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NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) - Fire investigators say a blaze that killed a 51-year-old New Bedford woman was caused by an overloaded power strip. The......
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By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington Bureau WASHINGTON, D.C. --- Sen. Jack Reed is slated to appear on the CBS News program ``Face the Nation''......
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Providence Journal photo / Bob Thayer Ryan Conn blends into the scenery on Thayer Street in Providence, as he stands in front of a......
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Verizon Communications Inc. announced layoffs Friday to workers across the country, including Rhode Island and Massachusetts. According to the Web site for the International Brotherhood......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Cranston lawyer has been suspended from practice for a year in connection to a drug and domestic-assault conviction. In a decision......
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EAST PROVIDENCE, RI -- BrightStar Healthcare, a franchise providing health-care workers for homes and corporate clients, is looking to hire between 25 and 30 employees.......
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AP Photo / NASA This image provided by NASA shows an image taken shortly after the Centaur rocket impacted the moon taken from the......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The leaders of Brown University's Project 20/20 announced Friday that they have nearly completed their goal of installing energy saving compact fluorescent......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Rhode Island was not exempt from the international sense of surprise that followed Friday's news that President Obama had been awarded the......
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RICHMOND, R.I. -- A Richmond man has been arrested on one felony charge of possession of child pornography, the state police said. Patrick S. Shawyer,......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Two members of the city Retirement Board appear to be well on their way to reappointment despite an allegation that one of......
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Providence Journal photo / Sandor Bodo Local giant-pumpkin growers band together to load their gargantuan gourds into their trucks for delivery to the Giant......
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By Michael P. McKinney Journal Staff Writer CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. -- The City Board of Canvassers Friday afternoon certified the mayoral candidacy of Hipolito E.......
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NEWPORT, R.I. -- The Miantonomi Park Memorial Tower will not be open this Veterans Day, Nov. 11, due to masonry repairs, the City of Newport......
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DARTMOUTH, Mass. (AP) -- The roommate of a 100-year-old woman found strangled in her bed at a nursing home had made "threatening" remarks to the......
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SOMERSET, Mass. -- A Somerset man and his girlfriend are arrested on charges he was selling drugs out of his home and at a street......
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BOSTON -- Senesco Marine, which operates a shipbuilding and ship repair facility in North Kingstown, will pay a $224,000 penalty to resolve EPA claims that......
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The Catholic Diocese of Providence and three agencies which offer respite care to those caring for loved ones at home will split a $200,000 federal......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island College/American Federation of Teachers Adjunct Faculty Union has ratified a contract agreement with the state Board of Governors for......
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The Bristol teacher accused of drinking and driving while on her way to school in late September pleaded no contest to driving under the influence,......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state Department of Environmental Management has announced that seasonal shellfish openings will take effect at sunrise Tuesday. The agency closed these......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A horse in Exeter has been euthanized after it tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis, state officials said Friday. The state Department......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The union that represents the state's probation and parole officers voted Thursday night to reverse course and accept Governor Carcieri's pay-concession package,......
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FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) -- A Fall River landlord has a slithery uninvited tenant in his apartment building that he just can't seem to get......
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SCITUATE, R.I. -- This small community is preparing for what the police chief expects will be more than 100,000 people coming through town for this......
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These are stories The Providence Journal is watching today. A Colt Andrews Elementary School teacher who was charged with driving drunk on the way to......
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By KARL RITTER and MATT MOORE Associated Press Writers OSLO (AP) -- President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for "his......
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Friday's Providence Journal front page reports that 13 East Providence police officers will lose their jobs Friday. A scam artist, who posed as a......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- There's a chance of showers, mainly, after 1 p.m. Friday, but the wet weather should move out early Saturday, leaving us with......
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On the local front: A year ago today: State environmental officials are asking Rhode Islanders to watch out for small, shiny invaders from Massachusetts. The......
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WASHINGTON -- Without a dissenting vote, the Senate Judiciary Committee recommended Thursday that the full Senate confirm President Obama's nomination of Lt. Col. Steven......
