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May 28, 2008

Dunkin' Donuts pulls Rachael Ray scarf ad

CANTON, Mass. -- Dunkin' Donuts has canceled an online advertisement featuring celebrity chef Rachael Ray after complaints that a scarf she wore in the ad offers symbolic support for terrorism.

Dunkin' Donuts said today it pulled the ad over the weekend because of what it calls a "misperception" about the scarf that detracted from its original intent to promote its iced coffee.

Critics, including conservative commentator Michelle Malkin, complained that the scarf appeared to be traditional garb worn by Arab men. The ad's critics say such scarves have come to symbolize Muslim extremism and terrorism.

Canton, Mass.-based Dunkin' Donuts says the black-and-white scarf that Ray wore had a paisley design, and was selected by a stylist for the advertising shoot. The chain says no symbolism was intended.

-- The Associated Press

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Tonight: Theatre by the Sea opens for the season

For the first year since it closed in 2003, Theatre by the Sea in Wakefield is set to open its first full season.

Ain’t Misbehavin’ opens tonight at 8 in previews. Last year, the only production -- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum -- was so popular, it was extended for a week.

The 75-year-old theater closed five years ago when, after 15 years, former owners Laura Harris and Renny Serre lost interest in producing shows. Four years later, the 500-seat theater found a new owner in Bill Hanney, who offered just that one show last year.

This year’s opener, Ain’t Misbehavin’, opened on Broadway in 1978. It was a tribute to the black musicians of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s. It was done at Trinity Rep four years ago, and features five singers who perform rowdy, funny songs.

The show opens today in previews and runs through June 15th at the Theater by the Sea at 364 Cards Pond Road in Wakefield. Tickets are $35 for previews today and tomorrow and $39 to $49 for the later performances. For information, call 782-8587.

Online ticket sales for tonight's show, according to the theater's Web site, end at 7 p.m.

-- projo.com staff writer Brandie M. Jefferson, with reports from projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney and Journal archival reports

Posted by Brandie Jefferson at 6:43 PM | Comment

Senate sends driver's license renewal change to House

PROVIDENCE -- Legislation raising to 75 the age when Rhode Islanders must renew a driver's license every two years motored to the House after being passed unanimously today by the Senate.

Currently, that two-year renewal period applies to people beginning at age 70, with an $8 fee for renewal. People under that age renew licenses in Rhode Island every five years for a $30 fee.

According to a news release, the bill does not change current law that lets the motor vehicles division administrator require an examination of any person applying to renew a license "who might be considered incompetent or otherwise unqualified to continue driving."

Bill sponsor Sen. James E. Doyle II, D-Pawtucket, stated that raising to 75 the age for a two-year license acknowledges Rhode Islanders are "living and staying healthy and active longer." Doyle asserts that federal statistics show little difference between the 65 to 69 age group and the 70 to 74 age group in accidents and highway deaths. Rather, the arguments goes, it's at age 75 that the number begins to grow significantly, "with a real leap over age 80."

The bill now goes to the House of Representatives.

A matching House bill, sponsored by Rep. Peter L. Lewiss, D-Westerly, is before the House Constituent Services Committee, according to the news release.

Read more about why the bill was proposed and reaction to it.

-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney

Posted by Mike McKinney at 6:04 PM | Comment

Elections board allows 2 convicted of insanity to vote

PROVIDENCE -- The state Board of Elections voted unanimously this afternoon to preserve the voting rights of two men found not guilty by reason of insanity some 20 years ago.

The vote reversed a nine-month-old decision by the Cranston Board of Canvassers, which found that John A. Sarro and William Sarmento were too mentally ill to cast a ballot.

Lawyers for the two men said they were pleased with the vote.

“It’s a relief,” said Kate Bowden, a lawyer with the Rhode Island Disability Law Center.

But Joseph A. DeLorenzo, Jr., chairman of the Cranston board, decried the decision.

“I hope they can sleep at night knowing they’ve allowed vicious murderers to vote,” he said.

DeLorenzo said the board may appeal the decision to the state Supreme Court.

Lawyers for Sarro and Sarmento argued, during the hearing, that a single moment of insanity decades ago has little to do with their clients’ competence to vote.

