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JOHNSTON, R.I. -- A 22-year-old man who allegedly shot out the back window of his mother's Jeep Cherokee after she told him he shouldn't be......
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JOHNSTON, R.I. -- A 33-year-old resident who was allegedly stealing power tools and auto parts and hiding them inside a self-storage facility has been caught......
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8:01 PM Fri, Aug 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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JOHNSTON, R.I. -- U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse have announced plans for another community dinner to elicit the response of constituents to proposed......
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6:29 PM Fri, Aug 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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Click to Enlarge A line of severe thunderstorms is approaching Rhode Island from the west and should begin to touch the northwestern part of......
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6:05 PM Fri, Aug 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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WARWICK, R.I. -- An East Providence man was sentenced Friday to 15 years, with 5 to serve, for raping a woman in 2006. Jeffrey Martin,......
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5:52 PM Fri, Aug 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Phil Marcelo Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Jameson Auciel, the 9-year-old city resident who was found floating face down and unconscious in the......
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5:36 PM Fri, Aug 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
CRANSTON, R.I. -- A woman who has not yet been identified by the police died early Friday morning after she fell off a motorcycle on......
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5:20 PM Fri, Aug 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
NARRAGANSETT, R.I. -- Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch says the arrest on Tuesday of a registered sex offender who allegedly asked two girls to take......
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4:58 PM Fri, Aug 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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Eric O'Neal, in white jump suit, is arraigned in Kent County District Court in February 2009 for the murder of Melissa Delmonico in Cranston.......
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4:50 PM Fri, Aug 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Peter Lord Email
Scientists monitoring low oxygen conditions in Narragansett Bay say some near lifeless areas have turned a milky grey in color. But damage to marine life......
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4:42 PM Fri, Aug 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Paul Davis Email
SOUTH KINGSTOWN -- In 1998, Microsoft opened a development center in India with 20 employees. Today it employs more than 1,500. Search-engine giant Google also......
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3:41 PM Fri, Aug 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Officials from two state unions have announced their candidacies for top positions in the Rhode Island AFL-CIO. William C. McGowan, business manager......
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3:38 PM Fri, Aug 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Tatiana Pina and Amanda Milkovits Journal staff writers PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- The Pawtucket Police have released the names of the unarmed man shot Wednesday......
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3:21 PM Fri, Aug 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Alex Kuffner Email
Rhode Island retains the dubious distinction of having the second-highest unemployment rate in the nation, according to federal labor statistics for July. Rhode Island still......
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3:21 PM Fri, Aug 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Christine Dunn Email
PROVIDENCE -- A Providence Superior Court judge has approved plans to sell four commercial buildings owned by Corsetti Properties LLC _ three in the Financial......
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2:36 PM Fri, Aug 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
WARWICK, R.I. -- Police are asking the public for help in finding a mentally-challenged man who disappeared from his parents' home Thursday evening. John Sives,......
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2:20 PM Fri, Aug 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katie Mulvaney Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Governor Carcieri potentially made a dent in filling vacancies on the state bench Friday by nominating three people, including his chief of......
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2:17 PM Fri, Aug 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Peter Lord Email
Boaters have reported seeing a humpback whale entangled in fishing gear in waters off of Sakonnet Harbor. Preliminary reports are that the whale is dead.......
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2:13 PM Fri, Aug 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- State police have charged a woman with obtaining money under false pretenses and spending it at casinos in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.......
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1:35 PM Fri, Aug 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
Associated Press and Journal staff reports Emergency managers in New England warned boaters, swimmers and surfers to take added precautions this weekend, when Hurricane Bill......
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1:24 PM Fri, Aug 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
WARWICK, R.I. -- A Swansea woman was released on personal recognizance Friday following a district court arraignment on drunken driving and drug charges, according to......
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1:20 PM Fri, Aug 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Paul Davis Email
PROVIDENCE -- Anti-poverty activists Friday urged Gov. Carcieri to do more to help the poor, the jobless and those without gas and electricity. The federal......
