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BUSINESS
In Providence, a crescent of green business sprouts
Providence cultivates a “green corridor” of companies working in alternative energy and with environmentally friendly products along a former industrial riverside
Owner of Providence Place mall restructures debt
Parent company of Providence Place reaches agreement with some of biggest lenders
R.I. jobless rate dips, but 73,000 are still out of work
For the first time in nearly three years, Rhode Island’s unemployment rate dropped, to 12.9 percent in October, offering a faint but reassuring sign that the state’s economy may be on the road to improvement.
ECONOMY
R.I. legislative commission gets ideas on shared municipal services
Invited speakers propose areas of tax and dispatch as well as information technology
LIFEBEAT
A powerful and poignant juxtaposition of despair, hope
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” follows a teenager named Claireece “Precious” Jones struggling with incest, illiteracy, physical abuse, poverty and obesity in 1980s Harlem. The movie is harrowing and unforgiving — a two-hour pile-on that leaves poor Precious (not to mention the audience) with no room to breathe.
Courteney Cox to return in ‘Scream 4’
CULVER CITY, Calif. — Courteney Cox isn’t done running from masked serial killers.
Dakota Fanning wanted to be evil for a change
LOS ANGELES — Dakota Fanning, at 15, has more credits than most of the young stars of “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” combined. But that didn’t stop the young actress from agreeing to take on what is little more than a cameo in the new film.
First lead movie role has Carey Mulligan living in the spotlight
Career-making turn has been a real ‘Education’ for the British actress
Movie Review: ‘Antichrist’ is torture to watch
Danish writer-director Lars Von Trier’s misogynist screed “Antichrist” may be the most unpleasant movie ever made.
Movie review: ‘The Blind Side’ tackles issues that go well beyond football
Don’t dismiss “The Blind Side” as just another inspirational sports movie.
Movie review: Super animation is best part of landing on ‘Planet 51’
How might a kid — OK, a teenager — protect himself from that dreaded fate described in legions of sci-fi movies (including “The Fourth Kind”), the anal probe? If you weren’t thinking “champagne cork,” you were way off, according to the sci-fi kids cartoon “Planet 51.”
Movie review: Uneasy darkness haunts lightness of ‘Education’
Jenny (Carey Mulligan), a 16-year-old growing up in the London suburb of Twickenham in 1961, is always the first in class to raise her hand with the answer. She is fluent in French and studying Latin; she plays the cello and is familiar with all the pre-Raphaelite artists (Rossetti and Burne-Jones are her favorites; Holman Hunt, not so much).
Spotlight is on ‘Twilight’
She calls recent tabloid attention “false” and “mean”
TOP RENTALS
Source: Redbox / MCT
Theater review: ‘Rent’ is polished, top-notch
Outstanding cast makes the tunes sizzle
Video reviews: The new ‘Star Trek’ is an exciting seat-of-the-pants adventure
Thrilling, vibrant, stunning, emotionally solid and faithful to the spirit — if not always to the letter — of Gene Roddenberry’s original TV series, the new “Star Trek” (Paramount, $29.99 DVD; $39.99 two-disc DVD or three-disc Blu-ray) appealed to sci-fi fans and more.
LOCAL
Cranston school-performance audit nearly complete
CRANSTON — The draft copy is about 100 pages and it looks at everything from course offerings to special education to building conditions.
Emergency workers train at mock terrorist strike
Scenario is a burst dam at Scituate Reservoir, unleashing floodwaters in several cities, towns
Newport murder defendant says he tossed and failed to catch baby
Rachin McCoy has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of his six-week-old daughter
NEWS
$227 million
BY THE NUMBERS
2 R.I. businesses being audited by ICE
Records will be checked to determine if they are ‘cultivating illegal workplaces’
4 R.I. troopers to receive ICE training
The officers must pass federal background checks and undergo 25 days of training
Bob Kerr: It’s the wonder that keeps us asking for more
The magician put his cards on the table. He told me to put my hand on top of the deck and feel the vibe from a particular card. I didn’t feel any vibe, but I picked the 10 of hearts. The magician picked up the deck and found the 10 of hearts — the only card in the deck that was face up with a backing different than the other cards.
Brown professor wins national poetry award
“I was surprised” to win the National Book Award for poetry, Keith Waldrop says
Early Thursday Lotteries
THURSDAY WINNERS
Electricity falters after thieves rip out lines at Smithfield substation
Electricity in four towns falters after thieves rip out lines at Smithfield substation
Final Thursday Lotteries
THURSDAY WINNERS
Flu Update
Vaccinations
Imprisoned lawyer pleads his case for early release
John M. Cicilline asks a federal magistrate for immediate release to a halfway house
Lawyers spar over care offered brother of actor James Woods
A medical witness says Michael J. Woods should have been able to survive his heart attack
License revoked in cycle fatality
Driver ordered to give up license after passenger killed in highway off-ramp accident
Mays work at State House
PROVIDENCE — A reproduction print of Maxwell Mays’ painting “Inauguration Day” will be displayed in the State Room of the State House through Nov. 27, Governor Carcieri’s office announced Thursday.
