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. From fishing and baseball to war and civil rights, new exhibit traces Norman Rockwell’s careerNEWPORT, R.I. — Norman Rockwell’s first cover for The Saturday Evening Post was of a sour-faced adolescent strolling his infant sibling in a baby carriage as two boys in baseball uniforms make mocking gestures. 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. Twin River gambling parlor to host greyhound racing through August despite bankruptcy threatLINCOLN, R.I. — Greyhound racing will continue through the summer at the struggling Twin River gambling parlor rather than end in late May as the facility’s owners originally wanted because state officials believe the earlier closing would violate state law. Red Sox’ Daisuke Matsuzaka throws 2 2-3 innings of scoreless ball in Triple-A rehab startPAWTUCKET, R.I. — Boston’s Daisuke Matsuzaka pitched 2 2-3 scoreless innings in a rehab start for the Pawtucket Red Sox against the Toledo Mud Hens on Tuesday night. 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. Red Sox OF Rocco Baldelli begins rehab stint with Triple-A PawtucketPAWTUCKET, R.I. — Boston outfielder Rocco Baldelli went 0 for 3 with a sacrifice fly Monday night in the first game of his minor league rehab assignment with the Pawtucket Red Sox. Boston med student in Craigslist killing expected to face new charges in RIWARWICK, R.I. — The Boston medical student charged with killing a masseuse he met on Craigslist is expected to face new charges in Rhode Island. A day in the recession: Job hunting, a free meal, an auction, _ and a prayerIt’s a rainy spring morning and Tamara Ogier plants herself at a table in a Spartan room in the Atlanta federal courthouse, computer and tape recorder at hand, ready to hear another day’s stories of financial ruin. RI teen wearing headphones, looking at phone misses car horn warning, is killed by school busWARWICK, R.I. — A 15-year-old girl wearing headphones and looking down at her cell phone while crossing a street was struck and killed Friday by a school bus carrying students to a suburban Providence high school, police said. 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. Obituaries in the newsBen Ali WASHINGTON (AP) — Ben Ali, the founder of Ben’s Chili Bowl diner, a landmark in Washington’s black business and entertainment district and a frequent stop for politicians and celebrities, has died. He was 82. DA: Computer evidence linked accused Craigslist killer to crimes; financee says he’s innocentBOSTON — A medical student facing charges of murdering a masseuse he had lured to a hotel through Craigslist was linked to the slaying in part by surveillance video and computer evidence, authorities said. Law enforcement source: Items from 2 victims found in Craigslist suspect’s apt. near BostonBOSTON — A Boston University medical student accused of robbing women who advertised erotic services on Craigslist, killing one of them, had items belonging to both victims in his apartment, a law enforcement source said Wednesday. 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. Conn. casino confirms cooperating with authorities investigating Craigslist slaying suspectBOSTON — Investigators are looking into gambling as the possible motivation for a Boston medical student accused of targeting women who advertised exotic services on Craigslist, luring them into hotels to rob them and killing one woman who fought back. Craigslist slaying suspect’s former med school lab partner says he was “strange in a dark way”BOSTON — A former medical school lab partner of accused Craigslist killer Philip Markoff says she’s not surprised that he’s a suspect in the case because he had profound mood swings and often appeared “disturbed.” |
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