In Patriots locker room and around the NFL, concussions no longer out of mind
Jim Donaldson: Rex Ryan may not realize it, but there’s no crying in football
Your Turn: Do you like Rex Ryan's style as head coach? || Projo's Patriots Bulletin Board
Two years ago, Robin McDuffie and her family often spent $150 a night for five meals at a favorite Spanish restaurant. Then her husband lost his mortgage-company job. Now, McDuffie spends a little more for a week's worth of groceries -- with money from the state.
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 -- 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.
Videos: 'Everything's gotten better' since Carrie Blanton's been back at work || ‘It feels like every day’s the last.’ In the days before Mathew’s surgery, Carrie Blanton has him baptized
Extra: Read the August 2008 story, Spiraling into poverty
Gallery: Since her car was repossessed, Blanton and her children run their errands on foot
PROVIDENCE -- State education officials have unveiled an ambitious plan to increase student proficiency, revamp failing schools, improve teacher quality and shrink gaps between low-income and middle-income students.
On the field, the playoff-bound Red Sox were putting on a power display, slugging six home runs in a September baseball game against Baltimore. From his seat near home plate at Fenway Park, R.I. House Majority Leader Gordon D. Fox was part of another power tableau...
PROVIDENCE -- Supreme Court Justice Paul A. Suttell says the court has no immediate plans to implement a controversial law that would allow people to hire retired judges to preside over private trials in civil cases.
Rhode Islanders: Find the date for the H1N1 swine flu clinic at your school (last updated 10/30/2009):
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Explosive Rams run past Holy Cross, 92-75 || Box score
URI Journal: Malesevic, Richmond bring shooting touch off the bench
URI trying to shake 25 years of football futility
Facilities are a big reason URI struggles in football
Your Turn: Should URI consider discontinuing its football program? || Projo's URI Bulletin Board
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SMITHFIELD -- One of Channel 10's original newscasters died early Sunday morning. Arthur E. Lake, known as Art Lake to just about everyone, died surrounded by his family. The legendary WJAR-TV anchorman and weatherman was 85.
Editorial: Condemning R.I. jobs
Irving C. Sheldon Jr.: Getting ready for bio-terror
Otis W. Brawley: Despite the report, let’s stick with mammograms
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