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A Humble Path to Power: U.S. Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island says he intends to stay where he is, but his name comes up frequently as a good candidate for vice president or secretary of defense, a profile by Providence Journal staff writer G. Wayne Miller and photographer Mary Murphy.
U.S. Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island says he intends to stay where he is, but his name comes up frequently as a candidate for vice president or secretary of defense.

Your turn

How would you like to see Senator Reed wield the power he holds?

Chat: During an April 28 chat, Senator Reed answered your questions. Read the transcript.

Multimedia

Audio slideshow: From Cranston to West Point

Audio: Washington leaders agree, Reed speaks with authority


Warwick home featured on TV's Extreme Makeover
Over four days in February, Ken and Doreen Silva's cramped house was razed and replaced with one triple the size.

Galleries: Day 1 || Day 2 || Day 3 || Day 4 || Walk through the Silvas' new home

Your turn: Rate the transformation

Our full report on the transformation of the Silvas' home

Continuing Reports

Borrowing Trouble
Our occasional series looks at the impact of the subprime mortgage crisis in Rhode Island.

Public Payroll
State employees' salaries and earnings only begin to tell the story.

State of the Mob / Special Report
State of the Mob
Journal investigative reporter and mob expert W. Zachary "Bill" Malinowski takes an in-depth look at the history of organized crime in Rhode Island.

Station Fire Continuing coverage of the Feb. 20, 2003, nightclub fire, the state's worst disaster.

Operation Dollar Bill
A wide-ranging corruption case involving at least seven politicians and seven corporations that began late in 2003.

The Immigration Debate
An occasional series examining how immigration, both legal and illegal, is affecting Rhode Island and its institutions.

DOT Investigation
Got a tip on the DOT? If there's a story you'd like us to pursue at the Department of Transportation, e-mail Journal State House bureau chief Katherine Gregg or call a confidential tip line at (401) 277-8040, and please be as specific as possible.

Our War Dead
Our War Dead
Our continuing report on southern New Englanders who have died in Iraq.

 
Fuel Shock: A week-long series
A closer look at how the high cost of gas is affecting Rhode Islanders.

Your turn: The ripple effect of gas prices: Where are you seeing it?


Multimedia

Boating anyway

Lawmakers' response

Local solutions

Cranston family cuts back

Our full multimedia report . . .

Peace Gangs: Two rival gang members return to the streets as peacemakers
Peace Gangs
Two rival gang members return to the streets as peacemakers.

Your turn: What can be done to keep teens out of gangs?


Multimedia

Getting Shot at Tested Me Big

At Institute, Former Rivals Work Together

Instead of Handing them a Gun, I'm Gonna Help them Find a Job

More of our special report, The Gangs of Providence

Lives Interrupted: The lives of the victim of a devastating crash, the drunken driver serving time at the ACI, and the families who love them are permanently altered.
Lives Interrupted
4.13.08: The lives of the victim of a devastating crash, the drunken driver serving time at the ACI, and their families are permanently altered.

Multimedia

Cathy Andreozzi's family will never be the same

At the ACI, Marilyn Brownell is four years through her 10-year sentence

PDF: Read the court transcript from Brownell's sentencing

Video: Watch world champion Tori Andreozzi, 12, host a Maine karate competition


Your turn: Do longer prison sentences deter drunken drivers?


Pushed to the Limit
3.23.08: The Navy's Officer Candidate School came home to Newport last year. Its officer candidates endure 12 weeks of grueling physical training, the loss of basic freedoms and intense emotional stress. Some will make the cut; others will fail. This eight-day multimedia series looks at their efforts.

Your turn: How has your military experience contributed to where you are today?

Read the eight-part multimedia series

Chief Sachem Matthew Thomas
The smoke-shop trial:
A split decision
4.5.08: A Superior Court jury found Chief Sachem Matthew Thomas and two other tribal members guilty of misdemeanor charges while clearing four others in an emotional case that pitted the state against its only federally recognized Indian tribe.

Your turn: React to the verdict in the smokeshop case

At a glance: The seven defendants in the smoke-shop trial

Police not required to show search warrant right away

More on the raid and the trial . . .

Marguerite Russell
40 years later:
Race in Rhode Island
4.4.08: To black Americans of a certain age, King's death sears memory, marking the demise of the man, but not his ideas, who used the weapons of nonviolence and interracial cooperation to blunt the ferocity of segregation.