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1:11 PM Fri, Aug 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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If there's one thing Hurricane Bill is sure to bring with him as he passes by the Ocean State's coast this weekend, it's big waves.......
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1:00 PM Fri, Aug 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Scott Slater, the youngest son of Rep. Thomas C. Slater, who died Aug. 10 after a long battle with cancer, has announced......
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11:44 AM Fri, Aug 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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NEW BEDFORD, Mass. -- A woman from Cumberland pleaded guilty in Bristol Superior Court Thursday in a case involving the theft of an acquaintance's identity.......
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10:08 AM Fri, Aug 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
WARWICK, R.I. -- Mayor Scott Avedisian announced Friday morning that he will not seek the lieutenant governor's office next year, but he left open the......
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8:55 AM Fri, Aug 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
CHARLESTOWN, R.I. (AP) -- Plans to build a small wind farm on private property in Charlestown have been abandoned due to the unexpected death of......
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7:53 AM Fri, Aug 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
The front page of Friday's Providence Journal features a story and photos on the Health-care dinner debate -- hold the acrimony, as Rhode Islanders......
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7:05 AM Fri, Aug 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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With conditions expected to grow increasingly dangerous as Hurricane Bill churns up the Atlantic, the U.S. Coast Guard of Southeastern New England has asked commanders......
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By Paul Grimaldi Email
IHOP restaurants are offering free meals for children now through Sept. 13 at participating locations, joining a growing list of restaurant chains trying to drum......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
On the local front: A year ago today: Rhode Island's Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas J. Tobin calls on federal immigration officials to stop the mass......
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11:52 PM Thu, Aug 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Lisa Vernon-Sparks Email
NARRAGANSETT, R.I. -- The Town Council voted Thursday night to fire Town Manager Jeffry Ceasrine during a protracted meeting that drew nearly 150 residents, many......
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8:42 PM Thu, Aug 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham and Richard Dujardin WEST WARWICK, R.I. -- Close to 180 people were allowed into the West Warwick Community Center, where Senators Sheldon......
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6:25 PM Thu, Aug 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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By AMANDA MILKOVITS Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE -- A tale of heroics has ended in handcuffs. The gap-toothed man who told reporters that it was......
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5:20 PM Thu, Aug 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Gregory Smith Email
PROVIDENCE -- The owner of Fish Company, a bar in the Old Harbor District, has accepted a three-day closure of his business as punishment for......
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4:48 PM Thu, Aug 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
The Rhode Island affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union on Thursday condemned the jailing of Survivor star and tax evader Richard Hatch, saying the......
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4:39 PM Thu, Aug 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson, Maria Armental and Phil Marcelo PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Even as her 9-year-old cousin remains in a coma, the 8-year-old girl who nearly......
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3:51 PM Thu, Aug 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
By Bruce Landis Journal staff writer PAWTUCKET, RI -- The state will get $460,000 from the U.S. Department of Transportation for improvements at the rail......
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3:22 PM Thu, Aug 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
Marshall Avenue in Cumberland CUMBERLAND, R.I. -- A water main break has caused the collapse of part of Marshall Avenue, a short but busy......
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2:55 PM Thu, Aug 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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In this tough economy, it is not uncommon for people to adjust the roles they play in their lives, as the times demand. Providence Journal......
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2:38 PM Thu, Aug 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Tatiana Pina, Amanda Milkovits and John Hill Journal staff writers PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- The day after two officers shot and critically wounded an unarmed......
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12:55 PM Thu, Aug 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
BOSTON (AP) -- A cancer-stricken Sen. Edward M. Kennedy has asked Massachusetts leaders to change state law to allow a speedy replacement if it becomes......
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12:50 PM Thu, Aug 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Paul Edward Parker Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Homeowners need a Congressional "stick" when trying to negotiate new mortgage terms with national loan servicing companies as a way of avoiding......
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12:31 PM Thu, Aug 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
Hurricane Bill weakened slightly to a Category 3 storm early Thursday over the open Atlantic with top sustained winds of 125 mph. Forecasters said the......
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12:00 PM Thu, Aug 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Email
EAST GREENWICH, R.I. - A plan to construct a pair of two-story buildings for a medical center on South County Trail, a half mile south......
