Explosion levels 6-bedroom Conn. home; no one hurt
By News staffSTAMFORD, Conn. (AP) -- An explosion leveled a six-bedroom house on Tuesday, scattering debris hundreds of feet away, but nobody was inside and there were no serious injuries, authorities...
View ArticleRites set for Susan Farmer, ex-secretary of state
By Thomas J. MorganPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A service for former Secretary of State Susan Farmer, who died Monday, will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. in Grace Church, Westminster Street. Farmer, a Providence...
View ArticleProvidence police warn concertgoers about drug Molly
By Thomas J. MorganPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- There will be a "heavy presence" of police officers at Friday's Barstool Blackout Tour "Foam Party" at the Dunkin' Donuts Center due to concerns over use of the...
View ArticleFirst three speakers inspire BIF9 attendees in Rhode Island
By Alisha A. PinaPROVIDENCE, R.I. - A 17-year-old is creating affordable prosthetic arms, and with each use of the word "cool", Easton LaChappelle gets giggles and gains respect with the BIF9 attendees...
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BIF9 speakers: Inspiration, determination lead to reinvention, innovation
By Paul Grimaldi PROVIDENCE JOURNAL / KATHY BORCHERS At Trinity Rep in Providence, Business Innovation Factory participants, or "innovation junkies" talk during a break, or as BIF founder Saul Kaplan...
View ArticleAT BIF9: RISD grad and car designer among those attending
By Alisha A. PinaPROVIDENCE, R.I -- Sitting in the top bleachers at Trinity Rep, 25-year-old Jerome Arul soaks up the speakers Wednesday at BIF9. An estimated 400 are in attendance for the two-day...
View ArticleMore mosquitoes in RI test positive for West Nile Virus
By Jack PerryPROVIDENCE, R.I. - - Mosquitoes from three more pools have tested positive for West Nile Virus in Rhode Island, the state Department of Environmental Management and the Rhode Island...
View Article2 charged with running illegal marijuana business in Little Compton
By W. Zachary MalinowskiLITTLE COMPTON -- State and town police have arrested two men on charges that they were illegally growing and selling marijuana from two houses in this rural town near the...
View ArticleBIF9 speaker tackling homelessness one home at a time
By Paul GrimaldiPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Among the speakers during Wednesday morning's opening session at the BIF9 conference was Roseanne Haggerty, president of Community Solutions. Haggerty's group has...
View ArticleTwin River adding more table games, hiring 90 new workers
By Katherine GreggPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- As the Twin River Casino adds more table games, it will hire approximately 90 more employees, the chairman of the Lincoln casino's board of directors confirmed...
View ArticleSunny, near 79
By Jack PerryPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- We're off to a warmer start than yesterday -- at 51 degrees shortly before 7 a.m. -- and it should warm to about 79 degrees in the Providence area, according to the...
View ArticleDay two of BIF9 begins with jazz musician Carl Stormer
By Alisha A. PinaPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- He woke up each morning with the smell of expensive paint even though jazz musician Carl Størmer, the first speaker at day two of BIF9, said his family was poor....
View ArticleRI National Guard conducts cyberwar exercise
By News staffCRANSTON, R.I. (AP) -- Members of the Rhode Island National Guard are wrapping up a four-day cyber defense drill. The exercise, called Cyber Shield 2013, is intended to test the state's...
View ArticleGood Corps consultant Grant Garrison is a believer in good
By Alisha A. PinaPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Following a standing ovation for jazz musician Carl Stormer, consultant Grant Garrison says its his first BIF9 conference. "I can say anything because I am the...
View ArticleReporter's query: Do you know anyone stranded in Acapulco?
By News staffDo you know anyone stranded in Acapulco? Some 40,000 to 60,000 tourists are stranded in the Mexican city, because of massive storms that have knocked out power and killed an estimated 60...
View ArticleTrio of innovators, including BIF creator, start BIF9 second session
By Alisha A. PinaPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Business Innovation Factory creator Saul Kaplan sits on the stage with Bill Taylor and Tony Hsieh, both past BIF storytellers, to start the second session of day...
View ArticlePope acknowledges criticism, warns church must find new balance or fail
By News staffVATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Francis is warning that the Catholic Church's moral edifice might "fall like a house of cards" if it doesn't balance its divisive rules about abortion, gays and...
View ArticlePresident of Southern New Hampshire University speaks at BIF9
By Alisha A. PinaPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- To introduce the next speaker, BIF creator Saul Kaplan said Paul LeBlanc isn't reacting, he is leading change. LaBlanc has been the president of Southern New...
View ArticleAt BIF9: Mary Flanagan says game design can be used for social transformation
By Alisha A. PinaPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Milwaukee-born game designer Mary Flanagan says games can provided a new world and imagination for us. "You can be whoever you want to be," she said while also...
View ArticleUp now at BIF9: Eighth generation rabbi is 'disruputive religious innovator'
By Alisha A. PinaPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Rabbi Irwin Kula is the first religious speaker at a BIF conference, and when Kula got on the stage, one of his first comments was he wished it didn't say "rabbi."...
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