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URI research vessel heading to Gulf oil spill

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Published June 4, 2010 at 5:15 p.m.

A group of scientists is getting a ride to the Gulf of Mexico, courtesy of the Endeavor ...

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Learning to live

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Published April 27, 2010 at 4:50 p.m.

URI Theatre’s sprawling Unbound ... Fanny Kemble is known for being a celebrated British actress in her early 19th-century youth and again toward middle age ... Fanny Kemble is known for being a celebrated British actress in her early 19th-century youth and again toward middle age. But it was her difficult maturing process in the interim that provided the meaty part of published journals that gained her greater fame. That also is the subject of Unbound , by Laura Marks, which is being staged

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Band of brothers

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Published April 28, 2010 at 3:47 p.m.
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It’s a Bash! tells the Neutral Nation story ... Acclaimed local director David Bettencourt immortalizes Providence-via-Attleboro punk pioneers Neutral Nation in his latest documentary, It’s a Bash! ...   ... GETTING INTO IT Neutral Nation feeling gravity’s pull ... Acclaimed local director David Bettencourt immortalizes Providence-via-Attleboro punk pioneers Neutral Nation in his latest documentary, It’s a Bash! , premiering on Friday at Lupo’s (followed by a week-long run at the

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Live chat: Join URI basketball player Cothran at 1:30

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Published Feb. 15, 2010 at 12:33 p.m.

Keith Cothran, the senior guard and scoring leader for the University of Rhode Island Rams basketball team, will take questions from projo readers Monday in a live chat from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m ... You can submit a question now: Go to projo.com/chat, click the red "launch chat" button, choose a display name (you don't need a password) and enter the "college hoops" chat room ... When typing a question, do not press enter or click send until you have completed your thought; doing so will cause an

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URI’s Carothers got 14% raise in 2008-09

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Published Jan. 21, 2010 at 10:54 a.m.

Former URI President Robert L. Carothers’ total compensation jumped 13.67 percent to $275,428 in his final year as president of the school, according to figures released this week by The Chronicle of Higher Education ...

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Local flavor

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Published Dec. 30, 2009 at 2:23 p.m.
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Andrew Martin serves up fresh Ocean State Sampler ... Local journalist and acclaimed hip-hop scribe Andrew Martin has corralled a flavorful roster of Rhody-based rap talent on the Ocean State Sampler , 10 exclusive tracks available for free download ...   ... Local journalist and acclaimed hip-hop scribe Andrew Martin has corralled a flavorful roster of Rhody-based rap talent on the Ocean State Sampler , 10 exclusive tracks available for free download through PotholesInMyBlog.com, where

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King of the world

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Published Dec. 2, 2009 at 5:34 p.m.
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At sea with URi’s Ballard. Plus, pilin’ on Palin, and hanging with Mike and Lucia ... There was a very nice star turn on the November 29 edition of 60 Minutes by URI's Bob Ballard, although the university got scant mention ...   ... Tanaka in action ... There was a very nice star turn on the November 29 edition of 60 Minutes by URI's Bob Ballard, although the university got scant mention ... Ballard is a rare breed of scientist because he actually speaks English and enables mere mortals

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URI students ask judge to reject noisy house rule

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Published Nov. 16, 2009 at 4:39 p.m.

University of Rhode Island students will ask a federal judge this week to reject as unconstitutional a Narragansett ordinance allowing police to put orange stickers on unruly homes ...

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7 arrested in connection with URI break-in

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Published Nov. 9, 2009 at 5:35 p.m.

URI police have arrested seven people in connection with a break-in at the school’s Fine Arts Center ...

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Update: URI grad John King to take Lou Dobbs' CNN slot

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Published Nov. 12, 2009 at 4:01 p.m.

By DAVID BAUDER ... AP Television Writer ... NEW YORK -- URI graduate John King is replacing Lou Dobbs on CNN ... Jon Klein, CNN president, said Thursday that veteran reporter King will move into the 7 p.m. EST slot that's been vacated by Lou Dobbs. King will host a show about politics beginning early next year ... That puts him in direct competition with MSNBC's Chris Matthews, whose "Hardball" is also about politics. Fox News Channel's Shepard Smith, who does a more general interest newscast,

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