-- Journal staff writer David Scharfenberg

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New trial ordered for state trooper in smoke-shop raid

A federal judge has ordered a new trial for a state trooper, erasing a jury’s verdict that the officer used excessive force when he twisted a Narragansett Indian’s ankle until it broke during the 2003 state police raid on a tribal smoke shop.

In granting the state’s motion for a new trial, U.S. District Senior Judge Ernest C. Torres wrote Tuesday that the state police testimony proved more credible than that of defense witnesses and Adam Jennings, whose ankle was broken during the raid.

Torres cast doubt on whether a shop worker and a customer who testified during a five-day trial in U.S. District Court could have seen Jennings’ struggle with state troopers inside the roadside smoke shop. He questioned Jennings’ recollections, arguing they were contradicted by state police.

Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch’s office welcomed the decision today.

“We’re very happy with the fact we got a new trial,” said Jim Lee, chief of the attorney general’s civil division.

If you read the decision, Lee said, “he found the state police as credible witnesses” and that Kenneth Jones, the trooper involved, used an approved control technique.

Jennings’ family was deeply dismayed by Torres’ ruling.

“We know what happened,” said his mother Paulla Dove Jennings, of Richmond. “The judge obviously doesn’t care. He only cares about police officers looking good.”

The decision rearranges a verdict reached by a jury, she said, that was not even of her son’s peers.

“There is no justice for any Narragansett in the state,” she said, breaking into tears. Her son, she said, was emotionally and physically damaged by the raid and the continuous legal battles.

The Jones case was reassigned to U.S. District Judge Mary M. Lisi today.

-- Journal staff writer Kathleen Mulvaney

Michael Bradley, who represented Jennings in the 2005 trial, also found the decision troubling.

New trial can be granted under narrow circumstances, he said, but “when a judge takes away a jury’s verdict based on an assessment of credibility then he is in danger of substituting his opinion for that of a jury.”

“The case law is pretty dead set against judges doing that,” Bradley said.

State police executed a search warrant on the shop on tribal land in Charlestown on July 14, 2003, to stop the Narragansetts from selling cigarettes without charging Rhode Island taxes. The raid erupted into a violent confrontation in which eight tribal members, including Jennings, were arrested.

Jennings, his mother and another shop worker sued former state police Col. Stephen M. Pare and seven other state troopers, accusing them of violating their civil rights and using excessive force during the raid.

Most of the claims were dismissed during the trial before Torres in U.S. District Court, but the 10-member jury concluded after deliberating five hours that Trooper Jones used excessive force and battery when he twisted Jennings’ ankle until it broke while placing him under arrest.

At the trial Jennings testified that Jones continued to twist his ankle, and even increased his force, after Jennings stopped struggling. Jones, an 11-year veteran of the force, said he maintained his grip because Jennings continued to resist, but did not elevate his force.
Jones said he was using an "ankle turn hold" technique taught at the state police training academy.

The jury awarded Jennings $301,000.

Torres overturned that verdict, finding that Jones was protected by qualified immunity that shields officers from liability when they act reasonably or believe they are doing so while doing their jobs.

Jennings appealed to the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. A three-judge appeals panel reinstated the jury’s verdict in March 2007. That decision was affirmed by the full court in August, when it declined to review the case but sent it back to Torres to consider motions for a new trial that he did not rule on after the 2005 trial.

The state sought U.S. Supreme Court’s review. The high court declined to take the case in February, sending it back to Torres for a ruling on motions for a new trial and a reduction in the jury award that were argued soon after the trial, said Michael J. Healey, spokesman for the attorney general.

In Tuesday’s decision, Torres said it was not clear if the jury based its verdict on the belief that Jones increased his force after Jennings was stopped struggling.

“Even if it were possible to say that the jury’s verdict was based on a finding that Jones increased the force applied in utilizing the `ankle turn control technique’ after Jennings had been subdued, Jones’ motion for a new trial should be granted because, in this Court’s opinion, such a finding would have been contrary to the clear weight of credible evidence,” Torres wrote.

“In short, the weight of credible evidence supports Jones’ testimony that he maintained his hold on Jennings’ ankle because Jennings continued to resist but that he did not increase the force being exerted,” Torres said.

