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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The agenda for next week's General Assembly special session is by no means set, but it's starting to become clearer, according to......
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5:31 PM Fri, Oct 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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Associated Press Photos / Lefteris Pitarakis Pat Patriot, the mascot of the New England Patriots, and team cheerleaders pose Friday in central London's Trafalgar......
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5:31 PM Fri, Oct 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Phil Marcelo Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE -- The family of the 9-year-old boy who drowned in a city pool in August is seeking $15......
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By Felice Freyer Email
The state has prepared a tentative schedule of school-based clinics to vaccinate children against swine flu, starting with 58 schools during the week of Nov.......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
The Rhode Island Turnpike & Bridge Authority on Friday warned against an apparent "phishing" operation in which E-ZPass holders are asked for account information via......
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5:09 PM Fri, Oct 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse will be making his third trip to Afghanistan to meet with American......
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5:05 PM Fri, Oct 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Andy Smith Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Begining Monday morning, the state Department of Transportation will be opening a new entrance from Dean Street to the Route 6/10 Connector......
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TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands (AP) -- A Rhode Island woman whose husband is accused of killing her during a scuba dive had a history of......
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Three Rhode Island State Police troopers have swept a national law-enforcement fitness contest, taking six first-place awards in the 2009 LawFit Trooper Challenge in Fairfax,......
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By Kate Bramson Email
NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Two men were on the run from the North Providence police Friday after the driver of a Chevy Impala drove toward......
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4:06 PM Fri, Oct 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy has attacked the Catholic Church's opposition to abortion-related aspects of legislation to overhaul the nation's medical system, calling......
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4:00 PM Fri, Oct 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
NORTH ANDOVER, Mass.-- A Rhode Island man was among more than 300 suspects arrested Oct. 9 in a 19-state roundup by federal agents in an......
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By W. Zachary Malinowski Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A federal judge has sentenced a man to five years in prison for accepting a package containing a kilogram of cocaine that......
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3:02 PM Fri, Oct 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham Email
Though a selection committee has been mum on the identity of its pick for the new director of the state's Economic Development Corporation, Governor Carcieri......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Women & Infants Hospital, like several other Rhode Island hospitals, is restricting visitors during flu season, the hospital announced Friday. It noted......
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By Donita Naylor Email
CRANSTON, R.I. -- A memorial consisting of a minuteman statue and a sitting area will be dedicated by the Rhode Island National Guard Retiree Association......
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2:26 PM Fri, Oct 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Reynolds Email
JOHNSTON, R.I. -- The Town Council took another step in the revitalization of the blighted Stuart's Plaza property Thursday night, establishing a redevelopment district on......
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By Tracy Breton Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Judicial Nominating Commission has scheduled two public meetings for November to interview, hear testimony about and vote on six candidates vying......
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2:12 PM Fri, Oct 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Alisha A. Pina Email
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A controversial $141.55-million operating budget for fiscal year 2010 was approved by the City Council in a split vote late Thursday......
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1:57 PM Fri, Oct 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Linda Borg Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Dropping a bombshell on Rhode Island's teacher unions, state Education Commissioner Deborah Gist announced Friday that districts must abolish seniority as a......
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By Philip Marcelo Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The Olneyville Housing Corporation, a nonprofit affordable housing developer, will get $400,000 in federal stimulus money to turn a former Polish social......
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12:34 PM Fri, Oct 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Roger Williams Park Zoo officials on Friday reported record attendance for the jack-o-lantern display. After 15 nights, attendance at the illuminated art......
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12:17 PM Fri, Oct 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Lynn Arditi Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- State lawmakers who tried and failed to reach agreement last May on legislation to outlaw indoor prostitution have agreed on a compromise......
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By Tatiana Pina Email
CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. -- Central Falls High School students, teachers, family and friends will hold a 2.5-mile walk Saturday around the city to raise money......
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11:25 AM Fri, Oct 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Felice Freyer Email
A surgeon at Rhode Island Hospital operated on the wrong finger during outpatient hand surgery on Thursday, a hospital statement acknowledged Friday morning. It was......
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11:19 AM Fri, Oct 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Paul Grimaldi Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The lenders who control the bankrupt Twin River slot parlor and the greyhound owners association that......
