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		<title>Scarlet letter? Try orange sticker; students challenge RI town law that brands party houses</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:40:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Tucker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NARRAGANSETT, R.I. — Renters and homeowners in this southern Rhode Island beach town say the punishment for hosting a loud house party is tantamount to a scarlet letter: a large orange sticker plastered on the front door.

Police in Narragansett are allowed to place the stickers on homes where parties of five or more people have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RI&#8217;s Touro Synagogue, oldest existing Jewish house of worship in US, opens new visitors center</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:57:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Tucker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEWPORT, R.I. — The Touro Synagogue was barely 25 years old when George Washington offered a vision of religious tolerance in a letter he sent its congregants.

The new American government, the president wrote in the most famous passage of the 1790 letter, &#8220;gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance.&#8221;
A copy of the letter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seeger, Baez and some contemporary acts headline anniversary show at Newport folk festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Tucker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Joan Baez was just 18 when she performed at the first Newport Folk Festival, a self-described neurotic and high maintenance teenager who remembers trembling in her sandals as she waited her turn on stage.

She sang in her signature soprano that night, and her career quickly took off; she released an album on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ACLU fights RI judge&#8217;s order banning woman&#8217;s Facebook comments on brother&#8217;s child custody case</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 08:05:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A civil rights watchdog group wants a Rhode Island judge to reverse a gag order banning a woman from commenting on a child custody case on Facebook.

The American Civil Liberties Union said Wednesday it considers the restraining order against Barrington resident Michelle Langlois an infringement on her right to free speech.
ACLU executive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hasbro 2nd-quarter profit rises 5 percent, boosted by sales of Transformers, G.I. Joe toys</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/hasbro-2nd-quarter-profit-rises-5-percent-boosted-by-sales-of-transformers-gi-joe-toys-114766/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:26:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mae Anderson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Transformers aren&#8217;t just titans at the box office, they&#8217;re flying off toy shelves, too. Toy maker Hasbro Inc. said Monday strong sales of the morphing robots helped its second-quarter profit rise past analyst expectations.

Summer movie tie-in toys have been one bright spot for toy makers during the consumer-spending slowdown. Hasbro has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RI residents enter confidential agreement with New England Gas Company in mercury spill</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A lawyer for Rhode Island residents who claim they were exposed to mercury when a New England Gas Company building was vandalized in 2004 says his clients have reached a settlement.

Attorney Mark Dana confirmed the confidential agreement that affects 90 residents of Pawtucket. He said some of his clients became ill while [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Signs of the times: &#8216;Recession 101&#8242; billboards try to put perspective on troubled economy</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/signs-of-the-times-recession-101-billboards-try-to-put-perspective-on-troubled-economy-111988/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:52:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelsey Abbruzzese</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PROVIDENCE, R.I. — &#8220;Interesting fact about recessions &#8230; they end.&#8221;

&#8220;Self worth is greater than net worth.&#8221;
&#8220;This will end long before those who caused it are paroled.&#8221;
Those are a few of the messages drivers in Rhode Island and across the country are seeing as part of a billboard campaign dubbed &#8220;Recession 101&#8243; and funded by an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Survivor winner Hatch can&#8217;t end home confinement to star in show&#8217;s anniversary edition</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/survivor-winner-hatch-cant-end-home-confinement-to-star-in-shows-anniversary-edition-108220/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A federal judge in Rhode Island says &#8220;Survivor&#8221; winner Richard Hatch cannot leave home confinement early to star in a 10th anniversary edition of the reality show in Samoa.

Hatch was convicted in 2006 of failing to pay taxes on the $1 million he won on the debut season of the CBS reality [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Survivor&#8217; winner Richard Hatch wants out of home confinement for anniversary show in Samoa</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEWPORT, R.I. — &#8220;Survivor&#8221; winner Richard Hatch, who&#8217;s serving home confinement for tax evasion, wants a leave to star in a 10th anniversary edition of the show in Samoa.

Hatch won $1 million on the reality show but was convicted in 2006 of failing to pay taxes on his winnings. He&#8217;s serving the final 90 days [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Debate over state&#8217;s official name _ linked to slavery _ divides Rhode Islanders</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Henry</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PROVIDENCE, R.I. — George Lima is offended by his state&#8217;s full official name, and he wants it shortened.

&#8220;State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations&#8221; reminds him of the racial prejudice he encountered as a black man in the U.S. military and that kept him seated in the back of Providence restaurants.
&#8220;What&#8217;s Rhode Island? Just backward?&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RI bill raises fines for industrial polluters; prompted by Tiverton blue soil case</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:19:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TIVERTON, R.I. — Rhode Island&#8217;s governor is signing legislation to increase fines on industrial polluters.