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7:26 PM Thu, Oct 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Sen. Jack Reed has voiced significant concerns not only about the military command's request for many thousands more troops to fight......
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5:43 PM Thu, Oct 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Police arrested the director of the Joslin Recreation Center on charges of embezzlement Wednesday night, accusing him of arranging for the production......
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5:17 PM Thu, Oct 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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Providence Journal photos / Kathy Borchers Just who was that this afternoon in a tree outside One Financial Plaza in downtown Providence? A barred......
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NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Uneasy about the potential for a sky-scraping wind turbine to rise up from someone's backyard, town officials have approved a 1-year-moratorium......
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By W. Zachary Malinowski Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The federal government has filed a motion in U.S. District Court seeking to be removed......
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WASHINGTON -- Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Representative James R. Langevin all expressed opposition Thursday to any change in law that would permit......
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CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. -- A federal judge today threw out the rule city officials used to invalidate Mayor Charles D. Moreau's sole opponent for mayor,......
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CRANSTON, R.I.-- Alan Shawn Feinstein's fight hunger challenge is going national. The idea is to put children on the front lines of fighting hunger. The......
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By Paul Kenyon Journal Sports Writer SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- The relaxation of rules regarding alcohol at University of Rhode Island athletic events is continuing......
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Reporter Linda Borg is doing a story on how schools approach teaching Christopher Columbus. Does your class discuss the impact of Columbus on the Native......
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Brooke Astor's 85-year-old son has been convicted of plundering the philanthropist's nearly $200 million fortune Anthony Marshall now faces a mandatory......
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2:38 PM Thu, Oct 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Thirteen police officers will lose their jobs at 4 p.m. Friday -- the first police layoffs in years, and perhaps decades,......
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By DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer DARTMOUTH, Mass. (AP) -- The son of a 100-year-old woman found strangled in a nursing home with a......
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SMITHFIELD, R.I. -- An electrical fire at the house of a Smithfield town councilman damaged the living room and front area and caused smoke and......
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Rhode Island native Rocco Baldelli won't be on the Red Sox roster for the American League divisional series against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim,......
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1:15 PM Thu, Oct 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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WARWICK, RI -- Four members of the Warwick City Council who met in private to review budget figures violated Rhode Island's Open Meetings Law, according......
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Rajiv Kumar, the Brown medical student who founded Shape Up RI, has received a Community Health Leaders Award from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation --......
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WARWICK, R.I. -- A Warwick man accused of posing as a Boston Red Sox scout, a real estate investor and a cancer survivor to scam......
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By Kate Bramson Journal Staff Writer WARWICK, R.I. -- A Cranston man accused of abusing his girlfriend's 6-year-old son, who died Sunday, was arraigned Thursday......
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By Amanda Milkovits Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The police are investigating two separate incidents where two women at Providence College reported men attempting......
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By Karen Lee Ziner Journal Staff Writer BOSTON -- The Rhode Island American Civil Liberties Union argued in the U.S. Court of Appeals Thursday that......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The city has received a $625,000 grant to boost efforts to prevent underage drinking and drug abuse. Mayor David N. Cicilline's office......
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By Talia Buford Journal staff writer WARWICK, R.I. -- The court file on the so-called "craigslist killer," Phillip Markoff, is thin. No police reports or......
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8:39 AM Thu, Oct 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The police were searching the East Side as well the area of Hartford Avenue Wednesday night for gunmen involved in two separate......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Potential battle lines are forming over casino gambling in the race for governor. Weighing in on the day Governor Carcieri, the state's......
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7:36 AM Thu, Oct 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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These are stories The Providence Journal is watching for today. A federal appeals court will hear arguments over a highway traffic stop of Guatemalan nationals......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Thursday's forecast calls for a mostly sunny day with a high near 67 degrees, which is one degree above the normal high......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Rhode Island Kids Count is holding a summit on how to increase Rhode Island's high school graduation rate to ensure that students......
