANSTON, R.I. -- The police reported a shooting in the city Wednesday night with someone injured, according to Capt. Gerard Carnavale. No other details were......
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By Jack Perry Email
On the local front: A year ago today: A young whale washes up dead on rocks along Ocean Avenue in the Matunuck section of South......
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Providence Journal photo / Sandor Bodo Actor Ernest Borgnine is in the Ocean State to receive a Lifetime Achievement award from the Rhode Island......
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TIVERTON, R.I. -- The Tiverton man who drowned while fishing with a friend on Stafford Pond was identified by two of his children Wednesday as......
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By Amanda Milkovits and Katie Mulvaney Journal Staff Writers PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- The morning after he was sentenced for recklessly driving a boat and killing......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
Photo courtesy of the Coast Guard The tall ship Unicorn, which grounded on rocks Wednesday morning about 400 yards off Nonamesset Island in the Elizabeth......
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By Donita Naylor Email
Photo courtesy of Swansea Police Department SWANSEA, Mass. -- Police detectives in Swansea are seeking help in identifying suspects and a vehicle caught by......
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By Karen Ziner Email
Rhode Island State Police have reached an agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that will deputize four state troopers with some immigration law enforcement......
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. -- Conditions appear to be improving for at least some of the six people hospitalized following the release of noxious fumes at......
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By Mark Reynolds Email
NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Town Council wants to develop a formal proposal for a forensic audit of the school district's finances. Council members also......
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By Donita Naylor Email
A strong thunderstorm with the potential to produce wind gusts to 40 miles per hour showed up on radar over Killingly, Conn., moving east at......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- The city police said on Wednesday that they have arrested Craig Forrest, 29, of no permanent address, on a charge of bank......
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Providence Journal photos / Bob ThayerFOXBORO, Mass. -- Shea Flaherty of Boston, above, is optimistic he will get Randy Moss's autograph at Patriots' training......
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By Kate Bramson Email
The local union that represents Verizon employees is telling its membership that management intends to lay off all of the company's 291 splice-service technicians in......
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Patrick Finucane, 11, of Cranston, jumps into the Budlong Pool in Cranston to stay cool Wednesday. The temperature in Cranston has hit 85 degrees,......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Craig Shacklock, 52, of Providence, pleaded guilty Wednesday to robbing a Citizens Bank branch in Providence in January and attempting a robbery......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Rhode Island is receiving $1.2 million to help the state prepare for a potential resurgence of swine flu in the fall.......
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Providence Journal/Kathy Borchers John Freitas, center, the head of Camp Runamuck, a community of homeless people who live in tents in East Providence, appears in......
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SWANSEA, Mass. -- Two men suspected of buying heroin in Providence for resale in the southeastern Massachusetts were arrested by police on Tuesday. Swansea police......
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By Alan Rosenberg Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- William Shatner won't be there, but the Rhode Island International Film Festival continues today with a full program, including John Lavall's documentary......
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By Tom Mooney Email
WARWICK, R.I. -- The police say they have arrested a Connecticut woman for Sunday's robbery at the Citizens Bank in the Stop & Shop at......
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By Jack Perry Email
MYSTIC, Conn. (AP) - Trustees at Mystic Seaport are considering whether to restore what they call the world's last wooden whaling ship so it can......
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By Linda Borg Email
BARRINGTON, R. I. -- The School Committee Tuesday night approved for the second time this summer a mandatory alcohol test for all students attending high......
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By Jack Perry Email
Wednesday's Providence Journal reports on the Johnston Police Department's ATV patrols. Fire officials say two fires were started recently in homes when cats knocked......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The National Weather Service has forecast a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1 p.m. Wednesday. Some of the storms could......
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By Jack Perry Email
On the local front: A year ago today: Prices of double- and triple-decker houses in Rhode Island are taking a beating, their rate of......
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By Richard C. Dujardin Journal staff writer NEW BEDFORD, Mass. -- One of the workers who was critically injured after inhaling a mysterious gas or......
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By Paul Davis Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- John Freitas, the leader of a homeless camp in East Providence, is back in jail. He was arrested Tuesday and charged with......