Your turn: How has Martin Luther King Jr.'s life and death affected you?

Audio slideshow: Rhode Islanders remember Martin Luther King Jr. 40 years later

In the classroom, King's dream

Audio slideshow: All for diversity at Providence school

Charter school roulette
3.30.08: It's harder to get into some of Rhode Island's charter schools than it is to get into the Ivy League.

The luck of the draw: Parents learn whether their children win spots at charter schools

Q&A: What, why and where are these schools?

R.I. charter schools, 2007-08

Gallery: Students at, and who want to be at, charter schools

Your turn: Do you think Rhode Island needs more charter schools?

More education stories . . .

The Gangs of Providence
2.10.08: In the Renaissance City, the mean streets are what many youths call home.

Mapping the violence: An interactive map of 2007's gang related shootings and murders

Gang profiles: The graffiti, symbols, colors and codes of Providence's most visible gangs

Multimedia: An approach to gangs that police say works, what can be learned from gang graffiti, and how gangs initiate and release members

Your turn: What can be done to keep young people out of gangs?

Experience the story in multimedia...

Gay Evolution: Step by step through Rhode Island history, a counterculture becomes mainstream
Gay Evolution
1.20.08: Step by step through Rhode Island history, a counterculture becomes mainstream. Staff writer Mark Arsenault and photographer John Freidah take you on a historical journey.

Multimedia: See and hear from gay Rhode Islanders on being gay and Catholic, newly married, a single father, veteran activists, young and out, and more

Your turn: What, if any, recognition should there be of same-sex relationships in R.I. law?

Interactive timeline: Local and national events in gay history

M. Charles Bakst: Reflections on the long struggle for gay rights


Remembering the Blizzard of '78
Thirty years ago, Mother Nature played a bad joke on southern New England.

Gallery: Readers share their pictures


Take a look back at the Blizzard of '78...

2007: Year in Review

Auld Lang Syne, Rhode Island

State government is broke, Rhode Island was one of only two states to lose population in 2007, the schools lag those of its New England neighbors, college grads tend to flee the day they earn their degrees, our bridges are crumbling, some pols are in cahoots with crooked businessmen, and a felon hosts a show on the state's biggest talk radio station.


Vote for the top story of 2007, browse Journal photographers' year-end galleries, review the year in pictures in your community, and more

More special reports . . .

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Big Stories of 2007

The artist and the underground

Audio: Hear excerpts of an interview with Townsend and Mercer (MP3, 5 min., 25 sec)


Graphic: See a map of where the apartment was

Your Turn: Is living in a hidden corner of Providence Place art?


American Bishop: Inside the World of One Cathedral Square
An American Bishop:
Inside the World of One Cathedral Square

10.21.07: Journal staff writer G. Wayne Miller's series on Bishop Tobin, a journey through a church, a diocese, and the life of a man.


Multimedia: 3 audio slideshows explore the symbols of a bishop's office, church stands on key issues, and Miller's year with the bishop

Chat: Miller hosted Bishop Tobin for an hour-long chat Monday afternoon, in which many readers participated. Read the transcript.


Your turn: What does it mean to be a Catholic?


Rough Seas

Journal staff writer Paul Davis's five-part series -- with four audio slideshows -- examining the struggle for control of the sea.


Your turn: What should be done to save this industry?


Back from the Brink: Cpl. Murray's Story
corporal patrick murray
9.16.07: It's been a year since Marine Corporal Patrick Murray of North Kingstown lost his leg to an IED in Fallujah. A five-part series by the Journal Washington Bureau's John E. Mulligan.

Guestbook: Send a note to Corporal Murray

Video: Joining the Marines, losing his leg, getting a new one

Video: Murray posted this 'MTV Cribs'-style video on YouTube

Gallery: Browse Murray's story in photos

2007: The Year in Review

Auld Lang Syne, Rhode Island

Gallery: Photographers' Picks


Gallery: A Look Back at Cities & Towns

Readers' choice: Pick the top local news story of the year

Projo Patriots: Game by game, take a look back at this historic season's stories, galleries, box scores and play-by-play accounts

Projo Red Sox: Flip through photos, game by game, from the team's World Series season / Multimedia: A photographer's look at the 2007 season

HSGameTime: Vote for your favorite high school sports photos