RI hospitals adopt same surgical protocol to help traveling docs, reduce potential errorsPROVIDENCE, R.I. — Surgeons in Rhode Island will start following the same procedures before surgeries, no matter which hospital they are working in. Amazon.com ends Rhode Island commission program due to new sales tax law that comes into forcePROVIDENCE, R.I. — Amazon.com has cut ties with Rhode Island Web sites that make referrals to the online retailer because a law designed to collect sales taxes on these transactions will soon come into force, the Providence Journal reported Tuesday. RI lawmakers step closer to changing longest-in-nation state name to soothe wounds of slaveryPROVIDENCE, R.I. — The country’s smallest state has the longest official name: “State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.” RI debates changing its longest-in-nation name to soothe wounds caused by slaveryPROVIDENCE, R.I. — The country’s smallest state has the longest official name: “State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.” Ex-owner of RI nightclub where fire killed 100 released early from prison for good behaviorPROVIDENCE, R.I. — A former co-owner of a Rhode Island nightclub where a fire killed 100 people was released from prison Thursday after earning time off for good behavior. Twin River slot parlor seeks Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection under mounting debtsPROVIDENCE, R.I. — A Rhode Island slots parlor says it needs 24-hour gambling, millions of dollars for marketing and to end costly greyhound racing to regain profitability. Out of sight, out of mind: RI lawmakers moving to close indoor prostitution loopholePROVIDENCE, R.I. — The undercover police officer paid $60 to enter the Midori Spa just blocks from City Hall. A massage therapist rubbed the officer’s back, then simulated a sex act with her right hand. Mayors intend to accept White House invitation to meet following national conferencePROVIDENCE, R.I. — Officials from the U.S. Conference of Mayors said Monday they plan to accept a White House invitation to meet on economic issues facing their cities. Nation’s mayors meet in RI amid economic recession as White House avoids labor disputePROVIDENCE, R.I. — The country’s economic crisis dominated the agenda at Friday’s opening of the national mayors’ conference, with big-city leaders telling of their struggles with mounting foreclosures, double-digit unemployment rates and falling tax revenues. RI governor vetoes bill allowing medical marijuana stores; lawmakers expected to try overridePROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rhode Island Gov. Don Carcieri has vetoed legislation allowing stores to sell marijuana to medical patients. RI lawmakers debate bill creating major customer for proposed offshore wind farmPROVIDENCE, R.I. — The state’s dominant electricity distributor would be forced to buy power from renewable energy producers under a deal struck Wednesday that could remove a major financial obstacle to building a windfarm off Rhode Island. Senate lawmakers vote to legalize marijuana sales to chronically ill patients in RIPROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rhode Island would be the third state in the nation and the first on the East Coast to allow nonprofit stores to sell marijuana to medical patients under legislation approved Tuesday by state lawmakers. Labor dispute between Providence, firefighters disrupts mayors conference in Rhode IslandPROVIDENCE, R.I. — A national mayors’ conference opening later this week was supposed to showcase Rhode Island’s capital city and draw top members of President Barack Obama’s administration, including Vice President Joe Biden. Providence leader blames city union for disrupting national mayors conferencePROVIDENCE, R.I. — Providence Mayor David Cicilline said Monday that he would participate in a national mayors conference this week, even as Vice President Joe Biden and other Obama administration officials stay away to avoid a union protest. Providence, RI, joins cities opening door to licensing club bouncersPROVIDENCE, R.I. — A gang member fresh out of prison works the door of a Providence nightclub. Officers in San Diego arrest a bouncer accused of beating and bloodying a drunken patron. In New York City, a parolee hired to protect clubgoers sexually assaults and kills one. Universities finding extra housing space in condos left vacant by housing market crashPROVIDENCE, R.I. — River views, granite countertops, stainless-steel appliances, 9-foot ceilings. This is student housing? Gas explosion at RI apartment building injures 6 firefighters, 1 police officerPROVIDENCE, R.I. — A driver has hit a natural-gas line at a Rhode Island apartment building, setting off an explosion that’s injured six firefighters and a police officer. Gas explosion at apartment building injures 6 RI firefighters, 1 police officerPROVIDENCE, R.I. — A driver hit a natural gas line at an apartment building and set off a gas explosion that injured six Rhode Island firefighters and a police officer. New England gay marriage advocates hit roadblock in heavy Catholic Rhode IslandPROVIDENCE, R.I. — Gay marriage could soon become the law of the land across New England — except in Rhode Island. Breaking the budget could mean prison for RI public servants under lawmaker’s planPROVIDENCE, R.I. — Hand-wringing, not handcuffs, normally awaits public servants who blow their budgets and need more cash. Summer resorts, usually staffed by foreign workers and teens, turn to US unemployedPROVIDENCE, R.I. — This summer, the guy running the Tilt-A-Whirl at the beach might be a laid-off, middle-aged accountant instead of the usual bored teenager. And the towel boy at the pool might be from East Providence instead of Eastern Europe. RI high school student hit and killed by school bus carrying students in suburban ProvidenceWARWICK, R.I. — A 15-year-old girl was struck and killed Friday by a school bus carrying students on their way to a suburban Providence high school, the police said. Textron Inc.’s 1st-qtr profit sinks 63 pct on weaker corporate jet sales, cuts ‘09 outlookPROVIDENCE, R.I. — Textron Inc., which makes Cessna planes, Bell helicopters and turf maintenance equipment, says its first-quarter profit sank 63 percent on lower sales of corporate jets. It also slashed its 2009 earnings forecast. Craigslist founder requests public’s help in monitoring Web site after masseuse’s deathPROVIDENCE, R.I. — The founder of Craigslist does not plan to close the “erotic services” section of the Web site despite criticism that has intensified after a medical student was accused of killing a Boston masseuse who advertised there. Law enforcement source: Evidence links Craigslist suspect to RI hotel where 3rd crime occurredPROVIDENCE, R.I. — A fingerprint has been found linking a medical student accused of killing a masseuse in Boston to a hotel near Providence where another woman claims she was attacked, a law enforcement official said Friday. Disguised as a conservative Christian, Ivy Leaguer learns fundamentals of Falwell’s universityPROVIDENCE, R.I. — Kevin Roose managed to blend in during his single semester at Liberty University, attending lectures on the myth of evolution and the sin of homosexuality, and joining fellow students on a mission trip to evangelize partyers on spring break. With unemployment soaring, new leadership recommended for RI Economic Development Corp.PROVIDENCE, R.I. — State political leaders have failed to create a consistent economic growth strategy and the board that runs a state economic development agency should resign, a group impaneled by the governor said in a report released Tuesday. |
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