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11:12 AM Thu, Aug 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Rick Massimo Email
Disney recording star Demi Lovato, citing scheduling conflicts, has postponed her show at the Dunkin' Donuts Center, in Providence, originally scheduled for Sunday at 7......
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7:02 AM Thu, Aug 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Tim Barmann Email
The front page of Thursday's Providence Journal features a story and photos about Wednesday's health care forum in Warwick, hosted by U.S. Rep. James......
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7:01 AM Thu, Aug 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Tom Mooney Email
Kimberly Fry, the North Kingstown mother accused of strangling her 8-year-old daughter last week, will not appear in District Court, Wakefield, Thursday as scheduled for......
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6:00 AM Thu, Aug 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
On the local front: A year ago today: More than 1,000 fish are found dead in the second fish kill in two weeks, this time......
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7:58 PM Wed, Aug 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham and Richard C. Dujardin WARWICK, R.I. -- About 300 people who didn't get in to a 6 p.m. "town hall" meeting with......
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7:10 PM Wed, Aug 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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By John Hill Email
PAWTUCKET -- Police shot and critically injured an unidentified and unarmed man after a confrontation near Tomlinson Field shortly after 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, officials said.......
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4:58 PM Wed, Aug 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katie Mulvaney Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island Affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union is the latest organization to support the state child advocate's legal fight......
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4:50 PM Wed, Aug 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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Providence Journal photo / Frieda Squires Carlos Goncalves, New Bedford, Mass., takes a drink of water on Wednesday as workmen from E.F. O'Donnell &......
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4:34 PM Wed, Aug 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Paul Grimaldi Email
Supervalu Inc. (SVU:NYSE), the parent company of Shaw's Supermarkets, on Tuesday recalled one of its frozen-food products because it may be contaminated with bacteria. The......
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4:11 PM Wed, Aug 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Donita Naylor Email
CRANSTON, R.I. -- Along with the temperature, the PowerBall jackpot has been climbing, and if the right number is drawn Wednesday night, someone could pull......
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4:05 PM Wed, Aug 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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Sen. Jack Reed will join Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse Thursday at a community dinner at the West Warwick Senior Center to discuss health-care reform. Whitehouse had......
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3:07 PM Wed, Aug 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Rhode Island General Treasurer Frank T. Caprio returned $54,250 to campaign contributors Tuesday amid a Providence Journal inquiry of donations from employees......
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2:45 PM Wed, Aug 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Eight-year-old Gamaelle Bazelais and her 9-year-old cousin, Jameson Auciel, are still in critical condition Wednesday afternoon after nearly drowning in a city......
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2:42 PM Wed, Aug 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
Providence Journal photo / Sandor Bodo Children staying cool on a hot, humid day is a breeze at the Fox Point water park, one......
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12:18 PM Wed, Aug 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
Survivor star and convicted tax cheat Richard Hatch is entitled to a hearing in the Massachusetts jail where he has been held since Tuesday afternoon,......
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12:01 PM Wed, Aug 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
By Tatiana Pina Journal Staff Writer CRANSTON, R.I. -- Flanked by Governor Carcieri other state officials and businessmen, Maj. Gen. Robert T. Bray, the state......
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11:45 AM Wed, Aug 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Paul Grimaldi Email
Net income fell in July at Rhode Island's two slot parlors even as people gambled more money at Twin River and Newport Grand, according to......
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11:29 AM Wed, Aug 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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A town hall meeting on federal health care policy in Dartmouth, Mass., on Tuesday night got a little raucous. U.S. Rep. Barney Frank was confronted......
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11:25 AM Wed, Aug 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan and Donita Naylor Journal Staff Writers CRANSTON, R.I. -- With Hurricane Bill projected to approach Cape Cod by Sunday, the Rhode......
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11:04 AM Wed, Aug 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Randal Edgar Email
It's only a rumor and it may be too strange to be true, but the Anchorage Daily News reported Saturday in its Alaska Ear column......