Neil Downing: Lessons learned from a man who loved the sea
I had to get going.
Police Digest
SWANSEA
Providence church removes pews to save food pantry
PROVIDENCE –– When mold made the Open Table of Christ basement unsafe, parishioners took drastic action to keep a food-distribution program running: they removed church pews.
Providence city council delays resolution to suspend recycling program
Vote is delayed on resolution that would have called on the mayor to temporarily suspend it
R.I. Supreme Court upholds kidnapper’s sentence
PROVIDENCE — The state Supreme Court has refused to grant post-conviction relief to a former golf pro who was found guilty on a variety of charges stemming from the armed abduction and kidnapping of three teenagers 30 years ago.
R.I. education commissioner revokes ex-Bristol teacher’s certification
Kathleen Borgia was caught driving drunk to her teaching job at Bristol’s Colt Andrews Elementary
R.I. education commissioner revokes ex-Bristol teacher’s certification
Kathleen Borgia was caught driving drunk to her teaching job at a Bristol elementary school
Veto of domestic partners funeral bill sparks protest at R.I. State House
More than 100 people turn out at the State House to oppose the governor’s position
OPINION
Dick Polman: Republicans’ staggering hypocrisy on mandate
PHILADELPHIA
Editorial: Juveniles and justices
Science has shown something that parents have long known — the juvenile brain is not fully formed. Teens engage in reckless and often abusive behavior without clearly understanding the consequences.
Editorial: Maxwell Mays: 1918-2009
Maxwell Mays, who died Monday at 91, was one of the most popular people in Rhode Island. But then, he was selling happiness.
Editorial: Ports, planes and jobs
On Nov. 7, we ran a cartoon by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer’s David Horsey, expressing rather sour grapes about his town’s loss of Boeing airplane-assembly jobs to South Carolina. Boeing concluded that workers in North Charleston could do the job cheaper and better than those in Seattle. So it is investing $750 million in a facility there.
Harold Meyerson: Greedy U.S. elites made China trade problem
WASHINGTON
Jeff Blanchard: Rich summer folk and their strange Wampanoag bedfellows
BREWSTER
M.J. Andersen: War is no favor to Afghan women
When I began writing about Afghanistan’s women, in 1996, the figure on their average life expectancy seemed so improbable I had to double check it. How could it be just 44? Today, it is 42.
SPORTS
Bergeron’s shootout goal gives Bruins 4-3 win
ATLANTA (AP) — Michael Ryder scored twice, Patrice Bergeron had the only goal of the shootout and the Boston Bruins snapped Atlanta’s four-game winning streak with a 4-3 victory over the Thrashers on Thursday night.
Brady on target to have second-best season ever with Patriots
FOXBORO – This likely isn’t a phrase that’s uttered too often in regards to a quarterback with three Super Bowl rings, a supermodel wife, bulging bank account and is considered one of the best ever at his position, but:
Celtics journal: Rivers says Orlando demands defense
BOSTON — The Celtics seem to be having trouble against the younger, more athletic teams, but they won’t concede that.
College soccer: Brown 1, Stony Brook 0
PROVIDENCE –– Sophomore Sean Rosa entered Thursday night’s NCAA Tournament game with four goals this season, but his fifth was the biggest of the Bears’ season as Rosa scored at the 103:02 mark to give Brown a 1-0 double-overtime triumph over Stony Brook. The win gives the Bears their first NCAA victory since 2007.
Commentary: Woonsocket-Tolman girls soccer scuffle was overblown
Leave it to headline writers, television anchors and reporters who were miles from the scene of the action to blow the fight between Woonsocket and Tolman soccer players way out of proportion.
Hawks could soar to second seed
“I like where we are,” Hendricken coach Keith Croft said Monday night.
Jim Donaldson: ‘Body issue’ pic has just been a small part of a whirlwind year for Grzebien
Now that the furor has died down over Anna Grzebien appearing nude in the “Body Issue” of ESPN the Magazine…
Most high school football coaches can take stock before Thanksgiving games
I like where we are,” Hendricken coach Keith Croft said Monday night.
Patriots journal: Weakness now is strength
FOXBORO — Kevin Faulk has become a key part of the Patriots’ offense, the guy who always answers the call and rarely gets enough credit for his contributions.
Red Sox Journal: Bay atop free-agent list
BOSTON -- The free-agent period for Major League Baseball begins on Friday and Jason Bay will be atop the list for available outfielders.
Red Sox’ Ortiz wasting no time getting ready for 2010
BOSTON –– After the Red Sox were swept by the Angels in the ALDS last month, Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein made it clear that there were certain players he expected more from during the 2009 season, and he better see improvement in 2010.
With motivation from Pierce, Rondo turned up his game against Warriors
BOSTON – When Rajon Rondo entered training camp, the Celtics wanted him to show that he could be a consistent star night in and night out.