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By Maria Armental Email
BOSTON (AP) -- Four former managers for a Big Dig contractor have been convicted on conspiracy and fraud charges for delivering substandard concrete to the......
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By Maria Armental Email
TIVERTON, R.I. -- Emergency crews are searching for a swimmer on Stafford Pond. Initial reports Tuesday said two swimmers had gone into the water in......
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The public apparently isn't supposed to know how the Coast Guard hopes to thwart a potential terrorist assault on a liquefied natural......
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Providence Journal photos / Mary MurphyFOXBORO, Mass. -- After morning practice at New England Patriots training camp, Patriots safety Tank Williams, above left, signs......
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By Maria Armental Email
WESTERLY, R.I. -- A Westerly man sought by the local police died early Sunday in Pennsylvania, the police confirmed. Alan Papierowicz, 59, of 35 Robin......
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By Peter Lord Email
The state Department of Environmental Management plans to reopen bathrooms in a state building across from the Block Island Ferry piers in Narragansett this weekend.......
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A 54-year-old Providence man has died after being assaulted early Saturday morning, and the police are investigating his death as a homicide.......
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By Alan Rosenberg Email
William Shatner's Gonzo Ballet will still be shown Thursday at the Columbus Theater in Providence, but the actor has backed out of his scheduled......
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By John Hill Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The City and the School Committee Tuesday morning agreed, in essence, to put off their fight over the School Department's $3.69 million......
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By Jennifer D. Jordan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A change of position by one of the state's teachers unions could pave the way for the state to adopt binding arbitration......
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By Jack Perry Email
Journal photo/ Kathy Borchers From left, Richard Rodi, Ken Block, Matthew Lenz and Margaret Paynich arrive at the Board of Elections Tuesday morning with......
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LITTLE COMPTON, R.I. -- Joseph Occhi, the brother of Michael Occhi, a popular Central Falls High School teacher who was killed in a hit-and-run accident......
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By Kate Bramson Email
HOPKINTON, R.I. -- A volunteer firefighter with the Moosup Fire Department in Plainfield, Conn., died Monday night of injuries he sustained when his scooter hit......
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PROVIDENCE -- Bad news arrived in the mail for Miguel A. Mendoza in the form of a three-pound package from Puerto Rico. After he signed......
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By Kate Bramson Email
WARWICK, R.I. -- Fire investigators have determined that a cat knocked over a candle in a single-family residence while no one was home Monday afternoon,......
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By Jack Perry Email
NEW YORK (AP) -- Rhode Island-based CVS Caremark, one of the nation's biggest drugstore operators, said Tuesday its second-quarter profit rose 15 percent, helped by......
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Tuesday's Providence Journal front page reports that an unknown gas injured 119 at a New Bedford disposal company. The Cash for Clunkers program is......
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On the local front: A year ago today: A work crew begins to demolish the Bomes Theatre across from City Hall in East Providence. Part......
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By Jack Perry Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- It looks like a great beach day. But the National Weather Service is warning that morning drivers will first have to deal......
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Outside St. Luke's Hospital, medical personnel treat people Monday after they were exposed to unknown fumes at ABC Disposal Services Inc. trash disposal company. (AP......
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
Journal photo/ Frieda Squires David Tineo, (left) 32, is arraigned in Providence District Court this morning on a murder charge in the death of......
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By Paul Davis Email
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- John Freitas, arrested at a homeless camp for failing to register as a sex offender, is out on bail. Freitas, the......
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By Paul Edward Parker Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Governor's Office of Economic Recovery and Reinvestment is seeking ideas for ways Rhode Island can use a share of $4.7 billion......
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By Alan Rosenberg Email
By Bill Van Siclen Journal Arts Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- In a surprise move, RISD Museum director Hope Alswang has resigned to "pursue other opportunities,"......
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By Steve Peoples Email
State Rep. Elizabeth M. Dennigan will challenge fellow Democrat and five-term incumbent Congressman James R. Langevin in the 2010 contest for Rhode Island's 2nd Congressional......
