Holidays

11/02/2009

A holiday that keeps dead alive in their hearts
WARWICK — Small pumpkins line the stairs of a Pawtuxet Village home, the first of many signs that the family that lives inside takes Halloween seriously.

11/01/2009

Beware of gift cards with strings attached
Gift cards will be the most popular item snapped up by New Englanders this holiday season, according to survey results released Wednesday. Unfortunately, not enough people have a clue about how to use them wisely.

10/14/2009

This is certainly a whale of a tale
Something about a whale. I’m too bored to read it.

The end is near! Prepare to die!
God is pissed. Here come the storms.

Green walls take root in building design
Using walls of vegetation to insulate buildings

I got yer collider right here!
More than a year after an explosion of sparks, soot and frigid helium shut it down, the world’s biggest and most expensive physics experiment, known as the Large Hadron Collider, is poised to start up again. In December, if all goes well, protons will start smashing together in an underground racetrack outside Geneva in a search for forces and particles that reigned during the first trillionth of a second of the Big Bang.

What was chief judge thinking?
Republican legislative leaders said there was little hope they could craft a water deal Sunday, despite daylong negotiations that dragged into the night.

Baby, light my fire!
Volunteer arsonists demonstrate the joy of fire to students.

Music teacher killed
Witness says teachers tried to steer bus to safety when driver slumped.

Governor loosens veto vise, seeing progress on solutions to water needs
Dozens of bills are signed, including anti-drunken-driving measure

Little-known to parents, choking ‘game’ is killing children nationwide
YouTube video has spread deadly choking game

Crane falls, killing construction worker
He fell about 125 feet to the ground.

10/11/2009

This is certainly a great pumpkin
WARREN — Most growers pacing around the scales wondered who would win this year’s most gargantuan pumpkin contest. Others remained cool, getting credit for their crops’ style and appearance.