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« December 3, 2007 | Today | December 5, 2007 » December 4, 2007Tonight: URI vs. P.C., ex-CIA officer at Brown, and jazzProvidence College and University of Rhode Island College play their sold-out battle at 7. If you're not watching in person at the Ryan Center, you can check in on updates from the game by Journal sportswriters on projo.com's College Hoops blog. And you can see the game on Cox Sports Television (Channel. 3), or listen on WHJJ 920 AM and The Bridge 99.3 FM. Or some combo of the above. Former CIA officer Valerie Plame Wilson will speak at Brown University tonight at 8 then sign copies of her book, Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House. The lecture, in the Salomon Center for Teaching, Room 101, is free and open to the public on a space-available basis; Brown students, faculty and staff will have priority seating until 7:45 p.m. For those who've had their fill of politics and sports, mellow out with some jazz instead. The Hi-Hat Trio with Paul Broadnax play at The Hi-Hat, 3 Davol Square, Providence. Call 453-6500. 7 to 11 p.m. The Standards Combo directed by Dave Zinno and The MoMonk and Mingus Ensemble directed by Eric Hofbauer play University of Rhode Island, Fine Arts Center Concert Hall, Upper College Road (off Route 138), Kingston. 874-2431. 7:30 pm. $8; $2 students. For more local events, check our calendar. Posted by Mike McKinney at 6:57 PM | Comment Cold, crowded and raucous: It's PC v. URISOUTH KINGSTOWN -- Braving bone-chilling cold, a steady crowd has gathered at University of Rhode Island's Ryan Center tonight for the annual basketball game against interstate rival Providence College. Some are wearing bright blue shirts that bear the words "Rhody's back" and the URI Ram mascot. Many people are roaming an area around the court where the sold-out game commences at 7 tonight. A Journal reporter at the game phones in that at least five people were scrounging for tickets outside, including one man repeating "need one, need one, need one." Meanwhile, Journal sportswriters Paul Kenyon and Kevin McNamara have also been filing from the scene via projo.com's College Hoops blog. The crowd, they say, is "loud and raucous" -- the way URI coach Jim Baron likes it. Keep up with game updates via the College Hoops blog here. Posted by Mike McKinney at 6:55 PM | Comment Defendant in Pawtucket shootings tells how gun went offPROVIDENCE – Barry Offley, on trial for murdering one woman and wounding another, said the crimes were committed by his uncle, Alonzo P. Shelton, who has already been found guilty and sentenced to 72 years behind bars. Offley took the witness stand at his own trial in Superior Court this afternoon. He testified that Shelton handed him the murder weapon when they pulled up in front of 88 Lawn Ave., Pawtucket, one hot summer night a year and half ago, telling him to hide the firearm because his girlfriend, Julie Lang, was afraid of guns. But, once inside the apartment, Offley said he took out the weapon, a semiautomatic pistol with a big magazine and long barrel. “I don’t know where I got this idea from. But I remember my uncle told me she’s scared of guns,” Offley testified. “I thought it would be funny if I scared her,” he said. Lang, 28, was scared, running over to Shelton at the sight of the gun, Offley testified. But then Lang’s friend, Jessica Imran, surprised him by asking if he wanted to sell it, he said. Offley said he opened the weapon to show Imran it was loaded and a shot went off by accident. At that point, Offley testified, Shelton took the firearm from him and shot Imran, killing her. Shelton then shot Lang, Offley testified, mistakenly leaving her for dead. “I let the slot go and as soon as I let the slot go, the gun went off,” Offley said softly. -- Journal staff writer John Castellucci “My ears were ringing because of the gunshot. I heard Jessica mumble something,” Offley testified. “My uncle stepped up and took the gun out of my hand.” “I saw Jessica fall where the gun went off,” Offley testified. “The gun went off again,” he said. “Julie fell.” Offley, who was 19 at the time of the shooting, offered the testimony under direct examination by his lawyer, Terence Livingston. He stuck to the story under sharply skeptical cross-examination by Assistant Attorney General Stacey P. Veroni, telling Veroni that he fled with his uncle to Florida after the shooting because he thought he was in as much trouble as Shelton was and believed Shelton would kill him, too.