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By Maria Armental Email
WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- Two Massachusetts men and an East Providence woman were arrested after a shooting early Saturday morning on Cumberland Street, the police said.......
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By Jennifer D. Jordan Email
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- The University of Rhode Island is edging closer to its goal of $100 million a year in research grants, with the......
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By Bryan Rourke Email
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- The Ryan Center at the University of Rhode Island has launched a new Web site, the university announced today. The newly......
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By Gregory Smith Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Representatives of 10 strip clubs have signed a pledge saying that they will not knowingly employ anyone younger than age 18. Andrew......
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By Kate Bramson Email
Providence Journal photo / Frieda Squires Priscilla Villa, top left, a recent graduate of Central Falls High School, attaches posters to the steps of......
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By John Hill Email
PROVIDENCE -- Lawyers for both sides in the Woonsocket School Committee's lawsuit seeking $3.69 million from the city said a potential settlement was to be......
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By Maria Armental Email
NEW SHOREHAM, R.I. -- A South County man has been indicted following a June car crash on Block Island that killed his friend, the Attorney......
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By Maria Armental Email
REHOBOTH, Mass. -- Three youths have been charged with vandalizing the Crestwood Country Club in late June, the police announced. The youths, two age 12......
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By Steve Peoples Email
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. --The police are investigating a boating accident on the Seekonk River Sunday evening that resulted in two men being rushed to the......
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By Jack Perry Email
By Cynthia Needham Journal State House Bureau A group of 50 professors from across the country and around the world has penned a letter to......
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By Channing Gray Email
Associated Press / Barlow-Hartman Public Relations, Paul Kolnik Shuler Hensley, left, and Roger Bart in a scene from Young Frankenstein, the Mel Brooks musical that......
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Email
EAST GREENWICH, R.I. -- A proposal to turn the annex of the East Greenwich United Methodist Church on Main Street into five residences, one of......
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By Jack Perry Email
Uche Oyedokun gets a hug from a friend while her husband, Toke Oyedokun, waves an American flag. Both were part of the group sworn in......
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By Alan Rosenberg Email
SEATTLE (AP) -- A King County Superior Court judge has sentenced two Fort Lewis soldiers accused of robbing University of Washington students. Pvt. Robert Earl......
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By Peter Lord Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- James Ball, a veteran employee at the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, on Monday officially became the department's environmental response coordinator.......
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By Jack Perry Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Gas prices in Rhode Island increased slightly this week, the first time in six weeks the price has risen, according to AAA......
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By Peter Lord Email
The U.S. Senate has approved spending $6.8 million for alternative energy, flood prevention and navigation projects around Rhode Island. U.S. Sen. Jack Reed announced the......
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By Jack Perry Email
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) -- Several people seeking custody of a Massachusetts baby cut from her slain mother's womb are headed to court to state their......
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By Jack Perry Email
Monday's front page reports on mid-career professionals like Fabian Sanchez, holder of a master's degree in chemical engineering, who have changed careers to become......
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By Steve Peoples Email
WARWICK, R.I. -- The police are investigating a Sunday afternoon bank robbery inside a local supermarket. Shortly after 12:30 p.m., a woman demanded cash from......
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By Jack Perry Email
On the local front: A year ago today: Police in Johnston arrest Louis L. Vinagro Jr., 56, the former pig farmer, trash hauler and Johnston......
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By Jack Perry Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Expect a sunny day Monday with a high near 87 degrees in the Providence area, according to the National Weather Service. The......
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By Tracy Breton Journal Staff Writer A 50-year-old Bristol man was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, reckless driving and a host of......
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By Tracy Breton Email
EAST GREENWICH, R.I. -- A fire Sunday morning in a multi-use building at 1855 South County Trail displaced residents in several apartments as well as......
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By Robert Lee Email
One day after becoming the first swimmer from the United States to capture a medal at the 2009 FINA World Championships in Rome with......
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By Tracy Breton Email
GLOCESTER, R.I. -- A 70-year-old Connecticut woman was killed shortly after 10:30 Saturday night in an accident at the intersection of Putnam Pike (Route 44)......
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