Jennings was among seven Narragansetts tried over six weeks this winter in Providence County Superior Court for misdemeanor charges related to the raid. A jury found him not guilty of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest following the six-week trial. Three others were also exonerated.

The jury found Chief Sachem Matthew Thomas guilty of assaulting a trooper. Two others were convicted of crimes.

Posted by Andrea Panciera at 5:33 PM | Comment

State Senate backs bill targeting cyber-bullying

PROVIDENCE -- The state Senate today approved a bill targeting cyber-bullying -- legislation expanding student discipline codes to cover electronic communications.

Such communications would include any verbal, textual or graphic communication by using any electronic device, such as a computer, telephone, cell phone, text-messaging device and/or personal data assistance device.

Under the bill sponsored by Sen. John J. Tassoni Jr., D-Smithfield, repeated violations threatening "physical or emotional well-being of any student" would be grounds for filing a petition for a Family Court determination that the offending student is wayward and/or delinquent, according to a news release.

The bill goes next to the House of Representatives for consideration. Similar legislation, sponsored by Rep. Joseph M. McNamara, D-Warwick, has already cleared the House.

-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney

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Mass. governor signs landmark ocean resources bill

BOSTON -- Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has signed a landmark bill that aims to better protect and manage the state's ocean resources.

The Oceans Act of 2008 is the first legislation of its kind in the nation. Patrick signed the bill today at the New England Aquarium.

The legislation comes as the state deals with numerous offshore projects, such as proposed liquified natural gas facilities.

The bill aims to ensure that decisions and permits about development in state-controlled waters -- which extend up to 3 miles from the coast -- conform to a single, science-based plan.

Patrick says the law will help balance the protection of traditional natural resources with new ones, such as renewable energy sources.

A 17-member Ocean Advisory Commission will draw up the plan, which must be in place by December 2009.

-- The Associated Press

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Senate panel OKs R.I. minimum wage increases

PROVIDENCE -- A bill aimed at raising the minimum wage paid thousands of Rhode Island workers won the overwhelming support of the Senate Labor Committee this afternoon, and is now headed to the full Senate for a vote.

The bill sponsored by Sen. Leonidas Raptakis, D-Coventry, calls for automatic annual increases of up to 3 percent, in keeping with inflation as measured by the consumer price index for the Northeast.

Rhode Island pays among the highest minimum wages in the nation, at $7.40 an hour. While the bill does not specify a wage hike, Robert Langlais, the state’s assistant director for labor market information, has estimated the bill would raise the minimum wage to $7.53 an hour on Jan. 1, 2009.

While there is no direct count of minimum wage workers in Rhode island, Langlais said federal Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates indicate there were 27,000 workers here making between $7 and $7.99 an hour in 2006, out of 321,000 workers statewide.

While there was no debate today, and only one nay vote from Sen. David Bates, R-Barrington, the debate between organized labor and lobbyists for the small business industry played out at a hearing in early April. The Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce is not opposing the bill this time around, but sent word that it “does not support automatic COLAs and believes the issue should be debated on its merits on annual basis.’’

A spokesman for Governor Carcieri issued this statement: “Generally speaking, Governor Carcieri is concerned about any bill that will add to the cost of doing business in Rhode Island. As the state and the nation grapple with an economic slowdown combined with skyrocketing energy prices, the governor believes we should be making Rhode Island more, not less, business-friendly.

“However, the governor believes that Rhode Island’s business community needs to weigh in with their support or opposition to this legislation. If Rhode Island businesses oppose this bill, they need to make their voices heard at the State House,’’ spokesman Jeff Neal said.

-- Katherine Gregg of the Journal State House Bureau, with projo.com reports

In Connecticut, Gov. M. Jodi Rell, a Republican, yesterday vetoed legislation that would have raised that state’s minimum wage from $7.65 to $8 beginning Jan. 1, 2009, and to $8.25 starting Jan. 1, 2010, according to a news release.

Carcieri let one minimum wage hike take effect without his signature early in his tenure as governor, and vetoed another.

In his 2005 veto message, he said: “This will do nothing but exact another cost on Rhode Island businesses, especially small businesses, making our state even less competitive with our regional neighbors.’’

