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October 8, 2009 Archives
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau  Email
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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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
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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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
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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4:59 PM Thu, Oct 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Reynolds Email
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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4:52 PM Thu, Oct 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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4:45 PM Thu, Oct 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
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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4:40 PM Thu, Oct 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By John Hill Email
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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4:22 PM Thu, Oct 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
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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3:18 PM Thu, Oct 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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3:00 PM Thu, Oct 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Linda Borg Email
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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2:50 PM Thu, Oct 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
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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By Alisha A. Pina Email
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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2:20 PM Thu, Oct 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
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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2:03 PM Thu, Oct 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
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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1:55 PM Thu, Oct 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
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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By Barbara Polichetti Email
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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12:46 PM Thu, Oct 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Felice Freyer Email
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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12:31 PM Thu, Oct 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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12:18 PM Thu, Oct 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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12:10 PM Thu, Oct 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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11:59 AM Thu, Oct 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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11:41 AM Thu, Oct 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Philip Marcelo Email
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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11:33 AM Thu, Oct 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
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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7:52 AM Thu, Oct 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
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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By Jack Perry Email
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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7:04 AM Thu, Oct 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
Download a copy of Thursday's Providence Journal front page in .pdf format.......
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7:00 AM Thu, Oct 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
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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6:59 AM Thu, Oct 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Linda Borg Email
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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6:05 AM Thu, Oct 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
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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