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07/19/11 Emma Watson has said she plans to return to America's Brown University to complete her degree.
07/19/11 Appointment of litigation veteran Brendan Sullivan suggests News Corp boss is readying for a bitter legal battle in the United States.
07/19/11 PROVIDENCE - Rhode Island will back loans for the construction of a replica three-masted sailing ship designed to serve as an ocean-going classroom.
07/19/11 PROVIDENCE - A Filipino servant testified Monday that she feared the United Arab Emirates naval officer who brought her to the United States where he withheld wages, took her passport and told her not to speak with outsiders while working for him in Rhode Island.
07/19/11 The New England Amateur has returned to a Rhode Island golf course for the first time in six years as the best amatuers in the region teed off at Metacomet Country Club in East Providence on Monday.
07/19/11 A New York man has been charged with assaulting the parents of his girlfriend after she allegedly threw him and his clothes out of a Rhode Island apartment.
07/19/11 A bicyclist involved in a collision with a motor vehicle over the weekend was discharged from Rhode Island Hospital on Monday, according to spokeswoman Tracy Tartaglia.
07/15/11 Bishop Feehan High product Keith Brachold is having another terrific season at the plate for the Brockton Rox. Born in Norfolk, living in Franklin and having attended Marist College, Brachold is in his third season with the Rox - already second all-time in home runs (35), sixth all-time in RBI (154), fourth all-time in runs scored (166). Rox has a team-best 54 hits thus far, ranking No. 2 in ...
07/14/11 A Florida man has been convicted of sexually assaulting a relative two decades ago in Rhode Island.
07/13/11 Rhode Island's law now requires children to attend school until they turn 18 years old.
07/13/11 PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Minors who send sexually explicit messages electronically can be charged with "status" offense, according to the new legislation signed by the Rhode Island governor. Teens sending sexually explicit pictures of other teens may still face criminal charges.
07/13/11 Federal prosecutors are asking an appeals court to transfer custody of a jailed Rhode Island murder suspect from the state so he can stand trial on federal charges that carry a potential death penalty.
07/13/11 The Associated Press The Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. A Rhode Island state prisoner accused in an unrelated case of murdering a gas station manager outside a Woonsocket bank hasn't proven he shouldn't stand trial in federal court, federal prosecutors argued Wednesday in an appeal of a ruling that allowed the inmate to remain in state custody. U.S. Attorney Peter Neronha's office said in a ...
07/13/11 An audit of Rhode Island's public pension system has found a significant lack of paperwork.
07/13/11 The Rhode Island attorney general is asking parents to sign a pact with their children.
07/08/11 Many people expressed their disappointment, and others their disgust, with the recent statement by Bishop Tobin of Providence, Rhode Island , after that most Catholic state in the Union adopted civil unions for same-sex couples.
07/08/11 Say owner of Quich Bakery and two others is exploiting Guatemalan immigrants
07/08/11 PROVIDENCE - The Rhode Island Employees' Retirement system sends out more than $800 million a year in pension checks, according to a Providence Journal analysis of a list of people collecting retirement pay from state-run systems that state General Treasurer Gina M. Raimondo made public Thursday.
07/08/11 R.I. Supreme Court recommends action based on allegations of practicing law without a license
07/08/11 PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A Rhode Island lawmaker could face prosecution for operating a legal business without a law license. The state Supreme Court on Thursday referred the case of state Rep. Leo Medina, |