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On the local front: A year ago today: Lawyers debate whether a German baroness who lives in Providence will be allowed to hold onto a......
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7:25 PM Wed, Oct 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Alisha A. Pina Email
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- City Manager Richard M. Brown was repeatedly criticized Tuesday night for his budget proposal because it included the closure of East......
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6:41 PM Wed, Oct 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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DARTMOUTH, Mass. -- A 100-year-old patient found dead in her bed at a local nursing home was manually strangled, an autopsy revealed. The death of......
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NORTON, Mass. -- A Woonsocket, R.I., man died Wednesday morning and his passenger was seriously injured after his car crashed on Route 495, the Massachusetts......
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6:12 PM Wed, Oct 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Travel & Leisure magazine has listed Providence among the top 10 cities in the United States in the categories of neighborhood joints,......
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WARWICK, R.I. -- Toll Gate High School started collecting a $5 annual fee Wednesday from juniors and seniors who want to park on the school......
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WARWICK, R.I. -- Phillip Markoff, 23, the alleged "Craigslist killer" who is being held without bail in Boston, was indicted Tuesday by a Kent County......
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5:55 PM Wed, Oct 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By NEIL DOWNING Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Governor Carcieri may propose reforms to Rhode Island's tax structure as part of his budget for......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Someone broke into Jade Castro's apartment in Cranston early Sunday, stealing her things -- and her little dog, too. Two days later,......
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Recent numbers from the U.S. Census find Rhode Island on a dubious Top 10 list, according to a coalition for affordable housing in the Ocean......
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AP Photo David Swain, center, arrives in handcuffs escorted by prison guards to the High Court building in Tortola, British Virgin Islands. By Dan......
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NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The town has gone to court to seek a judge's ruling on Mayor Charles A. Lombardi's ability to reduce the size......
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WARWICK, R.I. -- Plan USA is increasing aid to earthquake-ravaged Indonesia to an estimated $2.8 million, the Warwick-based international children's development agency announced in a......
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WARWICK, RI -- The scenario is all too familiar for families who have a loved one suffering from Alzheimer's or other cognitive impairment. They come......
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PROVIDENCE--- After giving it some thought, Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch has decided to join his staff - and the state's other general officers -......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Burrillville man was sentenced Wednesday to 51 months in prison for tax evasion and conspiracy to defraud the United States, the......
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1:20 PM Wed, Oct 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The East Bay Bike Path will be designated as a Rail-Trail Hall of Fame trail by the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy on Friday, it......
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NYT photo Jeff Kinney displays a drawing of Greg Heffley, cartoon star of his Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, in his Plainville, Mass.,......
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A special election has been scheduled for Dec. 29 to fill the General Assembly vacancy created when state Rep. Elizabeth "Betsy" Dennigan abruptly resigned last......
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By Cynthia Needham Journal staff writer State revenue collections are short an alarming $30.2 million -- or 4.7 percent -- since the fiscal year began......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Once an avowed opponent of casino gambling, Governor Carcieri now says he would not oppose a 2010 ballot question to turn the......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Twin River slot parlor has withdrawn a request made to a federal judge for permission to pay about $1.3 million in......
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Journal photo/ Mary Murphy An SUV crosses through the barrels set up to split the exit to Route 195 east off of Route 95......
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PROVIDENCE, RI -- Brown University's Alpert Medical School plays host Wednesday and Thursday to a bone marrow donation drive. Surgery is not required, with most......
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These are stories The Providence Journal is watching today. Ten and a half years after his wife, Shelley Tyre, drowned on a scuba-diving vacation, David......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Expect showers and possibly thunderstorms Wednesday. Some of the showers could produce heavy rainfall, according to the National Weather Service. The high......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
On the local front: A year ago today: Judges from the federal appeals court based in Boston hear arguments in Providence as part of the......
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NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Town councilmen decided Tuesday they want more information about a state law that calls for local officials to chart the financial......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A group calling itself the Foundation for Intellectual Diversity is calling on Brown University to "rethink" a proposal to expand its academic......
