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House committee approves casino referendum

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Published June 9, 2010 at 10:10 p.m.

PROVIDENCE -- Despite opposition from Senate President M. Teresa Paiva Weed, a key House committee on Wednesday approved a bill to give voters a chance, in November, to turn the Twin River and Newport Grand into privately owned, but "state-operated'' casinos ... The vote by the House Finance Committee was 14-to-1, with Rep. J. Russell Jackson, D-Newport casting the one dissenting vote against a bill that would force a vote on a casino his city's leaders have repeatedly said they do not want.

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At the Cable Car: The wind-lashed and sea-worn

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Published May 12, 2010 at 6:19 p.m.

Surf’s Up ... On a recent Sunday, the usual grad school crowd at the Cable Car Cinema in Providence gave way to something different — the wind-lashed faces and sea-worn hands of Rhode Island’s oft-ignored surfing community ... On a recent Sunday, the usual grad school crowd at the Cable Car Cinema in Providence gave way to something different — the wind-lashed faces and sea-worn hands of Rhode Island’s oft-ignored surfing community ... The occasion: an event titled “First Light”

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R.I. Business Plan 2010 winners named

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

Two established companies, ProThera Biologics and Newport Biodiesel, and a student-created online fundraising system for nonprofits were named the winners of this year’s Rhode Island Business Plan Competition on Tuesday ...

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McLaughlin wins $50M Navy contract

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Published April 28, 2010 at 12:16 p.m.

The U.S. Navy has awarded Middletown’s McLaughlin Research Corp. a five-year contract worth up to $49.8 million for torpedo support services at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Newport ...

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3 Salve students accused in break-in at The Breakers

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Published April 30, 2010 at 4:10 p.m.

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) -- Three students at Salve Regina University are accused of breaking into The Breakers mansion last weekend, though nothing was stolen ... Officials say the students entered the Gilded Age mansion, built in 1895 as a summer home for the Vanderbilt family, on Sunday morning ... Andrea Carneiro, a spokeswoman for the Preservation Society of Newport County -- which owns The Breakers and other popular Newport mansions -- said the security system worked as it should. She said

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Students accused of breaking into Newport mansion

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Published April 30, 2010 at 3:07 p.m.

Officials say three students at Salve Regina University entered The Breakers ...

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When traders equal traitors

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Published April 28, 2010 at 4:29 p.m.

Turncoats on Wall Street. Plus, ecori, celebrating Susan, and Rock ’n’ Roll ... It is about time someone pointed out that the vile crooks of Wall Street aren’t just greedy, thieving bastards. They are, in fact, traitors to this country and its citizens ... It is about time someone pointed out that the vile crooks of Wall Street aren’t just greedy, thieving bastards. They are, in fact, traitors to this country and its citizens ... Never mind the Chinese hackers with their economic

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Update: Body of Pawtucket Marine returns to R.I.

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Published Feb. 24, 2010 at 3:40 p.m.
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Providence Journal / Bob Breidenbach ... Family members greet the casket holding the body of Pfc. Kyle Coutu as fellow Marines remove it from a small private jet this afternoon at Green Airport ... WARWICK, R.I. -- About 45 people stood in the rain to welcome home the body of a Pawtucket Marine killed last Wednesday during combat operations in Afghanistan, which returned to Rhode Island this afternoon ... Pfc. Kyle J. Coutu, 20, of Pawtucket, died in Helmand Province, the scene of a big push by

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Weygand, Roberts mull runs for Kennedy's seat

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Published Feb. 15, 2010 at 3:40 p.m.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Lt. Governor Elizabeth Roberts is promising her decision "in the next few days.'' Former U.S. Rep. Robert Weygand is promising a decision by Friday of next week ... The two high-profile Democrats are among those are "seriously'' considering making a bid to succeed Rhode Island's 1st District Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy, who announced late last week he is not seeking reelection ... William J. Lynch, the state Democratic Party chairman the last 12 years, and Providence Mayor

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Navy to give up 260 acres on Aquidneck

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Published Feb. 2, 2010 at 12:28 p.m.

The U.S. Navy plans to make official its decision to give up 260 acres of “excess land” in Portsmouth, Middletown and Newport this week. At left, a rendering of how West Main Road could be redeveloped ...

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