Lawmakers did not try to override his veto that year, which would have required bringing the General Assembly back into special session to face other thornier issues for them including a drive to unionize home-based child care workers.

In 2006, Carcieri warned of another likely veto as a two-step increase in the minimum hike moved through the General Assembly, but then backed off acknowledging the Democrats likely had the election-year votes to pass it. That bill raised the state’s minimum wage from $6.75 to $7.10 an hour on March 1, 2006, and to $7.40 on Jan. 1, 2007.

Carcieri’s turnaround had nothing to do with policy. He knew there were not enough votes in the Democrat-controlled General Assembly to sustain his veto. "The governor continues to believe that this legislation will undermine his efforts to grow Rhode Island jobs," Carcieri spokesman Neal said at the time. "But after a year of debate, passage of this legislation is now inevitable and the governor believes it is time to move on to other important business."

Posted by Mike McKinney at 4:34 PM | Comment

La Salle freshman becomes first girl to win state golf title

Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach
State golf champion Juliet Vongphoumy gets a hug from her mother, Khingthong Vongphoumy, as her fater, Sinpaseuth Vongphoumy, looks on today.

By JOHN GILLOOLY
Journal Sports Writer

CRANSTON - Juliet Vongphoumy became the first girl to win the Rhode Island Interscholastic League co-ed individual golf title as the La Salle freshman, playing from the women's tees, posted a final-round 77 today at the Cranston Country Club and captured the title in the 36-hole state tournament.

Vongphoumy's six-over performance, combined with an even-par 71 yesterday, gave her a 36-hole total of 148 and a two-stroke margin of victory over runner-up Justin Misiaszek of Burrillville.

In tomorrow's Journal and online at HSGameTime.com, Jim Donaldson will have a profile of Vongphoumy and her unusual road to the top of the state high school golf scene.

Posted by Mike McDermott at 2:16 PM | Comment

Update: Bear reports, bear trap but no bear / Photo

Journal photo / Bill Murphy
DEM Environmental Police Officer John R. Gingerella secures the bear trap, as as he prepares to leave the area of Narragansett where a black bear has been spotted. No bear emerged this morning, however, and officers gave up their search for the day.

Last night and this morning, the state Department of Environmental Management has gotten several calls reporting bear sitings between Narragansett and North Kingstown -- all off Route 1A -- after a black bear's roamings and rummagings in South County made headlines.

Steven H. Hall, chief of the DEM's law enforcement division, said he is not sure of the accuracy of all the sitings and whether it is the same bear.

Hall said none of his environmental police officers has seen the bear this morning, but DEM officers and residents did see a bear in Narragansett last night. In one instance, a bear crossed Route 1A from west to east and, in another, a bear was seen in the parking lot of an apartment building.

This morning, Narragansett police and DEM officials were in the parking area of Twin Willows, off Boston Neck Road, with a bear trap on hand, in case the bear was spotted.

Read more about the sitings of the black bear earlier this week.

-- With reports from Journal staff writer Arline A. Fleming

Posted by Mike McKinney at 1:53 PM | Comment

Cheetah's long life in Providence comes to end

Journal file photo
Cheetahs Togo and Kiffa at Roger Williams Park Zoo in 1997.

PROVIDENCE -- One of Roger Williams Park Zoo’s most popular residents was euthanized earlier this week after a long bout with arthritis, according to spokeswoman Laura Dunn.

Togo the cheetah, who was just three weeks shy of his 16th birthday, had lived a long life –– longer than most cheetahs, who live an average of 8 to 12 years in the wild, and a few years longer in captivity. He was, Dunn said, one of the oldest surviving of his kind in North America.

Togo, who came to the zoo as a yearling in 1993, was one of visitors’ favorite attractions, the zoo said.

Last June, he had a two-hour operation for arthritis on his right front leg after showing discomfort for two years. Veterinarians fused what is the cheetah equivalent of the animal’s wrist joint in an attempt to alleviate pain.

“The surgery worked,” Dunn said. And Togo, the zoo’s only cheetah, had another good year.

But last week, she said, Togo’s caretakers noticed his limp had become more pronounced. By Sunday he wasn’t even using the leg and on Monday, veterinarians found another fracture.

