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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Sales of foreclosed property have increased to almost 20 percent of Rhode Island home sales this year, much more than other New England states.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- After a four-week course of addiction treatment, Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy returned to Congress Wednesday with what he called "excellent" prospects for long-term sobriety.
Audio, 7.9.2009: Patrick Kennedy on staying sober and staying in politics
Extra: Look back at a 2006 report on Rep. Kennedy's struggle with addiction
PROVIDENCE -- There are 34 tents in the squatter community off Wickenden Street, underneath now-closed stretches of Route 195 where the thoroughfare becomes Point Street and passes over the Providence River. The police say there are close to 60 people living there on a given night.
PROVIDENCE -- The Rhode Island Affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union has asked a federal court to declare unconstitutional Narragansett's controversial "orange-sticker" policy, intended to clamp down on college students partying in rental houses in the seaside community.
Your Turn: Is Narragansett's policy of using 'orange stickers' to mark party houses unconstitutional?
BRISTOL -- In a temper-filled tempest, the Bristol Fourth of July Committee has barred the Rhode Island Tea Party from taking part in the annual Independence Day parade next year -- or any other year.
Videos: Gaspee Day Tea Party rally calls for reforms || Tax Day Tea Party held at Rhode Island State House in Providence
Your Turn: Should the R.I. Tea Party have been dumped from Bristol's Fourth of July parade?
New Medicaid rules aim to reduce nursing home admissions
PROVIDENCE -- Rose Belanger, 79, a resident of Elmhurst Extended Care, will leave the nursing home as a result of new Medicaid rules. Backed by Governor Carcieri administration's push to rebalance Rhode Island's long-term care system, Belanger -- and dozens more nursing home residents -- plan to leave costly medical institutions voluntarily in the coming months.
Team of humanitarians goes to bat for Cuban people
The old school bus sat outside a Providence restaurant. It was covered in messages of peace, love and politics -- much like a '60s hippie bus. But this bus is bound for Cuba, part of a "peace caravan" delivering building, medical and educational supplies to the island nation.
Pell Bridge tolls to increase
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Up to $4 | JAMESTOWN -- The state Turnpike and Bridge Authority voted 3 to 1 yesterday to move toward increasing the tolls on the Pell Bridge for the first time in its 40-year history and possibly reinstituting tolls on the Mount Hope Bridge. |
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