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Rhode Island College to open veterans resource center

Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

By Linda Borg PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Rhode Island College will open a new Veterans Resource Center on its east campus that will serve as a clearinghouse of information for all student veterans and and their families. The opening will take place on Monday at 3 p.m. in Building 5. Navigating a college campus can be a daunting task, said Monica Darcy, coordinator of veterans programs at RIC: "It's the...

Some immigrants in Central Falls are afraid to give info to the government

Providence Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday

The Rev. Eliseo Nogueras, an official with the National Coalition of Latino Clergy and Christian Leaders, is calling for undocumented immigrants to boycott the census.The Providence Journal / Kris CraigCENTRAL FALLS –– On any given street corner of this struggling city, you might hear people speaking English, Spanish, Creole, K’iche, or Portuguese, lending truth to a sign at the city’s...

By the numbers: R.I. arrests for driving on suspended license

Providence Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday

By the numbers: R.I. arrests for driving on suspended license01:00 AM EST on Sunday, November 8, 2009It’s difficult to track how many people are arrested for driving on suspended or otherwise inactive licenses — and even more difficult to learn how many multiple offenders are out there because the state Department of Motor Vehicles’ computer database is old and not easily searchable...

Environmental Journal: Film, state recycling day on tap

Providence Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday

If you are wondering whether it’s a bad idea to keep buying bottled water, you might want to stop by Brown University on Tuesday night for the screening of a new documentary called “Tapped.” It may dampen your enthusiasm for the popular product.If you find recyclable wastes piling up at your house, circle Nov. 21 on your calendar. From 8 a.m. to noon at the Central Landfill in Johnston,...

22nd food drive surpasses goal

Providence Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday

CRANSTON — Yesterday’s food drive by the Rhode Island Community Food Bank and the Boy Scouts matched or exceeded last year’s effort, leaving the organizers “ecstatic,” one of them said.

No driver's license? For many, no problem

Providence Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday

WARWICK — Robert A. Notarianni arrived at District Court expecting he’d be walking right back out once he cleared up the little matter of his 17th charge of driving on a suspended license.

Fatal crash galvanized Maine to tighten driving law

Providence Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday

Few Rhode Islanders have likely heard of Scott Hewitt but more may if legislators consider tougher sanctions against motorists who habitually drive on suspended licenses.Hewitt was a Maine trucker who in 2005 rammed his rig into the rear of a car at a turnpike construction site killing 40-year-old Tina Turcotte, a wife and mother. Investigators soon learned Hewitt had 63 previous traffic convictions...

Flu doesn't slow Express

Providence Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday

Mia Maurice, 2, looks out the train window as the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council’s popular Polar Express returns to its Cumberland station.The Providence Journal / Kathy BorchersThe Blackstone Valley Tourism Council kicked off the holiday season’s rides on The Polar Express by stockpiling the standard hot chocolate and sugar cookies along with the new travel musts: hand sanitizer, disinfectant...

Three Mass. men stabbed

Providence Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday

PROVIDENCE — Three Massachusetts men were stabbed early Saturday during a disturbance on Hospital Street, police reports on the incident said. Two were injured badly enough to be hospitalized.Karl Bijoux, 25, of Malden, and Rudy Christmas, 28, of Randolph, were both hospitalized. Fred Jeangilles, 29, also of Randolph, who was stabbed in the lower back, was treated at the scene.The police said...

Duty to Rescue Created By Statute

Day on Torts (Free subscription) | yesterday

A little over a week ago I wrote this post about the general rule in the law of torts that one person does not have a duty to rescue another from harm. To be sure, there are exceptions to that general rule, but the fact remains that this is one area of tort law in where the duty imposed by law is generally less than that imposed by the moral code of most people. This post from the Volokh Conspiracy...

Actor James Woods sues R.I. hospital over brother's death

Denver Post (Free subscription) | yesterday

Two-time Oscar-nominated actor James Woods has sued a Rhode Island hospital over the 2006 death of his younger brother.

Third Annual College Improv Tournament: East Coast Regional in Boston today

Boston Comedy. Funny grown here. (Free subscription) | yesterday

Fourteen improv teams will compete today in two different venues starting at noon for today's Third Annual College Improv Tournament . Priliminaries start at ImprovBoston at noon, with teams from Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, and run on the hour until 4PM. The finals then move to Improv Asylum at 11PM. The shows are open to the public, tickets are $10 for the prelims and $15...

Frank was there when partner arrested

Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009

WASHINGTON, D.C. US Representative Barney Frank confirmed last night that he was present when his domestic partner was arrested on marijuana charges two years ago in Maine. Frank, a Democrat who supports legalizing marijuana for medical use, said in a statement that he did not know that his partner, whom he had recently met, had marijuana plants and said he ...

Homebuyer tax break boosting sales in R.I.

Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009

Jennifer Ciplet, second from left, looks at a home on Chace Drive in Providence with selling estate agents C.C. Wall, left, Christopher Wall, right, and buying agent Trish Sitcoske.The Providence Journal / John FreidahUncle Sam will now be paying just about anybody, it seems, to buy a house.A new federal law will make many homebuyers eligible for a special federal income-tax break.As a result, many...

Vehicle fatalities climb in R.I.

Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009

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Obama pressures states to embrace schools overhaul

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WASHINGTON – Dangling the promise of $5 billion in grants, President Barack Obama pressured states to embrace his ideas for overhauling the nation's schools, ideas that include performance pay for teachers and charter schools. To get the money, state officials may have to do things they, or the teachers' unions, dislike. But in a recession that is starving state budgets, the new "Race to the Top" fund...

Obama pressures states to embrace schools overhaul

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WASHINGTON – Dangling the promise of $5 billion in grants, President Barack Obama pressured states to embrace his ideas for overhauling the nation's schools, ideas that include performance pay for teachers and charter schools. To get the money, state officials may have to do things they, or the teachers' unions, dislike. But in a recession that is starving state budgets, the new "Race to the Top" fund...