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By Maria Armental  Email
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rhode Island State Police Lt. Col. Steven G. O'Donnell has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the next U.S. marshal for......
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6:28 PM Thu, Oct 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- They may not be household names, but they share one thing in common: they are winners of the Rhode Island Public Expenditure......
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6:19 PM Thu, Oct 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Several Providence police officers and private security officers received honors at an annual awards ceremony Tuesday. The event was held at the......
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6:14 PM Thu, Oct 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Barbara Polichetti Email
WARWICK, RI -- The city's Thayer Arena ice rink will not open next week as hoped, now that officials have determined that cleanup from a......
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6:02 PM Thu, Oct 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The National Weather Service has issued a coastal flooding statement for southeastern New England from early Friday morning until noon. The Weather......
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5:01 PM Thu, Oct 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Neil Downing Journal business writer CRANSTON,R.I. - More than 50 million people who collect monthly payments through the federal Social Security program will receive......
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4:38 PM Thu, Oct 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Survivor star Richard Hatch is due to be released from federal prison Friday, but he is still fighting his sentence and conviction......
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3:33 PM Thu, Oct 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Marley Seaman Associated Press CVS Caremark Corp. says it is launching a program for customers who reuse shopping bags, with card members getting $1......
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3:31 PM Thu, Oct 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Linda Borg Email
SMITHFIELD, R.I. -- Smithfield Schools Supt. Robert O'Brien has been selected by his peers to be the 2010 Rhode Island Superintendent of the Year. O'Brien......
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3:16 PM Thu, Oct 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples Email
The federal government reports that at least 30,383 jobs have been created or saved across the United States as a direct result of federal contracts......
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2:33 PM Thu, Oct 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katie Mulvaney Email
Providence Journal photo / Bob Thayer John E. McCann III, right, is congratulated by his wife, Marann, and many others after being sworn in......
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2:20 PM Thu, Oct 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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Providence Journal file photo / Mary Murphy Bishop Thomas J. Tobin, left, watches as Monsignor Robert Evans cuts the cake in 2007 at the celebration......
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2:03 PM Thu, Oct 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Peter Lord Email
Providence is receiving $1.75 million in federal stimulus money to improve energy efficiency in homes and municipal buildings. U.S. Sen. Jack Reed announced the grant......
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1:54 PM Thu, Oct 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. --This is the International Year of Astronomy, coming 400 years after the first telescope observations by Galileo, and Brown University is celebrating the......
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1:43 PM Thu, Oct 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Tatiana Pina Email
Occhi CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. -- Central Falls High School will hold a 2 1/2-mile walk Saturday, Oct. 24, around the city to raise money......
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
Providence Journal photo / Kathy Borchers Curt Columbus, artistic director of Trinity Rep, is assisted by Jennifer Salcido during a live chat with projo.com......
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1:18 PM Thu, Oct 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Bill Van Siclen Journal Arts Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- It's baaaaaack! Thanks to scarily strong show of support from local hotels and restaurants, WaterFire......
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1:09 PM Thu, Oct 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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BOSTON (AP) -- The unemployment rate in Massachusetts rose to 9.3 percent in September, as the state lost another 9,200 jobs. The jobless rate in......
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12:59 PM Thu, Oct 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Christine Dunn Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Rhode Island experienced a decline in its foreclosure rate in the third quarter of 2009, bucking the national trend, according to the......
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11:37 AM Thu, Oct 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- The police said on Thursday that they have charged a Providence woman with drug offenses. Woonsocket and Cumberland police officers arrested Kathy......
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11:25 AM Thu, Oct 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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A Woonsocket man has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison after he admitted supplying cocaine to a distribution ring in Maine, according to......
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10:39 AM Thu, Oct 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Bruce Landis Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Brown University and its food service workers reached a tentative contract settlement early today, shortly after the union's contract expired at midnight.......
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10:19 AM Thu, Oct 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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WARWICK, R.I. - - Fifty people were evacuated from Wolverine Joining Technologies at 235 Kilvert St. Wednesday after an electrical box attached to a ceiling......
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10:02 AM Thu, Oct 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A veteran Rhode Island State Police trooper has pleaded no contest to assaulting an off-duty Providence police sergeant at a fundraiser for......
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8:12 AM Thu, Oct 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
COVENTRY, R.I. -- The Coventry Police cruiser sat idle, with its lights flashing, at Exit 7 on Route 95 north, diverting traffic off the highway......
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7:22 AM Thu, Oct 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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DARTMOUTH, Mass. -- A New Bedford woman was killed Wednesday afternoon in a four-car crash on Route 195 in Dartmouth when another vehicle crossed the......
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7:17 AM Thu, Oct 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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Thursday's Providence Journal reports that Rhode Island students taking a national test improved math scores at both the elementary and middle school levels, but......
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7:08 AM Thu, Oct 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
By Mari Yamaguchi Associated Press Writer TOKYO (AP) -- Japanese police said Thursday they have released an American man 18 days after his arrest for......
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7:01 AM Thu, Oct 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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Live local radar More weather... PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- There's a chance of rain Thursday, primarily after 3 p.m., according to the National Weather Service.......
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7:00 AM Thu, Oct 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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These are stories The Providence Journal is watching today. A 15-member task force comprised of mayors, municipal managers, finance directors, auditors, and financial consultants meets......
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6:05 AM Thu, Oct 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
On the local front: A year ago today: A judge in the British Virgin Islands agrees to delay the murder trial of David Swain until......
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