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October 14, 2009 Archives

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By Barbara Polichetti Email
Providence Journal photo / Mary Murphy Lon Smart, an East Providence native and animator and artist with Disney, draws a Mickey Mouse for a......
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6:50 PM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
By Bruce Landis Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A federal mediator has joined Brown University and its food service employees as they continue to......
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6:43 PM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Gregory Smith Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The city Board of Licenses wants to hear more in an effort by the Police Department to close a downtown dance club......
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6:38 PM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Peter Lord Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources, which has received tens of millions of dollars in federal stimulus funds in recent months......
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6:12 PM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state of Rhode Island and its major employee unions have officially ended their court fight over Governor Carcieri's aborted plan to......
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5:56 PM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Gina Macris Email
TIVERTON, R.I. -- An off-duty firefighter who died during an attempted scuba diving rescue in Stafford Pond in 2008 had a blood alcohol level......
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4:11 PM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
NEW YORK (AP) -- The Dow Jones industrial average has reclaimed 10,000 for the first time in a year. The Dow crossed five figures in......
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4:00 PM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
WARWICK, R.I. -- A North Kingstown man is being held without bail on charges he assaulted a woman with kitchen knives and raped her. Justin......
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3:18 PM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
WARWICK, R.I. -- A Providence man turned himself in to the Warwick police -- cash in hand -- after seeing his photograph flashed on the......
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3:15 PM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Bruce Landis Email
PROVIDENCE _ BankRI returned the $30 million it received from the federal government under the Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP -- plus some additional......
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3:07 PM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
WARWICK, R.I. -- A city man has been arrested on charges he left the scene of an accident last week that seriously injured two women,......
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3:01 PM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
SCITUATE, R.I. -- The police confiscated a BB rifle that they said a 9-year-old boy was carrying around at the Scituate Arts Festival during the......
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3:01 PM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
SCITUATE, R.I. -- A Connecticut artist pleaded not guilty to a charge of assault Wednesday in Kent County District Court after she allegedly tried to......
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2:41 PM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Linda Borg Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Rhode Island College will open its newly renovated Sherlock Center on Disabilities Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 4 p.m. The new $3.3-million facility,......
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2:39 PM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Providence Police Department Commendation Award Ceremony will be held Wednesday, Oct. 14, at 7 p.m. at the Rhode Island School of......
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1:11 PM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Lisa Vernon-Sparks Email
WARWICK, R.I. -- Rhode Island's hospitality industry has sustained some serious blows during the economic downturn, but experts say it can expect a slow but......
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1:04 PM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Barbara Polichetti Email
WARWICK, R.I. -- It looks like low interest borrowing made available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) may provide the long-awaited solution to......
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12:04 PM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Philip Marcelo Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Seven city senior centers hit hard by state budget cuts will get an infusion of $226,541 in federal stimulus money, Mayor David......
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12:01 PM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Tatiana Pina Email
WARWICK, R.I. - A 33-year-old Warwick man was arrested Monday after he had an argument with his 12-year-old son and ended up assaulting family members......
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11:38 AM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Peter Lord Email
WEST WARWICK, RI -- Plans to transform the site of the Station nightclub fire that killed 100 people into a permanent memorial are moving along......
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10:56 AM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- The Rhode Island affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union is suing Pawtucket in federal court, alleging the Parks and Recreation Department......
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10:23 AM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jennifer D. Jordan Email
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9:28 AM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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DAN O'CONNOR Associated Press Writer TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands -- A forensic specialist testified Tuesday that he believes a Rhode Island man accused of killing......
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7:53 AM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
AP file photo Al Martino performing in 2003 SPRINGFIELD, Pa. (AP) -- Singer Al Martino, who played the Frank Sinatra-type role of Johnny Fontane......
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7:01 AM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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Frank J. Williams, the former chief justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, was barred on Tuesday from visiting or having any other contact......
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7:00 AM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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Live local radar More weather... PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- It's a chilly morning in Southern New England. It's just 34 degrees shortly before 7 a.m.......
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6:05 AM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
On the local front: A year ago today: The state's Office of Energy Resources says the average price of gasoline in Rhode Island is $3.01......
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