Caretakers and doctors had to make a decision, Dunn said. “’Do we put this animal through another surgery? And the rehab that’s involved after that?’”

“And what’s his quality of life going to be after that?” she asked rhetorically.

“It was a hard decision to make.”

-- projo.com staff writer Brandie M. Jefferson

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Providence Water gets AA bond rating

PROVIDENCE -- Providence Water, the state's biggest water supplier, has gotten a AA bond rating from Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, Mayor David N. Cicilline's office announced today.

It is the utility's first time receiving a bond rating and, Cicilline said in a news release, it means Providence Water will save about $3.5 million, or $168,000 annually, in interest costs savings for loans used to pay for present and future major replacement projects.

Cicilline touted the bond rating as “the direct result of smart management and responsible fiscal practices."

-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney

Posted by Mike McKinney at 11:59 AM | Comment

Everybody, Provi-dance!

Downtown Providence is hosting a preview of what’s to come this year at one of the biggest music festivals in the state.

Sure, you can get a sneak peek at scheduled artists on the Sound Sessions Web site, but then you'd miss the carnivalesque dancers, saxophone players and drummers set to perform this afternoon.

The artists will join the Black Rep’s Executive Artistic Director Donald W. King and Providence Mayor David Cicilline to announce this year's lineup.

The week-long Sound Session festival brings artists and performers from around the world to downtown Providence for what’s billed as a “genre-defying” music festival, featuring performers from West Africa to the Caribbean to American Jazz and Funk.

This year’s festival is set to run from July 6 to July 12.

The line-up announcement is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. today at 276 Westminster Street.

-- projo.com staff writer Brandie M. Jefferson

Posted by Brandie Jefferson at 10:52 AM | Comment

Injured protester due in court today

The 23-year old protester whose leg was broken as she was being arrested by the North Providence police is scheduled for a hearing in District Court, Providence, today.

Alexandra Svoboda was arrested on August 26 during an Industrial Workers of the World protest of a local restaurant. She faces two charges of simple assault, one each of resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.

The police said Svoboda hit an officer as he was trying to restrain her. The protesters said that the restaurant did business with a distributor that broke labor laws.

Svoboda was released on personal recognizance after entering a not-guilty plea during her September arraignment. She is scheduled for a pre-trial hearing today.

Her injury required several surgeries to repair vascular damage and a detached calf bone.

Posted by Brandie Jefferson at 10:48 AM | Comment

Update: Bear trap set, just waiting for a bear

DEM Photo

A young black bear that has apparently crossed a large portion of the Ocean State in recent days. The photo, taken yesterday, shows the approximately 130-pound, two-year-old bear.

NARRAGANSETT -- Local and state officials are still on the look-out for an unwelcome visitor in Narragansett.

Narragansett police and officials from the state Department of Environmental Management are in the parking lot of Twin Willows, off Boston Neck Road, waiting for an encounter with a black bear that was spotted yesterday in the Mettatuxet neighborhood..

On hand is a bear trap -- which looks like a giant drum on its side. Authorities are just waiting for the word that the bear has been spotted

“He moved last night to a couple of different spots,” Narragansett Chief Dean Hoxsie said this morning. “He’s still here, seen again in this neighborhood.”

Officials are hoping that the bear, which was able to elude officials last night while tearing through backyard bird feeders and trash, can be subdued with a tranquilizer gun and captured today.

John R. Gingerella, of the state's Environmental Police, said authorities had hoped to catch the bear yesterday, but "it wasn't cooperative. There were so many people around," he said, "it was kind of like a parade setting."

But the bear wasn't putting on a show; he was, and is, lost.

"He's a teenage boy," Gingerella said, "looking for his own place."

Your Turn: Have you ever spotted a bear in your neighborhood?

-- projo.com staff writer Brandie M. Jefferson, with reports from Journal staff writer Arline Fleming

Posted by Brandie Jefferson at 9:45 AM | Comment

Judge: Duke lacrosse players can pursue lawsuit

RALEIGH, N.C. — Three former Duke lacrosse players falsely accused of rape -- including Reade Seligmann, who now attends Brown University -- can pursue a civil lawsuit against the disgraced Durham County prosecutor who led the case against them, a judge ruled yesterday.

