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David Swain

Thirty-three years before he would hear his own jury convict him of murder, David Swain sat still in a courtroom gallery in Minnesota as a jury foreman declared his brother Richard guilty of bludgeoning to death a woman on an Easter night.


WASHINGTON -- Providence Bishop Thomas J. Tobin has forbidden Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy to receive the Roman Catholic sacrament of Holy Communion because of his advocacy of abortion rights, the Rhode Island Democrat said Friday.

Westerly's Carrie Blanton

WESTERLY -- During the bad times, Carrie Blanton juggled her fears. If the phone rang, her stomach knotted. Was it the repo man? When the weather turned cold, she worried about finding help to buy oil so she could keep her son, Tyler, and her baby, Mathew, warm.


Art Lake

SMITHFIELD, R.I. -- One of Channel 10's original newscasters passed away early Sunday morning. Arthur E. Lake, known as Art Lake to just about everyone, died surrounded by his family. The legendary WJAR Channel 10 anchor and weatherman was 85.


Irish step dancing

PROVIDENCE -- Quick movements of the feet, a great feel for rhythm and an absolutely stiff upper body are just some of the requirements needed to be a world-class Irish step dancer. This weekend at the Rhode Island Convention Center, the 34th annual New England Oireachtas also revealed the need for sock glue, spray-on tans and solo dresses that can cost in the thousands.


PROVIDENCE -- Noi Thao, 29, of 391 Farmington St., Cranston, who spent the past three months training to become a peacemaker at the Institute for the Study & Practice of Nonviolence, was arrested Friday and charged with threatening his estranged girlfriend with a gun.

NARRAGANETT -- Two fishermen were rescued from Point Judith's 51-degree waters early Saturday morning after the vessel they were on crashed into a breakwater.



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