From fishing and baseball to war and civil rights, new exhibit traces Norman Rockwell’s career

NEWPORT, 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 bouncers

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.

Universities finding extra housing space in condos left vacant by housing market crash

PROVIDENCE, 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 officer

PROVIDENCE, 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 officer

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.

New England gay marriage advocates hit roadblock in heavy Catholic Rhode Island

PROVIDENCE, 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 threat

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’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 start

PAWTUCKET, 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 plan

PROVIDENCE, 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 Pawtucket

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.

Boston med student in Craigslist killing expected to face new charges in RI

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.

RI teen wearing headphones, looking at phone misses car horn warning, is killed by school bus

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.

Summer resorts, usually staffed by foreign workers and teens, turn to US unemployed

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.

RI high school student hit and killed by school bus carrying students in suburban Providence

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.

Textron Inc.’s 1st-qtr profit sinks 63 pct on weaker corporate jet sales, cuts ‘09 outlook

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.

Craigslist founder requests public’s help in monitoring Web site after masseuse’s death

PROVIDENCE, 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 occurred

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.

Disguised as a conservative Christian, Ivy Leaguer learns fundamentals of Falwell’s university

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.

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.