Posted by Andrea Panciera at 6:02 PM | Comment Update: Six injured in Taunton warehouse collapseTAUNTON, Mass. -- An industrial warehouse under construction in Taunton has collapsed, injuring six workers. Taunton authorities say the structure caved in just before 10 a.m. Tuesday as some of the workers were on the roof. The building is part of an industrial park under construction near the Silver City Galleria shopping center. Fire Chief Leman Padelford says all of the injured were conscious and alert when emergency workers arrived. Workers say a wall caved in, causing the metal roof to collapse. Those who were on the roof appeared to escape major injury, while others below may have been more seriously hurt. Poor weather prevented an attempt to airlift some of the workers, who instead were taken to area hospitals. There's no immediate word on what caused the collapse. -- The Associated Press Posted by Mike McKinney at 5:10 PM | Comment Update: Carcieri's office says ACLU criticism is nothing newA spokesman for Governor Carcieri called the Rhode Island affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union's assessment of the governor's actions on civil rights over the past year "a PR stunt." "By compiling all their previous press releases attacking Governor Carcieri into a so-called ‘report,’ Steve Brown and the ACLU have managed to resurrect a number of issues that have already been the subject of significant media coverage," said Jeff Neal, Carcieri's spokesman. The report examines some of Carcieri’s statements and actions concerning five groups of Rhode Islanders: immigrants, women, blacks and Latinos, gays and lesbians, and juveniles. Drawing on criticisms the group has levied in the past, the ACLU reports seeing in the Governor an “almost-reflexive action in pitting himself against the legitimate interests of the civil rights community and minority groups on each occasion.” "It is not news that the ACLU and Governor Carcieri have deep philosophical differences," Neal said, saying the group's reports and press releases "must be viewed in light of their clear pro-government, pro-welfare, anti-family agenda." The main issues addressed are: -- Immigrants and the Governor's recent statements about interpreters.g Read the full ACLU report here.
Neal said the governor has not changed interpreter policy for non-English speakers seeking welfare benefits. The governor continues to plan to ensure non-English speakers get access to interpretation services they are entitled to under federal law, Neal said. "We will continue to use state employees to translate for more commonly used languages like Spanish, and we will continue as we have for many years to use outside translation services to provide interpretation for less commonly encountered languages like Cambodian and Hmong," said Neal. On the no-fault divorce issue, Neal said the ACLU referenced a brief filed in a same-sex marriage case that is before the state Supreme Court. The brief noted that many believe no-fault divorce increases divorce rates and "undermines the stability of marriage," Neal said, adding that it was "not a central point" of the brief. "I would say Governor Carcieri does believe that government should be doing all it can to promote healthy marriage and healthy families," Neal said. On the matter of juveniles and sending 17-year-olds to jail, Neal said the governor proposed that policy change for the fiscal year and that it was approved by the Democratic-controlled General Assembly in June after a series of hearings. "It is unfortunate but not surprising" that the ACLU would "attack Republican Governor Carcieri but ignore" the Democratic-majority legislature's role in enacting the law. Neal referred to Carcieri's veto statements for mandatory minimum sentencing and partner benefits to address the last two points on the ACLU list. Posted by Mike McKinney at 5:05 PM | Comment Local religious leaders affirm support for gay marriage
"We wanted to make the point that there are religious folks who are in favor of same-gender marriage," said the Rev. Eugene T. Dyszlewski, pastor of the Riverside Congregational United Church of Christ and chairman of the Rhode Island Religious Coalition for Same-Gender Marriage. "It’s a different kind of pulpit," Dyszlewski said of the advertising campaign. "We want to put a public face on it." A dozen religious leaders and supporters showed off their signs on buses at the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority headquarters on Elmwood Avenue this afternoon. The advertisements will run on 10 RIPTA buses for a month, the agency said. The advertisements depict two dozen religious leaders and carry the message, "Rhode Island Religious Leaders Supporting Same-Gender Marriages." He and other religious leaders said that they wanted to dispel any impression that religion opposes same-sex marriage and is "anti-gay." "That’s not true," he said. More than 100 Rhode Island religious leaders from several denominations have signed a declaration in favor of permitting same-gender marriage, he said. -- Journal staff writer Bruce Landis Dyszlewski