The bill was prompted by decades-old contamination in Tiverton that turned soil underneath homes blue. More than 100 residents of the town have reached a legal settlement requiring the Southern Union gas company to pay millions for a cleanup and damages.
Under [...]]]></description>
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		<title>93-year-old RI man who fought in Spanish Civil War to receive honorary Spanish citizenship</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:49:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelsey Abbruzzese</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PROVIDENCE, R.I. — In 1937, John Hovan volunteered to travel to Spain and fight on the side of democracy against Gen. Francisco Franco&#8217;s fascist forces in the Spanish Civil War.

Now, at age 93, he has been honored with Spanish citizenship for his service as a transport driver. On Thursday, the Spanish consul general in Boston [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP Interview: Rep. Kennedy says relapse warning signs led him to seek addiction treatment</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:29:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Tucker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rep. Patrick Kennedy said Wednesday that he decided to enter an addiction treatment center last month because he was showing signs of a relapse and had been dealing with stress.

Kennedy told The Associated Press in an interview Wednesday that addiction is a chronic and lifelong battle and that his doctors urged him [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hear ye, hear ye! RI town holds nation&#8217;s oldest July 4th celebration with parade, speeches</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:56:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Tucker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BRISTOL, R.I. — In July 1785, the citizens of this waterfront town assembled to heap praise on their newly minted nation and to thank God for helping them survive a fierce assault by the British during the Revolutionary War.

In July 1892, lawyer Orrin Bosworth preached that the townsfolk should be accepting of the immigrants arriving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heavy rains snarl traffic, knock out power in parts of Northeast ahead of July 4th weekend</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Torrential rains are soaking New England and causing traffic backups and power failures as the holiday weekend approaches.

Parts of Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island are under flash flood warnings. State police say the rain snarled traffic Thursday on parts of the Massachusetts Turnpike.
About 11,000 people in Rhode Island lacked power in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RI hospitals adopt same surgical protocol to help traveling docs, reduce potential errors</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:43:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelsey Abbruzzese</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Surgeons in Rhode Island will start following the same procedures before surgeries, no matter which hospital they are working in.

The Hospital Association of Rhode Island says the 14 hospitals in the state voluntarily agreed to adopt the same routine for surgical procedures. Hospital officials are announcing details of the new plan Tuesday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amazon.com ends Rhode Island commission program due to new sales tax law that comes into force</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:20:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PROVIDENCE, 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.

Seattle-based Amazon wrote to Rhode Island Web site operators, telling them its &#8220;Associates program&#8221; ended Monday. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>These streets were made for parking? Maybe not in Newport, which mulls trolley system</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:43:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Tucker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEWPORT, R.I. — Scott Greenberg reached the breaking point of frustration when he was slapped with a $25 ticket for unwittingly leaving his Honda Accord in a spot reserved for Newport residents.

He fired off an angry letter to city officials, calling Newport the &#8220;wild west of parking&#8221; and expressing a sarcastic gratitude for the warm [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RI lawmakers step closer to changing longest-in-nation state name to soothe wounds of slavery</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:28:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Henry</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The country&#8217;s smallest state has the longest official name: &#8220;State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.&#8221;

A push to drop &#8220;Providence Plantations&#8221; from that name advanced farther than ever on Thursday when House lawmakers voted 70-3 to let residents decide whether their home should simply be called the &#8220;State of Rhode Island.&#8221; It&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RI debates changing its longest-in-nation name to soothe wounds caused by slavery</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The country&#8217;s smallest state has the longest official name: &#8220;State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.&#8221;

Now, a push to drop &#8220;Providence Plantations&#8221; from that name has advanced farther than ever before. It&#8217;s an encouraging sign for those who believe it conjures up images of slavery, while opponents argue it&#8217;s an unnecessary rewriting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-owner of RI nightclub where fire killed 100 released early from prison for good behavior</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:16:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Tucker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PROVIDENCE, 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.

Michael Derderian, who was initially due out this fall, said that his time in prison was difficult but that others have suffered worse.
He said in a statement [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twin River slot parlor seeks Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection under mounting debts</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:29:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PROVIDENCE, 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.

UTGR Inc., which owns the Twin River slots parlor in Lincoln, R.I., filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Tuesday morning. Hours later, its attorneys outlined for a federal bankruptcy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Out of sight, out of mind: RI lawmakers moving to close indoor prostitution loophole</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/out-of-sight-out-of-mind-ri-lawmakers-moving-to-close-indoor-prostitution-loophole-85873/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:32:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Henry</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The undercover police officer paid $60 to enter the Midori Spa just blocks from City Hall. A massage therapist rubbed the officer&#8217;s back, then simulated a sex act with her right hand.

