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Seven displaced after Cranston house fire

11:15 AM Sun, Nov 22, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Alisha A. Pina    Email

CRANSTON, R.I. -- A family of seven is being helped by the Red Cross after their Potter Street home was badly damaged from a fire......



East Providence harrier shines in Division II championships

4:21 PM Sat, Nov 21, 2009 | | Write a comment
By W. Zachary Malinowski    Email

EVANSVILLE, Indiana -- Erin Carmone, of East Providence, a freshman at Stonehill College in Easton, Mass., finished 23rd Saturday at the national Division II Cross......



Trainee for streetworker program is arrested

3:56 PM Sat, Nov 21, 2009 | | Write a comment
By W. Zachary Malinowski    Email

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A former gang member who spent the past three months training to become a peacemaker at the Institute for the Study &......



Fire destroys historic home in Barrington

3:52 PM Sat, Nov 21, 2009 | | Write a comment
By W. Zachary Malinowski    Email

BARRINGTON, R.I. -- A heating gun to remove paint caused a fire Saturday afternoon that may have destroyed a historic home at 38 Old River......



Lawyer David L. Spector faces ethics complaints

6:01 PM Fri, Nov 20, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Tracy Breton    Email

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- David L. Spector, a lawyer from Needham, Mass., is under investigation in Massachusetts and Rhode Island regarding allegations that he took more......



Scituate driver held on 19th suspended-license charge

5:31 PM Fri, Nov 20, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Thomas J. Morgan    Email

WARWICK, R.I. -- A Scituate driver who was arrested earlier this week on a 19th charge of driving on a suspended license, and who was......



Testimony: Fiancée saw no doctors examining Woods

5:18 PM Fri, Nov 20, 2009 | | Comments (3)
By Thomas J. Morgan    Email

By John Hill Journal Staff Writer WARWICK, R.I. -- The fiancée of the late Michael Woods testified in Kent County Superior Court Friday that she......



Odd-feeling R.I. weather averages out around normal

rink_weather.jpg 4:32 PM Fri, Nov 20, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Thomas J. Morgan    Email

Providence Journal photo / Bob Thayer Wayne Jankura of the Providence Parks Department rakes leaves off the watery surface of the Bank of America......



Update: All quiet at Cumberland High School after alert

4:20 PM Fri, Nov 20, 2009 | | Comments (6)
By News staff    Email

By Michael McKinney and Maria Armental Journal Staff Writers CUMBERLAND, R.I. -- Graffiti involving a bomb threat, discovered this week in two bathrooms at Cumberland......



Carcieri may wait to pick R.I. Supreme Court justice

4:00 PM Fri, Nov 20, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Tracy Breton    Email

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Governor Carcieri intends to interview each of the five finalists for an open seat on the state Supreme Court before making the......



2 beams set for new bridge over Route 95, more to come

OVERPASS WELD MM.JPG 3:42 PM Fri, Nov 20, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Bruce Landis    Email

A welder works Friday morning in the rain on what will be the Clifford Street overpass over Route 95. The highway was closed Thursday......



RI DOT removing split lanes on Rte. 95 in W. Greenwich

3:36 PM Fri, Nov 20, 2009 | | Write a comment
By News staff    Email

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island Department of Transportation will remove the split-lane traffic pattern this weekend on Route 95 South, shortly after Exit 6......



Brown University unveils supercomputer

2:49 PM Fri, Nov 20, 2009 | | Comments (5)
By Alex Kuffner    Email

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Brown University on Friday unveiled a new supercomputer that is the most powerful machine of its kind in Rhode Island. The multimillion-dollar......



Barrington teens caught drinking at leadership conference

2:33 PM Fri, Nov 20, 2009 | | Comments (9)
By Linda Borg    Email

BARRINGTON, R.I. -- Six Barrington High School students have been suspended after getting caught drinking in their hotel room while attending a national leadership conference......



Med. examiner: Fall didn't cause baby Naiomi's injuries

2:22 PM Fri, Nov 20, 2009 | | Comments (1)
By News staff    Email

By Talia Buford Journal Staff Writer NEWPORT, R.I. -- The injuries that ultimately killed six-week-old Naiomi McCoy earlier this year could not have been caused......



Investors sue lawyer Rothstein in fraud probe for $100M

2:17 PM Fri, Nov 20, 2009 | | Write a comment
By News staff    Email

By Curt Anderson AP Legal Affairs Writer MIAMI, Fla. -- Investors claiming they were fleeced by a high-profile attorney filed a $100 million lawsuit Friday......



Update: Hearing set on questioning of judge in lawsuit

1:20 PM Fri, Nov 20, 2009 | | Comments (4)
By Katherine Gregg    Email

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Carcieri administration has mounted a legal campaign to keep new Superior Court Judge Brian Stern, a former head of state purchasing......



RI regulators strip Yellow Cab of half its taxis

1:04 PM Fri, Nov 20, 2009 | | Comments (1)
By Paul Edward Parker    Email

The Rhode Island Division of Public Utilities and Carriers on Friday yanked the license for half of Yellow Cab's fleet and fined the company $100,000......



RI jobless rate still 3rd worst in nation, worst in region

12:04 PM Fri, Nov 20, 2009 | | Comments (4)
By Cynthia Needham    Email

Rhode Island's unemployment rate may have dropped to 12.9 percent from 13 percent in October, but it's still the third highest in the country. Figures......



Update: Driver in Cranston fatal charged with DUI

12:02 PM Fri, Nov 20, 2009 | | Comments (19)
By Kate Bramson    Email

By Tatiana Pina and Kate Bramson Journal Staff Writers WARWICK, R.I. -- Hours after a fatal crash in Cranston that killed one of his friends......