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11:07 AM Fri, Oct 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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By W. Zachary Malinowski Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The leader of an Asian gang that agreed to participate in a home invasion of a cocaine dealer -- an invasion that......
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10:47 AM Fri, Oct 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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A Rhode Island man has died after a motorcycle accident Thursday on Cape Cod, according to the Web site for the Cape Cod Times. John......
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By Kate Bramson Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A man shot in the torso was treated at Rhode Island Hospital after people found him staggering near a restaurant on Allens......
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9:47 AM Fri, Oct 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Felice Freyer Email
The state's health director, Dr. David R. Gifford, will announce the schedule Friday for school-based clinics to vaccinate children against swine flu. Gifford is scheduled......
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A New Hampshire man whose body was found in Rehoboth, Mass., apparently killed his wife before committing suicide, according to authorities. The New Hampshire attorney......
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WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) -- Several Massachusetts hospitals, including hospitals in Fall River and New Bedford, are barring or limiting visits by children in response to......
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Friday's Providence Journal front page reports that a state police trooper has resigned after pleading no contest to punching an off-duty Providence police officer.......
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By Kate Bramson Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- An accident on Route 195 west past the Gano Street exit that tied up traffic into the capital city Friday morning has......
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7:08 AM Fri, Oct 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
Live local radar More weather... PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Look forward to Sunday and Monday. That's our weather advice today. Cloudy skies and then rain......
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6:05 AM Fri, Oct 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
On the local front: A year ago today: The University of Rhode Island police are asked to probe what the school's provost calls "insensitive, inappropriate......
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6:55 PM Thu, Oct 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
By Margalit Fox The New York Times Theodore R. Sizer, one of the country's most prominent education-reform advocates who was formerly at Brown University, died......
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6:55 PM Thu, Oct 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A man pleaded guilty of a firearm charge Thursday in U.S. District Court, it was announced by U.S. Attorney Peter F. Neronha.......
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6:54 PM Thu, Oct 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Sen. Jack Reed has been made chairman of a key Senate panel with jurisdiction over Navy shipbuilding, a significant assignment for the......
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6:30 PM Thu, Oct 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Tracy Breton Journal Staff Writer Frank J. Williams, the former chief justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, approved the hiring of the teenage......
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5:09 PM Thu, Oct 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Richard Salit Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- As soon as her boyfried walked up to her in Kennedy Plaza, the trouble began. First they yelled at each another. Then......
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5:02 PM Thu, Oct 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Providence Journal Staff Writer CRANSTON, R.I. -- A $5,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of the person......
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4:18 PM Thu, Oct 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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RICHMOND, R.I. -- School officials have sent dozens of students home from the Chariho Middle School in the past couple of days because they were......
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4:14 PM Thu, Oct 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Donita Naylor Email
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- A gas leak caused by vandals on the roof of the University of Rhode Island Fine Arts Center required the evacuation......
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4:12 PM Thu, Oct 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Alisha A. Pina Email
Manny Vinhateiro, left, president of the East Providence Education Foundation and former school superintendent, holds up the end of the string of red and......
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3:15 PM Thu, Oct 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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By W. Zachary Malinowski Email
NORTH SCITUATE, R.I. -- Trooper Edward J. Stenovitch, who pleaded no contest last week to assaulting an off-duty Providence police sergeant, resigned Thursday from......
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3:12 PM Thu, Oct 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Sen. Jack Reed rebutted former Vice President Dick Cheney's critique of President Obamas' Afghanistan policy review Wednesday, laying at the Bush......
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3:10 PM Thu, Oct 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Alex Kuffner Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- National Grid is willing to resume negotiations with Deepwater Wind over a power purchase agreement if certain conditions are met first, according......
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2:11 PM Thu, Oct 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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Corrente Former U.S. Attorney Robert C. Corrente met privately Thursday morning with officials from the newly formed Moderate Party to discuss a potential bid......
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1:52 PM Thu, Oct 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Neil Downing Email
Nortek Inc. of Providence, a maker of bath fans, kitchen range hoods and other products, said on Thursday that it has voluntarily filed for protection......
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1:34 PM Thu, Oct 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Andy Smith Email
Two diverse Rhode Island companies, Capco Steel and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island are looking to fill job positions even as the state's......
