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August 17, 2008 - August 23, 2008 Archives
1:52 PM Sat, Aug 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera  Email
Will Powers / AP photo Judy Cook of Denver, left, gets help with a button from her friend, Pam Hellenen of Conifer, Colo., as they buy some political souvenirs today in Denver, where the Democratic National Convention begins on......
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5:50 PM Fri, Aug 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
Journal photo / Sandor Bodo Among those turning out today for a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Portsmouth for the Narragansett Bay Blue Trail -- a water-based trail for kayaks and canoes -- were three members of the R.I. congressional delegation.......
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12:21 PM Fri, Aug 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
WASHINGTON -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama prepared to name his running mate, perhaps as early as Friday, from a small field that included at least one dark-horse finalist. Democratic officials said little-known Texas Rep. Chet Edwards was one of......
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11:23 AM Fri, Aug 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham Email
Governor Carcieri will head to the GOP convention in Minneapolis early next month. Carcieri's administration reports that he and his wife, Sue Carcieri, will travel to the convention on Tuesday, Sept. 2, and stay through Friday, Sept. 5, the morning......
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5:21 PM Thu, Aug 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
Will disappointed backers of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign impair the progress of Sen. Barack Obama's historic run for the White House? Not by Rep. James R. Langevin's lights. The Rhode Island congressman aims to cast a proud vote......
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4:39 PM Thu, Aug 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
EMPORIA, Va. -- Barack Obama says he's decided on a running mate, but he won't say who. "I've made the selection, that's all you're gonna get," Obama told reporters while campaigning in Virginia today. Obama didn't say whether he's informed......
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3:40 PM Wed, Aug 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham Email
As the Senate prepares to return to the State House this afternoon to confirm a spate of new appointments, its members can expect to see a familiar face. R. David Cruise, Senate President Joseph Montalbano's chief of staff, is still......
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3:02 PM Wed, Aug 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham Email
The state Democratic party is calling on Governor Carcieri to disclose who is paying for his legal defense before the state Ethics Commission as it investigates whether the governor broke anti-nepotism rules in hiring his niece for a state job.......
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7:54 AM Wed, Aug 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
The speculation is loud that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama could announce his choice of a running mate today. The campaign has said it will announce the choice via cell phone text message to supporters. The list of possibles, according......
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6:11 PM Tue, Aug 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham Email
It's hard to escape the immigration issue these days. Recognizing that local police departments may encounter immigration matters in their daily policing, the State Police say they will work to help local police departments handle such situations. That starts tomorrow......
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4:29 PM Tue, Aug 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
WASHINGTON -- Rhode Island Sen. Jack Reed will speak about national security at next week's Democratic National Convention in Denver. Reed, who is widely considered a respected voice on military affairs in the Senate, is among the roster of speakers......
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3:20 PM Tue, Aug 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Susan Areson Email
By Katherine Gregg, Journal State House Bureau The former head of the Rhode Island Economic Policy Council has landed the top spot in the Urban Redevelopment Commission for Stamford, Conn., the city from whence he first came to the Ocean......
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6:10 PM Mon, Aug 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
PROVIDENCE -- The state Senate Judiciary Committee plans to meet tomorrow to consider confirmation of judges, a fire marshal and new Rhode Island Resource Recovery board members. The committee will meet at 1 p.m. in Room 313 of the State......
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1:16 PM Mon, Aug 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Scott MacKay Email
Former Rhode Island governor Bruce Sundlun was elected a director of the the Eighth Air Force Historical Society at the society's recent annual meting in Savannah, Georgia. The Eighth Air Force Historical Society was created in 1975 to preserve......
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11:20 AM Mon, Aug 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Scott MacKay Email
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse is having a community dinner tomorrow in North Providence at the Salvatore Mancini Senior Resource and Activity Center. Whitehouse will answer questions from constituents and speak about the nation's foreclosure crisis, rising energy costs and other topics.......
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