also said he opposes attempts to give religious sanction to discrimination against gays and lesbians. "We are opposed to the use of any sacred texts to support any kind of prejudice," Dyszlewski said. "There’s nothing pathological or wrong about homosexuality." The Rev. Diane Christopherson, interim pastor at the Beneficent Congregational Church, United Church of Christ in Providence, said the coalition wants to "offer a public face and voice to the fact that there are religious leaders in Rhode Island who support marriage equality in this state." Legislation to legalize gay and lesbian marriage has regularly failed in the General Assembly. Dyszlewski said he expects similar bills will be filed again in the legislative session that begins in January. If so, he said, "We’ll be there" to support them. The Rev. Charles P. Barnes, the conference minister for the Rhode Island Conference of the United Church of Christ, said the exclusion of gays and lesbians from marriage inflicts "an incredible amount of pain" on them by denying them the support and rights marriage gives to most. He said denying marriage to all conflicts with supporting critical social values. He said that society ought to give the message, "We are committed to having people committed." "It doesn’t make sense to have a society that says, ’We don’t want to see you committed to each other,’" Barnes said. "In our church, marriage is very important, but we regard it as a social contract or blessing," he said, where the church says, "We respect and honor your commitment." Posted by Mike McKinney at 4:57 PM | Comment New Fall River mayor's last day in legislature is Jan. 31FALL RIVER, Mass. -- Incoming Fall River Mayor Robert Correia says his final day in the legislature will be Jan. 31. The mayor-elect defeated fellow state representative David Sullivan to succeed Edward Lambert, who left office to take a job at UMass-Dartmouth. Correia will be sworn in as Fall River mayor on Jan. 7. A primary election for Correia’s seat will be held on Feb. 5, with the special election on March 4. The Fall River district will be without a representative for about 60 days. -- The Associated Press Posted by Mike McKinney at 4:55 PM | Comment Traffic alert: Car fire on Rte. 195 in Mass. slowing driveDrivers on Route 195 through Swansea and Seekonk in Massachusetts should expect slowdowns at this hour as state police are clearing a car that had caught fire. No one was injured, state police said. The car fire was on the Route 195 west, but slowdowns may be encountered on both sides of the highway. Posted by Mike McKinney at 3:25 PM | Comment Magazine credits Cicilline with restoring city's prideAccording to US Airways, the fight over who gets credit for the "Providence Renaissance," former Mayor Vincent A. Cianci Jr. or current Mayor David N. Cicilline, is over. And the winner is -- Cicilline. This month's issue of the airline's in-flight magazine includes a long profile of Providence and with it, a sidebar about Cianci's successor. The sidebar, by Paula M. Bodah, a former editor of Rhode Island Monthly, is entitled "Restoring Civic Pride." If that isn't clear enough, a photo of Cicilline bears the caption: "Locals credit Mayor David Cicillini with much of the city's turnaround." In the piece, Cicilline boasts of $3 billion in investment in Providence since he took office, as well as improvements in the city's bond rating and a drop in the crime rate. "All those successes," the magazine reports, "stem directly from the 46-year-old mayor's first point of pride: a city government known for its honesty and integrity." Cianci, of course, left office in 2002 after he was convicted of racketeering-conspiracy. "You can see the trust dividend," Cicilline told the magazine, "the effects of of honest government that has restored the public's trust." See the full profile of Providence in the magazine's online version. -- Journal staff writer Benjamin Gedan Posted by Benjamin N. Gedan at 3:17 PM | Comment Advocates: Global warming spawns more storms in R.I.Storms packing heavy rains or snow are 88 percent more frequent in Rhode Island than they were 60 years ago, a result of global warming, asserts a report out today from a national environmental advocacy organization that wants to strengthen a global warming bill headed to a U.S. Senate committee. The report, "When it Rains it Pours," says New England is first in the nation for the biggest increase in frequency of storms with heavy precipitation. The report was released by Environment America Research & Policy Center and by state-level affiliates on their Web sites, such as Environment Rhode Island Research & Policy Center, Environment Massachusetts Research & Policy Center and Environment New Hampshire Research & Policy Center. In a news release today, Environment Rhode Island Research & Policy Center cites the report in expressing support for "comprehensive legislation to address global warming" the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works is preparing to consider. The center says the Senate committee tomorrow is expected to consider amendments to an