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1:21 PM Thu, Oct 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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Providence Journal photos / Kathy Borchers PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Ready to Learn Providence Preschool students try out the conference room chairs on the top......
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12:50 PM Thu, Oct 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
Journal photo/ Andrew Dickerman State Rep. Raymond Sullivan (center) talks with his attorney Richard S. Humphrey and co-counsel Kate McGinn, right. Katie Mulvaney and......
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11:51 AM Thu, Oct 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
PC Friars head basketball coach Keno Davis will participate in a live chat on projo.com on Thursday, Oct. 29, from noon to 1 p.m. The......
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11:45 AM Thu, Oct 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
COVENTRY, R.I. -- The police have identified the man who died after a car crash Wednesday night on Knotty Oak Road at the intersection with......
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11:42 AM Thu, Oct 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
SCITUATE, R.I. -- The two Scituate Middle School seventh-graders who were charged with vandalizing the 19-year-old Pilgrim and Native American Village at Clayville Elementary School......
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11:17 AM Thu, Oct 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state Department of Environmental Management said Thursday that it will commence a revamp on Friday of a boat launch site behind......
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10:08 AM Thu, Oct 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Tatiana Pina Email
NORTH SMITHFIELD, R.I. -- A man who told the police that he was carjacked at gunpoint Tuesday has been charged with filing a false report.......
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8:31 AM Thu, Oct 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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Thursday's Providence Journal front page reports that Rhode Island high school sports programs are telling players to avoid handshakes and high-fives as protection against......
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7:47 AM Thu, Oct 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
Journal photo/ Mary Murphy Traffic from Route 195 west heads over the Iway bridge this morning after the state opened a new connector from......
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7:29 AM Thu, Oct 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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There have been a lot of changes in the past several years with the relocation of Route 195. And there are more to come, with......
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7:00 AM Thu, Oct 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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Live local radar More weather... PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Southern New Englanders can expect a sunny, summery day, even though it's late October. The National......
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6:05 AM Thu, Oct 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
On the local front: A year ago today: The nation's oil companies are the biggest slackers in looking for ways to combat global warming, according......
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6:40 PM Wed, Oct 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
SOMERSET, Mass. -- A local man was arrested Wednesday afternoon and charged with breaking into a neighbor's apartment after the items stolen were recovered at......
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6:06 PM Wed, Oct 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
By Mason Marcus Associated Press Writer TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands (AP) -- A former Jamestown, R.I., councilman accused of drowning his wife during a 1999......
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5:43 PM Wed, Oct 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
LINCOLN, R.I. -- Two Lincoln middle school students remain hospitalized after they were apparently exposed to contaminated food during a school trip, state health officials......
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4:36 PM Wed, Oct 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Tracy Breton Email
PROVIDENCE -- Veteran Cranston lawyer Robert M. Brennan, who practiced primarily in the Family Court, has agreed to be disbarred for converting client funds to......
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4:33 PM Wed, Oct 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Peter Lord Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- An environment group held a news conference in Providence Wednesday to complain about toxic chemicals being discharged into the state's waterways, but......
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4:25 PM Wed, Oct 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, RI -- Citizens Financial Group is asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a Woonsocket college student claiming the bank intentionally......
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4:07 PM Wed, Oct 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Linda Borg Email
BARRINGTON, R.I. -- A Barrington couple has won permission to review hundreds of documents related to the controversial town-wide property tax revaluation, which has spurred......
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4:06 PM Wed, Oct 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Tatiana Pina Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Two students from La Salle Academy have tested positive for the H1N1 virus, according to the school. The students were two of......
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3:55 PM Wed, Oct 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A fourth defendant has pleaded guilty to identity theft and credit card fraud after obtaining duplicate credit cards of victims' accounts and......
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3:27 PM Wed, Oct 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Talia Buford Email
CRANSTON, R.I. -- The Parole Board has denied Walter A. Perry Jr.'s request for parole. Perry, who was sentenced to life in prison in 1987......
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3:12 PM Wed, Oct 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Richard Salit Email
After observing First Student buses violating anti-idling laws in Rhode Island and Connecticut, the Environmental Protection Agency has reached a settlement with the national transportation......
