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 01/25/10 PROVIDENCE - Former Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee embraces the image of a bean counter as he runs as an independent candidate for Rhode Island governor. To solve chronic state budget deficits, his first campaign proposal is imposing a tax on groceries, medicine and other items - a move that might not be popular in a state with 12.9 percent unemployment.
 01/25/10 Princeton University will charge 3.3 percent more for undergraduate tuition, room, board and some fees in the next school year, an increase exceeding inflation during the worst U.S. recession in 70 years.
 01/25/10 Is Luke Harangody being taken for granted? Notre Dame basketball coach Mike Brey hopes not. On the surface it seems absurd to ask that question about the senior forward. "A lot of four-year players are taken for granted," Brey said. That's because they chose to delay their pro career to earn a diploma. Somehow that diminishes them in the eyes of greedy corporate types who measure success by how ...
 01/24/10 Laurie Ann Oldham of North Attleboro, a billing clerk and certified nursing assistant, died Tuesday at Rhode Island...
 01/20/10 Kerasotes Showplace Theatres announced Tuesday it has reached agreement to sell its nearly 100 theaters in the Midwest, including all three in Springfield, to AMC Entertainment Inc. of Kansas City, Mo. The companies indicated they expect to complete the sale this summer.
 01/19/10 PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Rhode Island's prison officials say they could save more than $232,000 if the state eased...
 01/19/10 Shanna Rufo accused of stabbing George Holland in October during an argument
 01/18/10 NFL PLAYOFF GLANCE Wild-card N.Y. Jets 24, Cincinnati 14 Dallas 34, Philadelphia 14 Baltimore 33, New England 14 Arizona 51, Green
 01/14/10 Two Rhode Island towns have taken the first step towards regionalizing town services.
 01/14/10 The CVS Caremark Charitable Trust announced today that it awarded $6.3 million to nonprofit organizations across the country in grants in 2009. Â These grants align with CVS Caremark All Kids Can, a signature program focusing on children with disabilities, as well as provide support for medical services for the uninsured, grants to pharmacy schools, scholarships for the children of CVS Caremark ...
 01/13/10 NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Competitive Technologies, Inc. announced that its Calmare Therapy Treatment medical device has been commercially launched at Rhode Island-based Calmar Pain Relief, LLC's first Pain Therapy Center in North Providence, RI.
 01/13/10 » DGAP-News: Competitive Technologies Commercially Launches Pain Management Medical Device in U.S.
 01/13/10 Anxious for the safety of friends and loved ones caught in Tuesday's ferocious earthquake that left part of the nation in ruins, Rhode Islanders with ties to Haiti spent much of Wednesday trying to find out whether they had survived.
 01/08/10 Providence, RI - The Providence Bruins, in their 18th year in the American Hockey League, announced that the National Hockey League's Boston Bruins have recalled center Trent Whitfield and reassigned left wing Matt Marquardt to Providence from the Reading Royals of the ECHL. With the moves, the P-Bruins have 24 players on their roster, including 14 forwards, eight defensemen and two goaltenders.
 01/08/10 A Massachusetts man who authorities say shot himself during a scuffle with an undercover Rhode Island state trooper has pleaded not guilty to two firearms offenses. Arjusz Roszkowski of North Reading, Mass., was ordered detained following an arraignment Thursday in federal court in Providence.
 01/08/10 Providence, RI: Approximately 6000 mathematicians will attend the annual meetings of the American Mathematical Society (AMS) and Mathematical Association of America (MAA) at the Moscone West Center in San Francisco, CA, January 13-16. Researchers will present over 2000 papers from all specialties of mathematics.
 12/14/09 All Times EST Monday's Game No. 12 Xavier vs. Michigan, 7 p.m. Tuesday's Games No. 2 Stanford vs. No. 7 Duke, 10 p.m. No. 5 LSU vs. Houston Baptist, 8 p.m. No. 8 Ohio State vs. Wright State, 7 p.m. Wednesday's Game No. 3 Tennessee vs. Louisville, 7 p.m. No. 6 Baylor vs. Oral Roberts, 8 p.m. No. 10 Florida State at UCF, 7 p.m. No. 17 Texas vs. Mississippi, 8 p.m. No. 25 Georgia Tech vs. Oregon, 6 ...
 12/11/09 All Times EST Monday, Dec. 14 SOUTH S. Carolina St. at Presbyterian, 11:30 a.m. North Florida at Wake Forest, 11:30 a.m. Tougaloo at Southern U., 3 p.m. Nicholls St. at Bethune-Cookman, 5 p.m. Kentucky Christian at Morehead St., 7 p.m. Alabama at UCF, 7 p.m. Samford at Mississippi St., 8 p.m. Cent. Michigan at UAB, 8 p.m. MIDWEST Lake Erie at Akron, 7 p.m. Michigan at Xavier, 7 p.m. SOUTHWEST ...
 12/11/09 Monday, Dec. 14 SOUTH Carver Bible at Bethune-Cookman, 7 p.m. Georgia Tech at Chattanooga, 7 p.m. Virginia-Wise at Longwood, 7 p.m. Florida Gulf Coast at S.C.-Upstate, 7 p.m. Campbell at UNC Wilmington, 7 p.m. Mobile at Nicholls St., 7:30 p.m. SE Louisiana at LSU, 8 p.m. Florida Atlantic at New Orleans, 8 p.m. SOUTHWEST Troy at Houston, 8 p.m. Santa Clara at Houston Baptist, 8:35 p.m. Tuesday ...
 12/09/09 Wednesday 1. Connecticut (7-0) did not play. Next: vs. Hartford, Thursday. 2. Stanford (6-0) did not play. Next: vs. DePaul, Sunday. 3. Notre Dame (8-0) did not play. Next: vs. Valparaiso, Saturday. 4. Tennessee (7-0) did not play. Next: vs. Rutgers, Sunday. 5. LSU (6-0) did not play. Next: vs New Orleans, Sunday. 6. Baylor (7-1) did not play. Next: vs. Boston College, Sunday. 7. Duke (7-1) did ... |