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October 23, 2009 Archives
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By Steve Peoples  Email
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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5:24 PM Fri, Oct 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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5:14 PM Fri, Oct 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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4:48 PM Fri, Oct 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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4:46 PM Fri, Oct 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Donita Naylor Email
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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4:06 PM Fri, Oct 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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3:35 PM Fri, Oct 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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2:43 PM Fri, Oct 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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2:37 PM Fri, Oct 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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2:12 PM Fri, Oct 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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1:46 PM Fri, Oct 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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12:12 PM Fri, Oct 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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9:50 AM Fri, Oct 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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9:42 AM Fri, Oct 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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9:30 AM Fri, Oct 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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7:32 AM Fri, Oct 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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7:14 AM Fri, Oct 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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