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3:10 PM Wed, Oct 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Alex Kuffner Email
A national report released Wednesday ranks Rhode Island 9th in the nation in energy efficiency efforts. The 2009 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard ranks states in......
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2:46 PM Wed, Oct 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Alex Kuffner Email
A survey of 430 Narragansett residents conducted last summer by the R.I. Department of Environmental Management found significant support for installing at least one wind......
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2:33 PM Wed, Oct 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Alisha A. Pina Email
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Town officials in Plymouth, Mass., chose Tuesday night not to hire City Manager Richard M. Brown as their next town manager.......
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2:21 PM Wed, Oct 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
NORTH SMITHFIELD, R.I. - A vehicle that was carjacked on a rural highway off-ramp Tuesday night is still missing, the North Smithfield police say. The......
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2:19 PM Wed, Oct 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Philip Marcelo Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Downtown bus stops will be relocated as parts of Kennedy Plaza are closed for a month-long repaving project starting Oct. 31. The......
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1:20 PM Wed, Oct 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
NORTH SMITHFIELD, R.I. -- The Rev. Eileen Morris thought a recent incidence of vandalism at her church was over and done with, the damage repaired......
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1:08 PM Wed, Oct 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Paul Grimaldi Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union on Wednesday said it has filed a discrimination complaint against health-services giant......
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12:57 PM Wed, Oct 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Michael Janusonis Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Scott Caan, who co-starred in the "Ocean's Eleven'' movie series and in Michael Corrente's "Brooklyn Rules,'' has been signed to play boxing......
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12:51 PM Wed, Oct 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Tatiana Pina Email
EAST GREENWICH, R.I. - Michael Castosa was a punctual man. He never missed a day of work. So when he didn't show up for his......
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12:39 PM Wed, Oct 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
Rory Smith PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Businessman and political newcomer Rory Smith has filed a "Notice of Organization" with the Rhode Island Board of Elections, forming......
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12:19 PM Wed, Oct 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Putting to rest rumors that the General Assembly might not return to work next week after all, House Speaker William J. Murphy......
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12:15 PM Wed, Oct 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A handful of people addressed the media during a brief State House news conference this morning, speaking out against legislation they said......
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11:53 AM Wed, Oct 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Linda Borg Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The federal government has approved the allocation of $44.4 million in interest-free bonds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The monies......
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By Mike McDermott Email
The New England Patriots depart tomorrow afternoon for London, where they will play on Sunday against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Jim Donaldson is en route......
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11:42 AM Wed, Oct 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By MIKE SZOSTAK Journal Sports Writer NORTH SMITHFIELD. R.I. -- School officials have received only 10 percent of the money they were anticipating from the......
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BOSTON (AP) -- A 27-year-old Massachusetts man has been charged with conspiring with others to carry out terror attacks against shoppers in U.S. malls and......
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9:35 AM Wed, Oct 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
AP photo / Petar Petrov An astronomer observes the Orionids at an observatory near the village of Avren east of the Bulgarian capital Sofia.......
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
BOSTON (AP) -- A special commission says the legal age at which students can drop out of school in Massachusetts should be raised to 18.......
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8:12 AM Wed, Oct 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The warming trend continues today, with clear skies. Expect a Mostly sunny, with a high near 67, the National Weather Service says.......
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By Donita Naylor Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- If you hear sirens Friday that sound like the end of the world, don't worry, it is only a test. But if......
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
Wednesday's front page reports that Save The Bay, the leading environmental organization in Rhode Island, is opposing a plan to erect a wind turbine......
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These are stories the Providence Journal is watching on Wednesday. PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The House Labor Committee will hold a hearing Wednesday on a controversial......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
On the local front: A year ago today: Rhode Island's unemployment rate of 8.8 percent in September ranked highest in the country, nudging ahead of......
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5:52 PM Tue, Oct 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- After holding a press conference Tuesday morning to criticize a TV report, and to say the number of students absent from La......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A former Providence hospital executive has asked a federal appeals court to overturn his corruption convictions. Robert Urciuoli, the former president......
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By Alex Kuffner Email
Six Rhode Island environmental organizations have raised concerns about a state renewable energy project that could include erecting a wind turbine at Black Point, a......