&#8220;You want more?&#8221; Myong Kim asked, explaining it would cost an extra $20.
&#8220;Next time,&#8221; officer Scott McGregor said, according to court [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mayors intend to accept White House invitation to meet following national conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PROVIDENCE, 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.

But the conference&#8217;s newly sworn-in president, Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels, says the mayors won&#8217;t be able to make the administration&#8217;s proposed date of June 29 because they want [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nation&#8217;s mayors meet in RI amid economic recession as White House avoids labor dispute</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 06:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Tucker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The country&#8217;s economic crisis dominated the agenda at Friday&#8217;s opening of the national mayors&#8217; conference, with big-city leaders telling of their struggles with mounting foreclosures, double-digit unemployment rates and falling tax revenues.

&#8220;Every one of us are on the front lines of an historic and unprecedented economic crisis facing our cities, at least [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RI governor vetoes bill allowing medical marijuana stores; lawmakers expected to try override</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ri-governor-vetoes-bill-allowing-medical-marijuana-stores-lawmakers-expected-to-try-override-80315/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 05:38:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rhode Island Gov. Don Carcieri has vetoed legislation allowing stores to sell marijuana to medical patients.

The proposal would have made Rhode Island the third state in the nation to adopt such a policy.
In a letter Friday, Carcieri said permitting the manufacture and sale of drugs illegal under federal law would send the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RI lawmakers debate bill creating major customer for proposed offshore wind farm</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Henry</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The state&#8217;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.

The compromise legislation ends a years-long deadlock between Republican Gov. Don Carcieri and Democratic lawmakers. Similar versions of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate lawmakers vote to legalize marijuana sales to chronically ill patients in RI</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelsey Abbruzzese</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PROVIDENCE, 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.

The state Senate voted 30-2 to adopt a measure permitting three stores to sell marijuana to more than 680 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Labor dispute between Providence, firefighters disrupts mayors conference in Rhode Island</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:21:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Tucker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A national mayors&#8217; conference opening later this week was supposed to showcase Rhode Island&#8217;s capital city and draw top members of President Barack Obama&#8217;s administration, including Vice President Joe Biden.

But it&#8217;s been overshadowed by a yearslong labor clash that has wounded the city&#8217;s standing on the national political stage and is now [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Providence leader blames city union for disrupting national mayors conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Tucker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PROVIDENCE, 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.

The White House said Friday that it would not take part in the conference in Providence to avoid [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From fishing and baseball to war and civil rights, new exhibit traces Norman Rockwell&#8217;s career</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/from-fishing-and-baseball-to-war-and-civil-rights-new-exhibit-traces-norman-rockwells-career-73618/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 09:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Tucker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEWPORT, R.I. — Norman Rockwell&#8217;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.

But the frivolous image from May 1916 soon gave way to weightier subjects.
He marked the financial turmoil of the Great Depression with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Providence, RI, joins cities opening door to licensing club bouncers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 01:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelsey Abbruzzese</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PROVIDENCE, 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.

Most bouncers carry clean records and do their jobs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Universities finding extra housing space in condos left vacant by housing market crash</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/universities-finding-extra-housing-space-in-condos-left-vacant-by-housing-market-crash-67189/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 01:09:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Tucker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PROVIDENCE, R.I. — River views, granite countertops, stainless-steel appliances, 9-foot ceilings. This is student housing?

When classes start this fall — if all goes as planned — more than 300 students at Johnson &#038; Wales University will be living in Capitol Cove, an upscale condominium project that had been languishing on the market for more than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gas explosion at RI apartment building injures 6 firefighters, 1 police officer</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 08:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A driver has hit a natural-gas line at a Rhode Island apartment building, setting off an explosion that&#8217;s injured six firefighters and a police officer.

Providence Fire Department Deputy Chief James Mirza tells The Providence Journal one firefighter and the officer are hospitalized.
Mirza says the driver ruptured the gas line in the accident [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gas explosion at apartment building injures 6 RI firefighters, 1 police officer</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 02:47:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PROVIDENCE, 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.

Deputy Fire Chief James Mirza tells The Providence Journal that one firefighter and the officer remained hospitalized late Saturday morning.
Mirza says the driver ruptured the gas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New England gay marriage advocates hit roadblock in heavy Catholic Rhode Island</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 10:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Henry</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Gay marriage could soon become the law of the land across New England — except in Rhode Island.

