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Stimulus cash due to arrive in R.I.
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The Obama administration will give Rhode Island $93.5 million tomorrow, the Ocean State's first share of the $787-billion federal economic stimulus package that became law last week.
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N. Kingstown High closed for 2 days for suspected swine-flu case
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The girl fell ill after traveling to Mexico for spring break. Test results are expected Friday or Saturday. Meanwhile, all extracurricular activities and home and away sports for the high school have been canceled. SAT testing scheduled for Saturday at the high school will be postponed to May 16. Other schools will remain open.
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Man killed after car hits tree on Route 6, Scituate
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SCITUATE, R.I. -- A Connecticut man was killed this morning on Route 6 after the vehicle he was driving veered off the road and struck a tree, according to the police. read more
Barrington homeowners can still appeal assessments
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BARRINGTON — Friday was the last day that homeowners could appeal their new property assessments in hearings before representatives of Vision Appraisal Technology, the company that conducted the townwide property revaluation.

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Teachers told Pawtucket schools will run out of cash by mid-April
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Pawtucket school officials told teachers yesterday their paychecks will be paid through mid-April. After that, it’s unclear what will happen.

The announcement, which came at the end of the business day, follows a meeting this week of school and city officials to discuss the district’s projected deficit of about $5 million.

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Warwick man faces charges for liaison with teen
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A 21-year-old Warwick man and a 13-year-old girl from a rural Virginia town met online while playing an Xbox 360 game called "Lost Planet." read more
Former U.S. Senator Claiborne Pell dies
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Claiborne deBorda Pell, the quirky Newport blueblood who held the affections of blue-collar Rhode Island and championed better education of the poor during a 36-year Senate career, has died. The onetime chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee—who witnessed history at close hand, from the rise of Adolph Hitler to the fall of the Berlin Wall—was 90 years old.

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Burrillville man charged with decades-old sexual assaults
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BURRILLVILLE — A public library employee’s tip has led to the indictment of a local man for sexual assaults and molestations he allegedly committed more than two decades ago.

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R.I. man indicted on rape, torture, kidnapping charges
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In a small house on a lonely stretch of road in Harrisville, a man tortured and raped a friend of nearly 20 years and held him against his will for several weeks last winter, even tying him up in a trailer in the woods when the friend wanted to get away, according to indictments filed this week by a Providence County grand jury.

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