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By Gina Macris Email
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- Nancy A. Nettik, principal of the West Kingston Elementary School, has been named Rhode Island's National Distinguished Principal by the......
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By Donita Naylor Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Repairs to railroad tracks at Allens Avenue in Providence and on a Route 95 bridge in West Greenwich will result in lane......
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By Linda Borg Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. _ Four dozen fourth- and fifth-graders fanned out across the Rhode Island College campus. They sprawled on the lawn next to the Yellow......
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By Gregory Smith Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Christina E. Garcia, a domestic-violence prevention specialist, was working on a video project with four teenagers in an alley outside the downtown......
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By Barbara Polichetti Email
WARWICK, R.I. -- It's been almost as dizzying as a figure skater's pirouette to keep track of when the city's smoke-damaged Thayer Arena ice rink......
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By Richard Salit Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Officials gathered at the State House on Tuesday to unveil the centerpiece of a new campaign to promote primary health care: a......
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Providence Journal photo / Kathy Borchers Fifth-grader Heather Lind, 10, works on her sculpture as 42 middle school students from St. Michael's Country Day......
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By W. Zachary Malinowski Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Frank J. Williams, the retired chief justice of the R.I. Supreme Court, who has been embroiled in a messy divorce case involving......
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By Felice Freyer Email
Rhode Island will not get as much seasonal flu vaccine for adults as it ordered, and some flu clinics will be canceled as a result.......
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By Neil Downing Email
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., took to the Senate floor on Tuesday to urge passage of a bill that would extend unemployment benefits......
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By Paul Grimaldi Email
A casino industry veteran who has considered managing the Twin River slot parlor on Monday unveiled plans for a casino in nearby Milford, Mass. William......
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2:30 PM Tue, Oct 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Donita Naylor Email
SWANSEA, Mass. -- A Fall River man was fatally injured in Swansea early Tuesday when the car he was driving rear-ended a dump truck that......
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1:28 PM Tue, Oct 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A Senate panel heard testimony Tuesday about how a Coventry couple was driven into bankruptcy proceedings - including what they viewed......
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By Paul Edward Parker Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The number of natural-gas and electric customers having their service disconnected for not paying their bills has fallen in 2009 compared to......
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12:32 PM Tue, Oct 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Michael Janusonis Email
Providence Journal photo / Bob Thayer Richard Gere walks by crew members during the making of his movie, Hachiko: A Dog's Story, outside the......
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The political arm of the Democratic National Committee is working in Rhode Island and across the country today to dial up the pressure on Congress......
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TheSouth County Community Action Agency is offering no-cost energy audits and free energy conservation services such as insulation of walls and attics, window and door......
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PROVIDENCE,, R.I. -- With a key House committee poised to hold a hearing on the issue Wednesday, Governor Carcieri says he is "adamantly opposed'' to......
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EAST GREENWICH, R.I. -- Last year, a statewide agency received 315 calls about elderly abuse. "That number is just the tip of the iceberg," said......
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A Rhode Island resident is scheduled to testify Tuesday morning at a hearing of a Senate subcommittee that is examining potential bankruptcy......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Three major philanthropic organizations have volunteered to provide the state Department of Education with a total of $245,000 to ensure that Rhode......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A convicted burglar from Rhode Island has been found guilty on new federal gun charges. James Farrell was convicted in U.S.......
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Journal file photo Michael Derderian By Talia Buford Journal Staff Writer WARWICK, R.I. -- Michael Derderian, a co-owner of The Station nightclub who pleaded......
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BOSTON (AP) -- Gov. Deval Patrick is asking state unions to accept furlough days and other concessions to avoid layoffs of up to 2,000 state......
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Journal file photo David Swain A former Jamestown councilman on trial for murdering his wife during a scuba-diving vacation in the British Virgin Islands......
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- The former Yale lab technician charged with killing a graduate student last month is scheduled to appear in a Connecticut......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The police are investigating a shooting in the West End Monday night that sent a 17-year-old boy to Rhode Island Hospital with......
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By Barbara Polichetti Email
WARWICK, RI. -- The head of the Rhode Island Airport Corporation (RIAC) is asking City Council members to join discussions aimed at working out an......
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Tuesday's front page reports that the Rhode Island Health Department has sent letters to the parents of 180,000 schoolchildren, alerting them to upcoming swine-flu......
