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Laconia, N.H., waits for Sarah Palin / Photo

palinnh.jpg 2:23 PM Wed, Oct 15, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Jack Perry    Email

AP photo / Jim Cole Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin strides onto the stage for a campaign event in Dover, N.H., today. LACONIA, N.H. -- The tourists and motorcycle ralliers are gone with the summer, but a crowd......

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 Tags  John McCain   Laconia   New Hampshire   Sarah Palin  

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URI to research terrorism at Homeland Security Center

8:41 AM Wed, Oct 15, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

By Cynthia Needham Journal staff writer It could be a fiery morning at the University of Rhode Island. The school is set to launch its new Homeland Security Center of Excellence in Explosives Detection, Mitigation, Response and Characterization. Try saying......

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 Tags  explosives   Homeland Security   University of Rhode Island  

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Langevin, Kennedy are hopeful after bailout passes

2:58 PM Fri, Oct 03, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Jack Perry    Email

By John Mulligan Journal Washington bureau WASHINGTON -- U.S. Reps. Patrick J. Kennedy and James R. Langevin, both Rhode Island Democrats, joined a 263-171 House majority this afternoon that passed the bill to rescue the financial markets and expressed hope......

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Tomorrow is the last day to register for Nov. election

1:07 PM Fri, Oct 03, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Jack Perry    Email

Tomorrow is the last day to register to vote in the Nov. 4 general election, and Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis says there will be more than 40 places open for people to register. There will be at least......

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 Tags  election   Ralph Mollis   Secretary of State  

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The presidential debate is on; RIC to host forum

11:45 AM Fri, Sep 26, 2008 | | Comments (2)
By Jack Perry    Email

Rhode Island College in Providence will host a public forum on tonight's presidential debate between Republican nominee Sen. John McCain and Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama. Sen. McCain had called for a postponement of the debate until Congress could agree......

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 Tags  Barack Obama   John McCain   Rhode Island College  

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R.I.'s Sen. Reed steps out of bailout talks

10:43 AM Fri, Sep 26, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

By John Mulligan Journal Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- Sen. Jack Reed has stepped out of the negotiations over the proposed package to rescue the financial system and plans to fly to Mississippi later today for the presidential debate between Democratic......

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 Tags  bailout   Barack Obama   Christopher Dodd   Jack Reed   John McCain   presidential debate   Sen. Harry Reid  

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Waiting for Biden at Alpine Country Club? He's running a bit late

7:26 PM Thu, Sep 25, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

EAST GREENWICH -- If you're waiting for Sen. Joseph Biden at the Alpine Country Club in Cranston, he may be a little late. His red, white and blue-colored chartered plane touched town at Northstar Aviation at T.F. Green Airport in......

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 Tags  Barack Obama   Biden visits R.I.   Cranston   East Greenwich   Joe Biden  

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Reed: Congress 'in a position to pass bailout' legislation

1:56 PM Thu, Sep 25, 2008 | | Write a comment
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By John Mulligan Journal Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- Congressional banking and budget leaders presented a united front minutes ago behind a bipartisan compromise that they will later present to the administration, confident that it will soon lead to a $700-billion......

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 Tags  bailout   Barack Obama   Barney Frank   Christopher Dodd   Jack Reed   John McCain   President Bush  

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Reed defends his bailout provision at Senate hearing

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By Jack Perry    Email

AP photo U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., right, accompanied by fellow Senate banking committee member, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., asks a question of a witness on Capitol Hill in Washington today during the committee's hearing on the credit market......

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 Tags  bailout   Christopher Cox   Congress   Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke   Jack Reed   Securities and Exchange Commission   Senate   Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson  

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Pawtucket mayoral debate to be rebroadcast today

9:22 AM Tue, Sep 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

PAWTUCKET - The Sept. 17 debate between Democrat Mayor James E. Doyle and his opponent, independent City Councilor Donald R. Grebien, will be rebroadcast this afternoon at 2 p.m. on Cox Channel 13. During the debate, Doyle, who is seeking......

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 Tags  Donald R. Grebien   James E. Doyle   Pawtucket  

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Sen. Kennedy votes in Mass. primary/ Photo

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By Jack Perry    Email

(AP Photo/Julia Cumes) Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., arrives with his wife Victoria to vote in the statewide Democratic primary at the town hall in Hyannis, Mass., today. HYANNIS PORT, Mass. (AP) -- Sen. Edward Kennedy has had his......

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 Tags  Massachusetts Democratic primary   Sen. Edward Kennedy   Sen. John Kerry   Vicki Kennedy  

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Sen. Kerry faces challenger in Mass. primary

10:59 AM Tue, Sep 16, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

BOSTON -- Primary day carries some uncertainty for John Kerry for the first time in his 24 years in the Senate. Kerry faces his first challenger in a Democratic primary since he was elected in Tuesday's election. Gloucester attorney Ed......

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