act dealing with global warming. "While recognizing the important efforts of the bill’s supporters on this critical issue," Environment Rhode Island said the legislation "must be significantly strengthened to address the challenge of global warming," in particular the pollution reduction targets in the bill's current language “The results of this analysis add to the accumulating evidence that the impacts of the warming environment are being felt in ways that impact everyone,” John Merrill, a University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography professor, said in the organization's statement. “And this analysis is based on direct observations, not model simulations. It's not only about increased risk from the strongest tropical storms, or longer-term concerns about rising sea level changes in extreme precipitation have widespread and immediate impacts.” -- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney Posted by Mike McKinney at 2:03 PM | Comment Update: Carcieri's office says ACLU criticism is nothing newA spokesman for Governor Donald Carcieri called the Rhode Island affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union's assessment of the Governor actions on civil rights over the past year "a PR stunt." "By compiling all their previous press releases attacking Governor Carcieri into a so-called ‘report,’ Steve Brown and the ACLU have managed to resurrect a number of issues that have already been the subject of significant media coverage," said Jeff Neal, Carcieri's spokesman. The report examines some of Carcieri’s statements and actions concerning five groups of Rhode Islanders: immigrants, women, blacks and Latinos, gays and lesbians, and juveniles. Drawing on criticisms the group has levied in the past, the ACLU reports seeing in the Governor an “almost-reflexive action in pitting himself against the legitimate interests of the civil rights community and minority groups on each occasion.” "It is not news that the ACLU and Governor Carcieri have deep philosophical differences," Neal said, saying the group's reports and press releases "must be viewed in light of their clear pro-government, pro-welfare, anti-family agenda." The main issues addressed are: -- Immigrants and the Governor's recent statements about interpreters Neal referred to Carcieri's veto statements for mandatory minimum sentencing and partner benefits to address the last two points on the ACLU list. -- projo.com staff writer Brandie M. Jefferson Posted by Brandie Jefferson at 2:00 PM | Comment The dancing cop returns to his beat
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Tony Lepore PROVIDENCE -- He won't get you down with a speeding ticket. He'll just get down. Next week, in still another only-in-Rhode Island moment, the dancing cop returns to his, um, beat. "A holiday legend," Mayor David N. Cicilline's office called him in a news release today announcing that retired Providence Police Officer Tony Lepore will "direct traffic" at several intersections starting Monday from noon to 1:20 p.m. If you're heading through the city, here's where he'll be: * Dec. 10 and 11 -- Weybosset and Dorrance streets. * Dec. 12 and 13 -- Broad and Sackett streets. * Dec. 14 and 17 -- Thayer Street and Waterman Avenue. * Dec. 18 and 19 -- Smith Street and Academy Avenue. * Dec. 20 and 21 -- De Pasquale and Atwells Avenue. * Dec. 24 -- Dorrance Streets and Westminster streets. For this one, Lepore will don a Santa Claus suit and pass out candy canes. The dancing police officer phenomenon started in 1987. He's been on stage at Trinity Rep. in Providence and been featured on The Today Show, Good Morning America, CNN, NBC Nightly News, and more. -- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney Posted by Mike McKinney at 1:53 PM | Comment Unfinished industrial building in Taunton collapsesTAUNTON, Mass. -- An industrial building under construction in Taunton has collapsed, injuring at least five people. Taunton Police Officer Deborah Lavoie says an unfinished building collapsed just before 10 a.m. Tuesday. A fire dispatcher says the building is part of an industrial park that's under construction along O'Connell Way. It wasn't immediately clear whether the five who were hurt had life-threatening injuries. Authorities also didn't know whether the injured were construction workers. Authorities were trying to airlift some of those injured from the scene, but poor weather prevented one such attempt. There's no immediate word on what caused the collapse. -- The Associated Press Posted by Mike McKinney at 12:44 PM | Comment Ex-sect leader denied new trial in infant son's deathBOSTON, Mass. -- The state's highest court has denied a new trial for a former leader of a religious sect who was convicted of murder in the starvation death of his infant son. Jacques Robidoux was one of the leaders of a small Attleboro, Mass., sect. He was charged with murder after his son, Samuel, died three days before his first birthday in April 1999. Robidoux said he and his wife believed they were following a message from God when they began feeding Samuel only his mother's