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10:43 AM Wed, Aug 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- A man out for a walk was stabbed in the chest by two men he encountered on Gooding Street Tuesday evening. John......
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9:53 AM Wed, Aug 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
EXETER, R.I. -- A local man is expected to be arraigned in district court, Washington County, for assault on Wednesday after he was arrested Tuesday......
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7:29 AM Wed, Aug 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Email
EAST GREENWICH, R.I. - The engineering firm planning the athletic fields project at the high school asked the School Committee Tuesday night to pay for......
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7:21 AM Wed, Aug 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Alisha A. Pina Email
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The city needs one more approval before its agreement to eliminate a $5.2 million school deficit over the next six fiscal......
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6:00 AM Wed, Aug 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
On the local front: A year ago today: Police and firefighters search the Warren River for several hours after an inflatable raft and a child's......
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7:26 PM Tue, Aug 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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By PAUL GRIMALDI Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A federal judge on Tuesday afternoon ordered the owners of the Twin River slot parlor in......
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7:15 PM Tue, Aug 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Tom Mooney Email
Journal Staff Report NEWPORT, R.I. -- Richard Hatch, Rhode Island's infamous reality-television alumnus who went to prison for not paying taxes on the $1 million......
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5:55 PM Tue, Aug 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Donita Naylor Email
MIDDLETOWN, R.I. -- Water samples from the beach at the Atlantic Beach Club indicate dangerous bacteria counts, so the Rhode Island Department of Health recommends......
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5:42 PM Tue, Aug 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
RICHMOND, R.I. -- Nearly a week after she bolted from her barn - apparently spooked by another animal - Islay, a six-month-old Scotch Highland calf,......
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5:26 PM Tue, Aug 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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BY LISA VERNON-SPARKS Journal Staff Writer NARRAGANSETT, R.I. -- The Town Council said it is keeping mum until Thursday on whether Town Manager Jeffry Ceasrine......
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5:25 PM Tue, Aug 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
JOHNSTON, R.I. -- Police are investigating a reported break into an apartment at 71 King St. that netted a thief $1,500 in cash, and also......
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4:56 PM Tue, Aug 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Alisha A. Pina Email
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The city is seeing the rewards from adopting a tougher recycling program last summer. It received a $14,131 rebate from the......
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4:53 PM Tue, Aug 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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WARWICK, R.I. -- The temperature at T.F. Green Airport reached 93 degrees at 2:19 p.m., tying the record set in 1987, according to the National......
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3:46 PM Tue, Aug 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Gregory Smith Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I.-- An arbitrator has blocked for the foreseeable future Mayor David N. Cicilline's attempt to switch the health-care benefits administrator for city employees who......
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3:41 PM Tue, Aug 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
Providence Journal photo / Sandor Bodo Bucklin Pool in Providence's West End remains closed Tuesday. PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Two children who were pulled unconscious......
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3:40 PM Tue, Aug 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples Email
State Republican Party Chairman Giovanni Cicione said he hopes angry protesters will flood Wednesday night's town hall meeting hosted by Congressman James R. Langevin. The......
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2:58 PM Tue, Aug 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Peter Lord Email
Scientists monitoring conditions in Narragansett Bay are concerned that a perfect storm of high temperatures, low oxygen and weak tides could cause fish kills in......
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2:51 PM Tue, Aug 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Email
Officials at a private drug testing firm in Warwick said Tuesday that it has found more than enough parents willing to volunteer their children for......
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By Kate Bramson, Paul Davis and Bill Van Siclen Journal staff writers PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Rhode Island School of Design staff members, faculty and students......
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1:30 PM Tue, Aug 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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FOXBORO, Mass. -- Patriots safety Tank Williams, above left, looks over the play book during the the New England Patriot's training camp morning practice......
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12:48 PM Tue, Aug 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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By W. Zachary Malinowski Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Troy Lassiter, who spent 7 1/2 years in prison for his role in a past murder, was sentenced to 9 months in......
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12:43 PM Tue, Aug 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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Providence Police photo of suspect who attempted to use a stolen credit card. PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The police are asking for the public to......