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WARWICK, R.I. -- Business success stories are not easy to find these days, so elected officials and other invited guests appeared happy to gather at......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Robert Hollingsworth, an award-winning journalist who was managing editor of the Evening Bulletin starting in 1975, died Tuesday at 84 at his......
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By Amanda Milkovits Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Of all the places that a man wanted for murder could have chosen to use the......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The National Weather Service in Taunton, Mass., has issued a wind advisory for noon to 8 p.m. Wednesday for all of Southern......
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WARWICK, R.I. -- The wait for a federal decision on whether T.F. Green Airport will expand its runway just got longer. The Federal Aviation Administration......
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Providence Journal photo / Kathy Borchers Henry Peter, general foreman of the Cranston Highway Department, uses the simulator to "drive" a snowplow truck during......
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By Kate Bramson and Maria Armental Journal Staff Writers CRANSTON, R.I. -- A 6-year-old Cranston boy who was found unresponsive early Sunday morning died of......
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NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Members of the largest state employees' union have opted for a temporary pay cut -- and a delayed raise -- over......
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By John E. Mulligan, Journal Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- President Obama has nominated Rhode Island Superior Court Justice O. Rogeriee Thompson to sit on the......
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Governor Carcieri and other state officials announced the largest one-time investment in Rhode Island's water and sewer infrastructure Tuesday by releasing $135 million in loans......
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The median sales price of a single-family house in Rhode Island fell 6 percent in August compared to a year ago, the first time this......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Frank J. DosReis, the estranged husband of the former driver for ex-Rhode Island Supreme Court Chief Justice Frank J. Williams, testified Tuesday......
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- A former Yale University lab technician charged with strangling a graduate student and stuffing her body behind a laboratory wall......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A 40-year-old man is being held without bail on charges of repeatedly raping and molesting a 13-year-old girl. Mark Lewis was a......
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WAKEFIELD, R.I. -- The arraignment for David J. Catalano, the man accused of killing a gas station attendant and shooting at a police officer, has......
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The Hurricane of 1938, the subject of a musical? Yes -- and it's being performed in New York through Oct. 13. The hurricane struck on......
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By BOB SALSBERG Associated Press Writer BOSTON (AP) -- Electricity use dropped nearly 6 percent in New England in the summer of 2009, a result......
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Senate has confirmed President Obama's nomination of Rhode Islander Brenda Dann-Messier to be an assistant secretary of education. The action Monday......
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Tuesday's Providence Journal front page reports that the Board of Governors for Higher Education voted Monday night to increase tuition and fees at the......
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LINCOLN, R.I. -- The Lime Rock Fire District's $2.2 million budget for fiscal 2010 survived a taxpayer uprising at Monday night's rancorous and chaotic meeting......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The day is starting out sunny Tuesday, but clouds will increase as showers and possibly a thunderstorm move in Wednesday, according to......
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These are stories The Providence Journal is watching today. Rhode Islanders should find out Tuesday whether the state's largest employees union accepted Governor Carcieri's $36-million......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
On the local front: A year ago today: Superior Court Judge Gilbert V. Indeglia sentences Katherine Bunnell to life in prison saying she instigated the......
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JOHNSTON, R.I. -- Police are investigating a series of explosions that burned out two utility trucks and damaged a third in the parking lot of......
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
JOHNSTON, R.I. -- A convicted felon, who police suspect fired a rifle Friday through the exterior wall of his neighbor's house, was arrested early Saturday......
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By Richard C. Dujardin ATTLEBORO, Mass. -- A suspect has been arrested in the slaying of a 67-year-old Attleboro woman whose body was discovered at......
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By MICHAEL P. McKINNEY LINCOLN, R.I. -- A line of taxpayers waiting to enter a Lime Rock Fire District budget meeting snaked halfway around the......
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By Donita Naylor Email
BOSTON -- The first of six Coast Guard safety trainings for people who own or work on fishing boats will begin at 8 a.m. Tuesday......