And former Duke Lacrosse coach Mike Pressler is now coaching at Bryant University in Smithfield.

Federal bankruptcy Judge William L. Stocks lifted a stay that had protected former District Attorney Mike Nifong as he moved through bankruptcy proceedings.

Stocks, a month after hearing arguments about whether the bankruptcy case should delay the civil lawsuit, said in a ruling that his court didn’t have jurisdiction to hear many of the claims involved in the civil case.

Nifong, citing a woman’s story that she was raped at a lacrosse team party in March 2006, pursued rape charges against Seligmann, Dave Evans, and Collin Finnerty. State prosecutors declared the players innocent last year, and Nifong was disbarred and spent a night in jail in the fallout from the case.

No DNA from any Duke lacrosse player was found on the accuser, and exculpatory evidence that genetic material from other unidentified males was found on the woman was withheld from the defense for several months.

An attorney for Nifong did not return a call seeking comment yesterday.

-- The Associated Press

Nifong filed for bankruptcy in January, claiming more than $180 million in liabilities, mostly from the threat of pending lawsuits.

The players also included the city of Durham, police investigators and others in their lawsuit filed in October. They accuse the defendants of conducting “one of the most chilling episodes of premeditated police, prosecutorial and scientific misconduct in modern American history.”

Three other players also joined together in a lawsuit, and more than three dozen current and former Duke lacrosse players have also filed a third lawsuit, claiming they suffered emotional distress during the prosecution. That third suit does not name Nifong as a defendant.

Posted by Brandie Jefferson at 8:41 AM | Comment

Traffic Alert: Route 95 northbound, Warwick

A accident in Warwick has affected highway traffic this morning.

The two-car accident is on the northbound side of Route 95 near Exit 10/Route 117/ Warwick/West Warwick.

The left shoulder is closed. See how it's affecting traffic on the Transportation Management Center's Web cameras.

Posted by Brandie Jefferson at 8:06 AM | Comment

Traffic Alert: Pawtucket at Broadway and School

Rescue crews are on the scene of an accident in Pawtucket this morning.

Pawtucket Fire and EMS teams are at the site near Broadway and School Streets. Traffic on Route 95 in that area does not look like it's been affected, but check online first, if you're headed that way.

See traffic conditions on the Transportation Management Center's Web cameras.

Posted by Brandie Jefferson at 8:00 AM | Comment

Today in history

On this day in 1977, fire raced through the Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate, Ky., killing 165 people.

Read more from Today in History.

Posted by Jack Perry at 7:05 AM | Comment

CVS trial: Closing arguments tomorrow

PROVIDENCE -- Jurors hearing the bribery trial of two former CVS executives have today off.

Chief U.S. District Judge Mary M. Lisi gave the jurors the day off today and scheduled a private chamber conference with lawyers for both sides this afternoon to discuss her charge to the jury.

Closing arguments are set for tomorrow.

The credibility of John Celona, the state’s star witness, came under sharp attack from the defense yesterday, but their lawyers declined to take up the judge’s offer to let them recall the corrupt former state senator to the witness stand.

Instead, the defense in the trial of John R. “Jack” Kramer and Carlos Ortiz rested its case without calling any witnesses.

Posted by Jack Perry at 7:02 AM | Comment

Some like it cool, some like it hot. We've got it all

For this blogger, today will be near perfect.

The National Weather Service is forecasting a sunny, clear, dry day with temperatures reaching 68 degrees. It may also be a little breezy at times, with a north wind between 13 and 16 mph.

Tonight will get chilly, with a low around 43 degrees and mild west winds.

But if you like warmer weather, don't worry, it's coming. Tomorrow will also boast clear, sunny skies, no rain, and a high temperature just shy of 78 degrees with mild west winds picking up to between 17 and 20 mph. as the day goes on.

Keep an eye on the spectrum of spring weather ahead at projo.com's weather page.

Posted by Brandie Jefferson at 7:01 AM | Comment

Today's front page

Today's front page features a story about a bear spotted wandering through Rhode Island and continuing coverage of the bribery trial of two former CVS executives.

Download a copy of today's front page in .pdf format.

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