breast milk. Prosecutors said the boy starved over the next 51 days because his mother stopped producing enough milk to nourish him. In February 2004, a jury found the boy's mother, Karen E. Robidoux, not guilty of second-degree murder. She was found guilty of assault and battery. Jacques Robidoux appealed his conviction to the state Supreme Judicial Court, arguing he was mentally ill and under the brainwashing influence of the sect and his former lawyer should have used an insanity defense. But the court ruled today that it was Robidoux himself who rejected the insanity defense after consulting with the lawyer. -- The Associated Press and Journal archival reports Posted by Mike McKinney at 12:37 PM | Comment Ex-safety manager gets 27 months for bilking RISDPROVIDENCE -- A former Rhode Island School of Design employee who admitted to cheating the school out of nearly $1 million was sentenced to 27 months in prison today. Patrick Clyne has pleaded guilty to charges of mail fraud and filing a false tax return after prosecutors say he set up a fake company and charged the art school for work he never did – while he was employed as the school’s fire safety manager. U.S. District Court Judge Mary Lisi said Clyne was motivated by "pure, unadulterated greed." She also ordered him to pay RISD $982,792 in restitution. Clyne apologized to RISD, the court and his family. Clyne and his wife, Ibtisama Bradley, were arrested at Logan Airport after returning from Ireland. He was fired from RISD in 2005. The sentencing hearing began last week, when the prosecution and defense argued whether Clyne had lied about owning property in Ireland. Clyne doesn't have to begin his sentence until Dec. 27. -- With reports from Journal staff writer W. Zachary Malinoswki. Posted by Brandie Jefferson at 12:04 PM | Comment Hearing postponed for man charged with killing wifeThe extradition hearing for the owner of a Jamestown dive shop accused in his wife's death has been postponed. The postponement comes after a request by David Swain's lawyers, according to Thomas Connell, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's office. The date was scheduled for tomorrow. A new date has not been given, but it is not likely to be before January, Connell said. Swain's wife, Shelley Tyre, died in March 1999 after heading out for a scuba diving trip with her husband off the coast of the British Virgin Islands. At a civil trial in a Superior Court in Rhode Island found that the former Jamestown Council member had intentionally drowned Tyre. Her parents were awarded more than $6 million in damages and interest. After the civil decision, an inquest in the death was reopened in the British Virgin Islands. Swain was arrested Nov. 14. He is currently being detained. -- projo.com staff writer Brandie M. Jefferson Posted by Brandie Jefferson at 10:56 AM | Comment Ex-CIA covert officer Wilson speaks at Brown tonightFormer CIA officer Valerie Plame Wilson will speak in Providence about her recently released book, Fair Game: My life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House. In 2003, Wilson’s husband and former Ambassador, Joseph Wilson, wrote an opinion piece in the New York Times, accusing the Bush administration of misleadingly suggesting that Iraq had sought uranium – used in nuclear reactors -- in Niger. Shortly thereafter, Robert Novak named Valerie Plame Wilson in his newspaper column as a CIA operative. She retired from the Agency in 2006. Fair Game is about those last few years of her two-decade career with the CIA. Wilson will take questions from the audience after the lecture, which is free and open to the public. The lecture will be held at the Salomon Center for Teaching, Room 101. Doors will open to the public at 7:45. Posted by Brandie Jefferson at 10:39 AM | Comment Bush: Iran intel report is warning signalWASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush said today that the international community should continue to pressure Iran on its nuclear programs, saying a new intelligence report finding that Tehran halted its development of a nuclear bomb provides an opportunity. "I view this report as a warning signal that they had the program, they halted the program," Bush said. "The reason why it's a warning signal is they could restart it." Bush is holding his first news conference in almost seven weeks.
Bush, taking advantage of his veto power and the largest bully pulpit in town, regularly scolds Congress as a way to stay relevant and frame the debate as his presidency winds down. Democrats counter that Bush is more interested in making statements than genuinely trying to negotiate some common ground with them. It comes one day after a new national intelligence estimate found that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in the fall of 2003, largely because of international scrutiny and pressure. That finding is in stark contrast to the comparable intelligence estimate of just two years ago, when U.S. intelligence agencies believed Tehran was determined to develop a nuclear weapons capability and was continuing its weapons development program.
