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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A youth was arrested Thursday evening after he allegedly assaulted a bus driver, according to Rhode Island Public Transit Authority officials and......
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7:09 PM Thu, Nov 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Philip Marcelo Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island Convention Center Authority filed a federal lawsuit against the city this week contesting a recently passed city ordinance requiring......
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6:04 PM Thu, Nov 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Marley Seaman AP Health Writer NEW YORK -- The Federal Trade Commission is investigating some of CVS Caremark Corp.'s business practices, the company said......
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6:02 PM Thu, Nov 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
WASHINGTON _ Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse assailed Republicans for "refusing to show up for work'' on the global warming bill that Democrats pushed through a......
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5:27 PM Thu, Nov 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- The police are investigating a robbery at the Pawtucket Credit Union at 571 Smithfield Ave. A woman entered the bank around 2:30......
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5:00 PM Thu, Nov 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Linda Borg Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Amos House and the Boys & Girls Club of Pawtucket will each receive $200,000 from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation on......
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4:50 PM Thu, Nov 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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H. Curtis "Curt" Spalding, the longtime director of the environmental advocacy group Save The Bay in Rhode Island, has been named the regional administrator in......
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4:29 PM Thu, Nov 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- About 40 cats were taken Thursday from a Murray Street apartment. Most will have to be euthanized, said David Holden, the city's......
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4:21 PM Thu, Nov 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jennifer D. Jordan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state's director of adult education, Johan Uvin, is leaving Rhode Island after four years to work in Washington, D.C., with his......
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4:18 PM Thu, Nov 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - House Democrats have convened at the State House for a closed-door discussion of an issue that was not even on their special-session......
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4:07 PM Thu, Nov 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Paul Grimaldi Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The lenders in control of the Twin River slot parlor have asked a federal judge for permission to hire the former legal......
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4:05 PM Thu, Nov 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Randal Edgar Email
CRANSTON, R.I. -- The City Council knew when it approved new guidelines for lenders to follow when foreclosing on residential properties that the measures might......
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4:01 PM Thu, Nov 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
CRANSTON, R.I. -- A 16-year-old girl found unconscious in an Aetna Street house Tuesday afternoon remains in critical condition at Hasbro Children's Hospital, the police......
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3:10 PM Thu, Nov 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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BY JIM ABRAMS Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congress took further steps to right the staggering economy by expanding a popular tax credit for......
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1:44 PM Thu, Nov 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch said Thursday he will intervene in the Public Utilities Commission's deliberations over Narragansett Electric's request......
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1:36 PM Thu, Nov 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jennifer D. Jordan Email
Education officials are inviting Rhode Islanders to share their ideas about how to improve schools over the next month at a series of community forums......
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1:21 PM Thu, Nov 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Curt Anderson AP Legal Affairs Writer FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Federal agents seized computers, bank and investment records, cash and even the key......
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12:18 PM Thu, Nov 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
NEW BEDFORD Mass. -- A suspect in a drug raid on Thursday fired at and struck a Massachusetts state trooper, whose body armor protected him......
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12:14 PM Thu, Nov 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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BOSTON, MASS. -- A magistrate judge for the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts on Thursday agreed to hear disgraced lawyer John M. Cicilline's arguments for......
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11:49 AM Thu, Nov 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By John Mulligan Journal Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy said Thursday that he believes that a bill to reverse a U.S. Supreme......
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11:26 AM Thu, Nov 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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Reporter Linda Borg is doing a story on the flu and school districts. Have any districts developed online protocols that would allow sick students to......
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11:15 AM Thu, Nov 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Channing Gray Email
Dr. Scott Haltzman, an assistant professor of psychiatry at Brown University, is going to be interviewed at the top of the hour Friday on the......
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10:30 AM Thu, Nov 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
AP Photo / Pablo Martinez Monsivais Members of the audience raise their hands in hopes of asking President Barack Obama a question during the......
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10:15 AM Thu, Nov 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Calling saltwater fishing in Rhode Island "a birthright," Governor Carcieri vetoed legislation that would have imposed a $7 annual license fee for......
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9:45 AM Thu, Nov 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) -- Authorities have charged a Taunton man who brought the corpse of a visitor who had been beaten to death at his......
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7:48 AM Thu, Nov 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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Drugstore sales and pharmacy benefits sevices boosted third-quarter profits at Woonsocket-based CVS Caremark Corp. by 39 percent. CVS said Thursday that profits jumped to $1.02......
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7:42 AM Thu, Nov 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) -- Law enforcement officials say a series of raids on western Massachusetts massage parlors has resulted in prositution and immigration charges against......
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7:04 AM Thu, Nov 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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Thursday's Providence Journal front page reports that Twin River will offer gambling 24 hours a day. Tax collections in Rhode Island have plunged. Detectives......
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7:00 AM Thu, Nov 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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Live local radar More weather... PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- There's a chance of showers, most likely after 3 p.m. Thursday, according to the National Weather......
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6:05 AM Thu, Nov 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
On the local front: A year ago today: The guided-missile destroyer Cole, the victim of a deadly suicide bombing in Yemen in 2000, wraps up......
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