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October 20, 2009 Archives
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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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5:37 PM Tue, Oct 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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5:30 PM Tue, Oct 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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5:22 PM Tue, Oct 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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5:20 PM Tue, Oct 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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5:05 PM Tue, Oct 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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4:57 PM Tue, Oct 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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3:24 PM Tue, Oct 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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3:20 PM Tue, Oct 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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3:18 PM Tue, Oct 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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3:09 PM Tue, Oct 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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3:06 PM Tue, Oct 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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3:04 PM Tue, Oct 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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2:33 PM Tue, Oct 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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1:27 PM Tue, Oct 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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12:21 PM Tue, Oct 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples Email
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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12:07 PM Tue, Oct 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Peter Lord Email
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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12:01 PM Tue, Oct 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
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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11:11 AM Tue, Oct 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Paul Davis Email
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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11:10 AM Tue, Oct 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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10:43 AM Tue, Oct 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Linda Borg Email
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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10:34 AM Tue, Oct 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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10:10 AM Tue, Oct 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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9:33 AM Tue, Oct 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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9:16 AM Tue, Oct 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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8:08 AM Tue, Oct 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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7:55 AM Tue, Oct 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
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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7:50 AM Tue, Oct 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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7:15 AM Tue, Oct 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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7:02 AM Tue, Oct 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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7:00 AM Tue, Oct 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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By News staff Email
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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6:05 AM Tue, Oct 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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