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Live local radar More weather... PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- It looks like we're in for a stretch of beautiful fall weather. Expect a mostly sunny......
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These are stories the Providence Journal is watching today. CRANSTON, R.I. -- Operation Holiday Cheer, an effort to send holiday care packages to Rhode Island......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
On the local front: A year ago today: Robert A. Urciuoli, the former president of Roger Williams Medical Center, seeks to have a judge overrule......
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By Lynn Arditi Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Three state lawmakers have vowed to introduce legislation in the General Assembly in January to change the law that allowed the state......
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
JOHNSTON, R.I. -- Police are looking for a man who tried to rob the Shop N' Go store at 1569 Plainfield St. around 5:30 p.m.......
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The Health Department has sent letters to the parents of 180,000 children in kindergarten through 12th grade, alerting them to upcoming swine-flu vaccination clinics in......
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An East Providence man is hoping the U.S. Supreme Court will step in and save his house from foreclosure because of some sloppy paperwork on......
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By Linda Borg Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island Federation of Teachers and Health Professionals has received a $200,000 national grant to develop a much more demanding method......
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By Tatiana Pina Email
PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- The Pawtucket Fire Department rescued a woman and her 3-year-old child from a second-story window of their 125 Perrin Ave. home after......
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By Bryan Rourke Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Don Bousquet, a comic cartoonist living in South Kingstown, would probably make a joke about receiving......
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By Tatiana Pina Email
CENTRAL FALLS, R.I.- - A Central Falls man was charged with assault with a deadly weapon after he stabbed another man during a fight Saturday......
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By Richard Salit Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A judge signed off on Monday on a proposed settlement in which the state agrees to meet federal deadlines for processing food......
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By Richard Salit Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The call will go out from the State House on Tuesday for Rhode Islanders to stay healthy by seeing primary-care doctors, and......
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By Paul Grimaldi Email
PROVIDENCE, RI -- Two Connecticut men, a father and son, are asking a federal bankruptcy court judge for help in their lawsuit against the Twin......
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By Kate Bramson Email
SCITUATE, R.I. -- The 19-year-old Pilgrim and Native American village that was vandalized last month at Clayville Elementary School is rising again, thanks to more......
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Pot-smoking patients or their sanctioned suppliers should not be targeted for federal prosecution in states such as Rhode Island that allow medical......
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RICHMOND, R.I. -- A Native American advocacy group is urging U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy to support a bill that would make it easier for certain......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The "Keep Eddy Moving" program is no more. The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority and state Department of Transportation announced Monday that......
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Revenues at Connecticut's two casinos continued to drop in 2009 as both Foxwoods Resort Casino and Mohegan Sun reported slot machine income was down in......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
SCITUATE, R.I. -- Town police stopped two cars over the past week and discovered that the drivers had suspended licenses and were frequent offenders. For......
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STORRS, Conn. (AP) -- An autopsy shows University of Connecticut football player Jasper Howard was killed by a single stab wound to his abdomen,......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Gasoline prices in Rhode Island have increased for the first time in seven weeks, according to AAA Southern New England. The average......
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MIDDLETOWN, R.I. - Children in the Middletown schools needed to get their own rides to school this morning after a school bus employee discovered 17......
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By Kate Bramson Email
WARREN, R.I. -- The police are investigating the death of a 24-year-old Warren man who was found having trouble breathing on Metacom Avenue Saturday night......
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- A weekend fire has destroyed a Shawnee County house that was thought to have been a way station on the Underground......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Providence authorities will be conducting a port security drill today, and the head of the U.S. Fire Administration will be on......
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Hasbro Inc, of Pawtucket, the nation's second biggest toymaker, said Monday its profit rose 8.8 percent in the third quarter, helped......
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The opening of the last segment of the much-touted Iway, from Route 195 West to Route 95 North, as well as of a pair of......
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Monday's front page reports that new ramps connecting Route 195 west and Route 95 north will open this week. A 14-year-old Rhode Island chess......
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Live local radar More weather... PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The stormy weather has moved out, and sunshine will take over Monday, according to the National......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
On the local front: A year ago today: All tap water at the University of Rhode Island's Kingston campus should be boiled before using, state......
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