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12:22 PM Tue, Aug 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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By John Hill Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The newly formed Moderate Party of Rhode Island will be on the statewide ballot in November 2010, a state election official said......
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BY MIKE SZOSTAK Journal Sports Writer NORTH SMITHFIELD, R.I. -- High school athletes and coaches sweated through their first day of fall sports practice Tuesday......
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- A survey of the sea scallop population off the Eastern seaboard released Monday shows an upswing in the number of young......
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The front page of Tuesday's Providence Journal looks into a new study that finds that people who dig int he sand at the beach......
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It's gonna be another scorcher. Temperatures again today are expected to reach into the mid-90s. And like Monday, an air-quality alert has been posted again......
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By Barbara Polichetti Email
WARWICK, R.I. -- It looks like a controversial pump station needed for sewer lines being installed in a section of the Governor Francis Farms neighborhood......
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By Gregory Smith Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Sharlene Alton, the wife of a co-owner of a controversial nightclub, would like to own a bar in her own right. She......
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By Alisha A. Pina Email
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The City Council and the School Committee have a tentative agreement to eliminate a lingering $5.2 million school spending deficit over......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
On the local front: A year ago today: Warwick begins demolishing more than a dozen small cottages on the shoreline portion of the former Rocky......
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- An 11-year-old boy and 8-year-old girl were pulled unconscious from the pool at the Bucklin Street Recreation Center around 4 p.m. Monday......
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By Steve Peoples Email
WARWICK, R.I. -- Congressman James R. Langevin has changed the location for this week's public "town hall" meeting, planning for a large turnout as many......
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5:18 PM Mon, Aug 17, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
CUMBERLAND, R.I. -- A 19-year-old from Cumberland got into a bad argument with his mother early Monday morning, according to the police. When the police......
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Instead of a drive-by shooting, the police were investigating a "pedal-by shooting" -- where someone on a bicycle rode through the West......
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
PROVIDENCE -- The police are investigating two stabbing incidents that occurred two hours apart on Sunday afternoon. A woman was stabbed in the chest outside......
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By Kate Bramson Email
BRISTOL, R.I. -- The police are asking for the public's help as they continue to investigate a bank robbery Saturday morning at Sovereign Bank of......
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3:16 PM Mon, Aug 17, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Donita Naylor Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Concrete barriers will be removed from the Henderson Bridge, often called the "Red Bridge," this week, about 12 weeks ahead of schedule,......
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By Philip Marcelo Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Public housing complexes in the city will receive $5.2 million in improvements in the coming months thanks to an infusion of federal......
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
A Rhode Island Department Transportation Web camera shows this amazing view of a foggy Jamestown Bridge from the North Kingstown side Monday afternoon. As......
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By Peter Lord Email
A study of people using beaches around the country, including the one at Goddard State Park in Warwick, finds that those playing in the sand......
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Less than a week after the death of Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the founder and most public face of the Special Olympics, Middle......
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The average price of diesel fuel in Rhode Island dropped a hefty 9 cents during the past week, to $2.69 per gallon,......
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By John Hill Email
WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- Interscholastic high school sports are back on the schedule in Woonsocket's 2009-10 school budget, thc School Committee chairman said, thanks to an......
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By Kate Bramson Email
CHARLESTOWN, R.I. -- The police have identified the man who died in a single-car accident on Route 1 Sunday night as Curtis Rathbone, 53, of......
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By Bryan Rourke Email
UNCASVILLE, Conn. -- The Jonas Brothers, one of the biggest boy bands going, will perform two concerts at Mohegan Sun on Saturday, Oct. 10. The......
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By Katie Mulvaney Journal Staff Writer The teenager whose reckless boating led to the death of his friend on the Barrington River two summers ago......
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While the fog lights were on for the drive up to Providence from South County, the skies in the city have already turned sunny. And......
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By Jennifer D. Jordan Email
CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. -- A new charter middle school in Central Falls will be the first public school to open in Rhode Island when classes......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
On the local front: A year ago today: Firefighters from four communities battle into the late evening to snuff out a fire that sent columns......
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