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August 10, 2008 - August 16, 2008 Archives

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Mollis to push voter registration at rock show

4:17 PM Fri, Aug 15, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Steve Peoples    Email

Secretary of state spokesman Chris Barnett gets this week's cheesy headline award for a press release touting his boss' participation in a weekend voter registration drive: "Mollis Will Be Rockin' and Registerin' with WBRU in Providence on Sunday" Political Scene......

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 Tags  Mollis   rock concert   voter registration  

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DNC fundraiser leaves lasting impression on Cicilline

3:40 PM Fri, Aug 15, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Susan Areson    Email

By Daniel Barbarisi Some say that politics is a dangerous business -- Providence Mayor David N. Cicilline is sporting the cast to prove it. Cicilline was attending a political fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee on a boat in Sag......

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 Tags  David Cicillline   Democratic National Committee   fundraiser   lankle injury   Sag Harbor  

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Reed to chat with Young Democrats at Providence pub

12:18 PM Fri, Aug 15, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Scott MacKay    Email

U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, fresh from a trip to Iraq and Afghanistan with Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, will meet today at 5 p.m. with Rhode Island Young Democrats at the Ri Ra Irish Pub at 50 Exchange Terrace in......

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 Tags  Democrats   election   Reed   Tingle   U.S. Senate   Young   Young Democrats  

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Candidate Driver returns to site of sign squabble

11:11 AM Fri, Aug 15, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Andrea Panciera    Email

RICHMOND -- A week after a federal judge struck down a state law that Richmond police had used in previous campaigns to remove political signs, Rod Driver, the candidate who filed the federal lawsuit, returned yesterday afternoon to the very......

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 Tags  campaign signs   Richmond   Rod Driver  

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Flags fly at half-staff to honor Marine killed in Iraq

2:19 PM Thu, Aug 14, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Cynthia Needham    Email

Governor Carcieri has ordered Rhode Island state flags lowered to half-staff in honor of Rhode Island native Sgt. Michael Ferschke Jr., a 22-year-old Marinewho was killed Fallujah, Iraq on Sunday during a house-to-house search. Flags will remain at half staff......

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 Tags  casualties   Iraq   Marine   Michael Ferschke Jr.   Woonsocket native  

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'Brotherhood' crew takes advantage of slow State House days

2:15 PM Thu, Aug 14, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Cynthia Needham    Email

The State House has returned to its sleepy summer schedule yesterday after a day of hard work. Well, sort of. The hallways may have been buzzing, but the suit-clad types weren't the legislators and lobbyists; they were extras for the......

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 Tags  Brotherhood   Rhode Island State House   tax credits  

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Chafee signs on with 'Republicans for Obama'

1:04 PM Tue, Aug 12, 2008 | | Comments (4)
By Andrea Panciera    Email

By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington bureau Former Sen. Lincoln D. Chafee, who left the GOP last year and later endorsed Democrat Barack Obama for president, has signed on with "Republicans for Obama,'' saying that the Illinois senator embodies "my......

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 Tags  Barack Obama   Lincoln Chafee   presidential campaign   Republicans for Obama  

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A Pell's protest in Beijing: Polite but pointed

KungPellAug12Swimming_512.jpg 10:23 AM Tue, Aug 12, 2008 | | Comments (5)
By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau    Email

Photo courtesy of Clay Pell Clay Pell and Jacquelyn Kung in their T-shirts. The English translation is on the back. There was an echo of Rhode Island's age-old traditions of personal freedoms in a quiet but pointed demonstration of......

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 Tags  China   Clay Pell   Constitution   Olympics   protest  

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