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By Paul Davis Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- State and city officials will spend nearly $7 million in federal stimulus money to prevent homelessness and help those in emergency shelters......
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By W. Zachary Malinowski Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Frank J. Williams, the former chief justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, is named in court papers in a divorce case......
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SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) - Nearly 200 passengers of a Boston-bound Amtrak train have reached their destination after a four-hour delay in Rhode Island caused......
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By Tom Mooney Email
PROVIDENCE _ Motorists traveling south on Route 95 through downtown will see more traffic barrels and split lanes starting Wednesday. The latest temporarily shifts in......
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By Mark Reynolds Email
NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Town officials took disciplinary action Monday against a battalion chief in the Fire Department, suspending him without pay. Battalion Chief David......
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By Linda Borg Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The school department is holding a series of community meetings to inform the public about the latest recommendations regarding the district's public......
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By Lisa Vernon-Sparks Email
WEST WARWICK, R.I. -- As a way to spur citizen involvement, West Warwick has entered into the realm of social media. The town now has......
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By Amanda Milkovits Journal Staff Writer COVENTRY, R.I. --- Two days after the Rhode Island State Police allegedly found hundreds of images and videos of......
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A sample from a mosquito pool in the Capitol Hill area has tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE), the state Department......
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By Mike McKinney Email
CUMBERLAND, R.I. -- A water main break on Marshall Avenue that affected 400 to 500 customers Sunday night was repaired overnight. Road patching is slated......
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By Kate Bramson Email
CRANSTON, R.I. -- Bail was set at $250,000 with surety -- or $25,000 cash -- Monday afternoon for a man charged with assaulting his girlfriend's......
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What good is sitting alone in your room? Trinity Repertory Company presents a free screening of Bob Fosse's 1972 film version of Cabaret, starring Liza......
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By John Hill Email
WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- Polling places will open at 8 a.m. Tuesday for the non-partisan city primary election that will winnow the four-man field of mayoral......
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By Gina Macris Email
MIDDLETOWN, R.I. -- The new energy efficient $8 million building of the Potter League for Animals today achieved the LEED gold standard of the......
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By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington Bureau WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Dr. Nirali Bora of Providence was among the white-coated physicians from all 50 states who......
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A 17-year-old boy carrying a loaded gun burst into a strangers' residence on Doyle Avenue just after midnight on Sunday -- with......
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By Paul Davis Email
WARWICK, R.I. -- The Public Utilities Commission Monday denied a request to give utility customers without gas or electricity more time to pay off back......
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By W. Zachary Malinowski Email
PROVIDENCE -- A young man is in fair condition after trying to jump up onto the railing of an escalator at the Providence Place mall......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Among the debts piled up by General Growth Properties Inc., the company that owns Providence Place mall, is $98.6 million it owes......
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By Jack Perry Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Gasoline prices in Rhode Island have fallen for the fifth straight week, according to AAA Southern New England. The average price for......
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By Jack Perry Email
Monday's Providence Journal front page reports that property taxes in Rhode Island are among the highest in the U.S. Blue Cross & Blue Shield......
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By Sheila Lennon Email
Journal arts writer Channing Gray reviews I Am My Own Wife, a Pulitzer Prize-winning play in which Ed Shea, usually 2nd Story's artistic director, plays......
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By Jack Perry Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Expect a mostly sunny day Monday with a high near 68 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. The work week looks......
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A pair of changes on Route 95 South in Providence, scheduled to be in place in time for Wednesday's morning commute, are the big news......
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By Mike McKinney Email
These are stories The Providence Journal is watching today. The Judicial Nominating Commission will decide Monday evening which applicants it will interview for the seat......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
On the local front: A year ago today: A new poll suggests that GOP presidential hopeful John McCain will not win Rhode Island in......
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By Jennifer D. Jordan Email
WARWICK -- Joyce Almeida and Rebecca Perry walked along the shoreline at Rocky Point Sunday morning, mother and daughter reminiscing about happy times at this......
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