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IRS open Saturday to help taxpayers solve problems

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Published May 14, 2010 at 7:15 a.m.

The Internal Revenue Service office at 380 Westminster St., Providence, will hold a special open house on Saturday, May 15, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. to help small businesses and individuals solve tax problems ... Nationwide, 200 IRS offices will hold open houses Saturday, said IRS spokeswoman Peggy Riley. "We are inviting taxpayers to come to the IRS office to work out issues they may have. We will be able to assist taxpayers that have received a notice from the IRS, those that need to set up a

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A chance of showers, then a fine-looking weekend

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Published May 14, 2010 at 7:00 a.m.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- We should expect a chance of showers mainly before 10 a.m. on this Friday morning, according to the National Weather Service ... The rain shouldn't amount to much, less than one-tenth of an inch, the weather service estimates ... Otherwise, we can expect a mostly cloudy day with a high near 68 degrees, the weather service says. The wind will blow from the southwest at 7 to 10 mph ... The weekend looks fine, with sunny skies and a high of 69 degrees Saturday, although the

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Today in history: Brown students hold 'funeral' for frats

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Published May 14, 2010 at 6:05 a.m.

On the local front: ... A year ago today: ... Superior Court Judge Daniel Procaccini throws out felony assault charges that were lodged against Providence Detective Jason Simoneau by his own police department ... After hearing six days of testimony from 13 prosecution witnesses, Procaccini stopped the trial and said he did not find the key witnesses credible. Two of Simoneau's four accusers were intoxicated in the confrontation on a downtown street on Christmas Eve 2006 that led to the charges,

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Fires damages homes, destroys shed

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Published May 14, 2010 at 5:34 a.m.

A two-alarm fire damages two homes and a shed in a fire in Warwick ...

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Woman assaulted in East Greenwich

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Published May 14, 2010 at 3:31 a.m.

A woman told police she was assaulted in her driveway ...

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Vote on Deepwater-PUC bill is postponed

Published May 13, 2010 at 2:04 p.m.

A Senate committee has postponed the hearing originally scheduled for Thursday when it was expected the panel would vote on a bill that could kickstart an offshore wind farm ...

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Boston man convicted in Providence killing

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Published May 13, 2010 at 1:48 p.m.

Prosecutors say Dana Gallop shot a rival gang member outside a nightclub ...

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Textron exec on Obama aviation panel

Published May 13, 2010 at 12:20 p.m.

Jack J. Pelton, chairman, president and CEO of Textron Inc.’s Cessna Aircraft Co., has been named to a federal panel that will study issues facing the aviation industry, the U.S. Transportation Department announced Wednesday ...

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CVS shares gain on CEO transition news

Published May 13, 2010 at 11:27 a.m.

Investors and analysts reacted positively on Wednesday to CVS Caremark Corp.’s announcement that its head of retail operations, Larry J. Merlo, near left, would succeed Thomas M. Ryan next year as the pharmacy company’s CEO ...

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R.I. borrows $145M for roads, housing

Published May 13, 2010 at 10:46 a.m.

Rhode Island sold $144.7 million in bonds on Wednesday to pay for transportation projects and housing development, R.I. General Treasurer Frank T. Caprio announced ...

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