Maine this week became the fourth state in New England to legalize same-sex marriage, and New Hampshire&#8217;s governor is deciding whether to sign similar legislation.
Vermont lawmakers established gay marriage last month, following a path already [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twin River gambling parlor to host greyhound racing through August despite bankruptcy threat</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 02:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LINCOLN, 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&#8217;s owners originally wanted because state officials believe the earlier closing would violate state law.

The corporate parents of Twin River proposed on Tuesday indefinitely suspending greyhound racing on May 31 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Red Sox&#8217; Daisuke Matsuzaka throws 2 2-3 innings of scoreless ball in Triple-A rehab start</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 08:42:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PAWTUCKET, R.I. — Boston&#8217;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.

Matsuzaka has been on the disabled list since April 15 with a mild right shoulder strain.
He allowed two hits — a ground single and an infield single — [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking the budget could mean prison for RI public servants under lawmaker&#8217;s plan</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/breaking-the-budget-could-mean-prison-for-ri-public-servants-under-lawmakers-plan-53427/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 04:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Henry</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Hand-wringing, not handcuffs, normally awaits public servants who blow their budgets and need more cash.

But a Rhode Island legislator now wants to make it a misdemeanor for officials to knowingly overspend their budgets, in what would apparently be a first among states.
Violators would be punished with up to a year in prison [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Red Sox OF Rocco Baldelli begins rehab stint with Triple-A Pawtucket</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/red-sox-of-rocco-baldelli-begins-rehab-stint-with-triple-a-pawtucket-52261/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 10:27:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PAWTUCKET, 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.

Baldelli was placed on the disabled list April 21 after injuring his left hamstring. He batted leadoff and was the designated hitter for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boston med student in Craigslist killing expected to face new charges in RI</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 23:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Tucker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WARWICK, R.I. — The Boston medical student charged with killing a masseuse he met on Craigslist is expected to face new charges in Rhode Island.

Rhode Island prosecutors said Monday that they will announce an arrest warrant in the attempted robbery of a stripper inside a hotel last month.
They&#8217;ve previously said Philip Markoff, who is charged [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RI teen wearing headphones, looking at phone misses car horn warning, is killed by school bus</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 04:55:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WARWICK, 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.

Kimberly Pisaturo apparently did not hear a car horn warning her of the imminent collision.
Pisaturo was hit around [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summer resorts, usually staffed by foreign workers and teens, turn to US unemployed</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 23:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PROVIDENCE, 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.

All over the country, resorts and other summer businesses are getting swamped with applications from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RI high school student hit and killed by school bus carrying students in suburban Providence</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 22:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WARWICK, 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.

The Warwick school superintendent said the girl, whose name has not been released, was wearing headphones when she was struck while crossing the street.
She apparently did not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Textron Inc.&#8217;s 1st-qtr profit sinks 63 pct on weaker corporate jet sales, cuts &#8216;09 outlook</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:39:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PROVIDENCE, 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.

The Providence, R.I. company says its net income totaled $86 million, or 35 cents per share in the latest quarter, versus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Craigslist founder requests public&#8217;s help in monitoring Web site after masseuse&#8217;s death</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/craigslist-founder-requests-publics-help-in-monitoring-web-site-after-masseuses-death-38519/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 16:46:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Tucker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The founder of Craigslist does not plan to close the &#8220;erotic services&#8221; section of the Web site despite criticism that has intensified after a medical student was accused of killing a Boston masseuse who advertised there.

Craig Newmark contends his site already allows users to flag inappropriate material they believe should be removed.
&#8220;Sometimes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Law enforcement source: Evidence links Craigslist suspect to RI hotel where 3rd crime occurred</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/law-enforcement-source-evidence-links-craigslist-suspect-to-ri-hotel-where-3rd-crime-occurred-37613/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 03:25:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Tucker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PROVIDENCE, 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.

The official told The Associated Press that Philip Markoff&#8217;s fingerprint was found on a wall of the Holiday Inn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disguised as a conservative Christian, Ivy Leaguer learns fundamentals of Falwell&#8217;s university</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/disguised-as-a-conservative-christian-ivy-leaguer-learns-fundamentals-of-falwells-university-33710/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Tucker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PROVIDENCE, 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.

Roose had transferred to the Virginia campus from Brown University in Providence, a famously [...]]]></description>
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		<title>With unemployment soaring, new leadership recommended for RI Economic Development Corp.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:38:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.

Gov. Don Carcieri had tasked the panel of business leaders, lawmakers and a union leader with evaluating [...]]]></description>
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