Posted by Jack Perry at 10:04 AM | Comment Police look for driver of crashed vehicleThe Rhode Island State Police are still looking for the driver of an apparently stolen Honda Element that crashed early this morning on Route 195. The police got a call at about 2:30 a.m. for a rollover accident on the westbound side of the highway near Exit 2 in Providence. Witnesses said two people ran from the site of the crash, down the on-ramp for Exit 2, according to state police Cpl. John Beauregard. When the troopers arrived, they searched the area, and later checked hospitals, but did not find the driver or passenger. Troopers went to the owner’s house, in Massachusetts where they – and the owner – discovered the car had been stolen. “They thought the car was still in the garage,” Beauregard said. -- projo.com staff writer Brandie M. Jefferson Posted by Brandie Jefferson at 9:42 AM | Comment Rhode Islander to testify in Washington on e-prescribingA Rhode Islander is testifying today in front of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary about ways technology may be able to improve health care. Federal law requires doctors to submit paper prescriptions for controlled substances; Laura Adams, the CEO and president of the Rhode Island Quality Institute, plans to testify that this requirement is a barrier to improved health care and costs savings. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, who founded the not-for-profit Institute, will chair the hearing, titled “Electronic Prescribing of Controlled Substances: Addressing Health Care and Law Enforcement Priorities.” Federal regulators and health information technology professionals will also testify at the 10 a.m. hearing about where the rules stand in this area and how electronic prescribing for controlled substances could change health care. -- projo.com staff writer Brandie M. Jefferson Posted by Brandie Jefferson at 8:52 AM | Comment St. Andrew's School announces $4 million giftBARRINGTON -- St. Andrew’s School this morning announced a gift of $4 million from the late entrepreneur and philanthropist George Sage, who founded Bonanza Bus Lines and was also the owner of the Rhode Island Reds in the 1970s. The gift is the largest in the private boarding and day school’s history. “We are deeply grateful for this extraordinary gift,” said school headmaster John D. Martin. “George was an extraordinarily thoughtful and generous person,” said Mars Bishop, a longtime friend and St. Andrew’s trustee. “I expect that for years to come, this generous bequest will serve as an example of the power of selfless philanthropy to students, parents and friends of the school.” Sage, who died a year ago, became a trustee of St. Andrew’s in 1989. His widow, Barbara Sage, announced the gift recently at a meeting of the trustees. The gift was made in one payment, immediately raising the school’s endowment by more than 23 percent, to more than $21 million. Located on a 100-acre campus, St. Andrew’s is a coeducation school for students in grades 6 to 12. -- Journal staff writer G. Wayne Miller Posted by Brandie Jefferson at 8:04 AM | Comment Hasbro CEO to discuss business in ChinaSOUTH KINGSTOWN -- The CEO of the world's second-largest toy company plans to speak about business in China. Hasbro CEO Alfred Verrecchia is scheduled to talk today about his firm's experiences making toys in China as well as its initiatives to sell toys in the Chinese market. Hasbro is based in Pawtucket. China has caused worry among U.S. toy makers now in the critical holiday shopping season. Millions of Chinese-made toys have been recalled this year due to high levels of lead, including products made by Hasbro's rival, Mattel. Last week, Verrecchia said Hasbro is planning an ad campaign to reinforce the message that Hasbro has not had any recalls for lead or other dangerous chemicals. Verrecchia will be speaking at a panel discussion hosted by the University of Rhode Island. -- The Associated Press Posted by Jack Perry at 7:02 AM | Comment Venus in the December skyIf you get outside soon, look south. There's the moon, and to the left -- you can't miss it -- there's the planet that was almost our twin, Venus. Information from the European Space Agency's Venus Express mission has recently made the news, and the news is pretty cool. Venus, with a similar mass and size as our home planet, may have developed in close proximity to Earth, but it's high temperatures, clouds of sulfuric acid and lack of a magnetic field seem more like the stuff of science fiction. Spectacular either way; if you missed it this morning, check back at dawn tomorrow. -- projo.com staff writer Brandie M. Jefferson. Posted by Brandie Jefferson at 7:01 AM | Comment Windy, cold and a chance of snowThe National Weather Service is forecasting a high temperature of just 35 degrees. That's cold. but with the winds -- gusting as high as 33 mph. -- it feels like single digits. There's also a slight change of snow with partly cloudy skies. Tonight the temperature should drop to 21 degrees with more winds, gusting as high as 28 degrees. Tomorrow afternoon may bring some snow; clouds will increase as the day goes on, with a high temperature in the mid 30s and milder west winds between 7 and 11 mph. For more weather and regular updates, see projo.com/weather. Posted by Brandie Jefferson at 7:01 AM | Comment Today's front pageToday's front page features a photograph from Baltimore, scene of the Patriots' close win over the Ravens, and a story about the indictment for second-degree murder of a Barrington teenager in the boating death of a classmate in July. Download a copy of today's front page in .pdf format. Posted by Jack Perry at 7:00 AM | Comment Woods Hole scientist to lead Georgia Sea Grant ProgramATHENS, Ga. — A senior scientist from the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, has been named director of the Georgia Sea Grant Program. Charles Hopkinson — who was a University of Georgia marine scientist for 10 years before moving to Massachusetts in 1989 — will start the job Jan. 1. Housed at the University of Georgia, the sea grant program is part of a national network of 30 university-based offices run by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The programs work with communities on conservation of coastal and ocean resources. -- The Associated Press |
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