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Live blogging Miss Universe: Olivia Culpo advances to semifinals
By Jenna Pelletier Photo courtesy Miss Universe organization Miss USA 2012, Olivia Culpo, performs onstage at the 2012 Miss Universe National Costume Show on Friday, in Las Vegas. Cranston's Olivia...
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Live blogging Miss Universe: Olivia Culpo makes it into 'Top 5'
By Jenna Pelletier Miss Universe organization photo Miss USA, Olivia Culpo, is announced as one of the top sixteen contestants at the 2012 Miss Universe Competition in Las Vegas. And then there were 5....
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Cranston's Olivia Culpo named Miss Universe 2012
By Jenna Pelletier Miss Universe organization Miss USA Olivia Culpo,second from left in red gown, stands among the Miss Universe five finalists. Cranston's Olivia Culpo was crowned Miss Universe in Las...
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Miss Universe Olivia Culpo coming home to Cranston for the holidays
By Jenna Pelletier AP Photo / Julie Jacobson The morning after winning the Miss Universe pageant, Olivia Culpo answers questions during an interview Thursday in Las Vegas. Thrilled and exhausted after...
View ArticleConvicted child molester, 63 accused of failing to register as sex offender...
By Amanda MilkovitsPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A convicted child molester is accused of failing to register as a sex offender. Francis Mello, 63, designated with the highest risk to re-offend, had been sought...
View ArticleN. Providence nurse practitioner suspended over handling of products from...
By Felice FreyerThe state of Rhode Island has suspended the license of a nurse practitioner, Gerald Dornhecker, after he failed to quarantine products from the New England Compounding Center, the...
View ArticlePolice to increase presence at Barrington High School Friday
By Linda BorgBARRINGTON, R.I. -- The Barrington police will increase the police presence at the high school Friday in response to rumors that a former student was planning to do harm to the students...
View ArticlePawtucket officers' curiosity leads them to an accused murderer
By Amanda MilkovitsPAWTUCKET, R.I. -- The two police officers were curious about why a man suddenly tried to conceal himself as they patrolled by. They discovered Emanuel Monteiro, 26, had something to...
View ArticleCentral Falls mayor-elect Diossa ready to go to work
By W. Zachary MalinowskiCENTRAL FALLS, R.I. -- Mayor-elect James A. Diossa, fresh off a resounding win in last week's special mayoral election, announced on Thursday that he has formed an advisory...
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Miss America's Miss Rhode Island looking for online votes
By Features staff RICKELSEY FOURNIER PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Olivia Culpo isn't the only Rhode Island beauty queen looking for support online. Rhode Island College graduate Kelsey Fournier, Miss Rhode...
View ArticleTrooper stops vehicle heading north on Rte. 95 south in East Greenwich
By Donita NaylorEAST GREENWICH, R.I. -- A trooper posted on a construction detail early Thursday saw a vehicle turn from Division Road onto a Route 4 exit ramp and go north onto Route 95 south, where...
View ArticleBristol church organizes candlelight service for Newtown victims
By Donita NaylorBRISTOL, R.I. -- A service of prayers and songs for the victims of Sandy Hook Elementary School will be held at 7 p.m. Friday at St. Mary's Church, 330 Wood St. People who want to show...
View ArticleVigil for Newtown shooting victims at State House set for 7 p.m. Thursday
By Richard C. DujardinPROVIDENCE -- A vigil for the students and teachers killed in the shootings in Newtown, Conn., is to be held at 7 p.m. Thursday on the steps of the State House facing the south...
View ArticleMemorial service for victims of Newtown shootings Sunday in Glocester
By Richard C. DujardinGLOCESTER, R.I. -- A memorial service for those killed in the shootings at the Sandy Hook school in Newtown, Conn., will be held at St. Eugene Catholic Church at 1247 Putnam Pike...
View ArticleEpiscopal Diocese urges churches to toll their bells 28 times Friday
By Richard C. DujardinPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Both Governor Chafee and the Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island have asked for a tolling of the bells at 9:30 a.m. Friday for those who lost their lives in the...
View ArticleDEM seeks bids from farmers to cultivate state-owned fields
By Donita NaylorPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Farmers who want to plant and harvest on state-owned fields are being asked to submit bids to the R.I. Department of Environmental Management. The parcels are: Eight...
View ArticleMother who left child in Cranston store charged with child neglect
By Richard C. DujardinCRANSTON, R.I. -- A Providence mother who said she was on a bus going home when she realized that she left her 18-month-old son at the Family Dollar store on Garfield Avenue was...
View ArticleU.S. Rep. Cicilline appointed to House Budget Committee
By Philip MarceloPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- U.S. Rep. David N. Cicilline, a Providence Democrat entering his second term in 2013, has been appointed to the House Budget Committee, according to his office. The...
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Accused killer Jason Pleau asks for separate trial
By Katie Mulvaney Journal file photoPleau PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A lawyer for accused killer Jason Pleau argued Friday that he should be tried separately from his alleged co-conspirator because of the...
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Disciplinary charges filed against lawyer McKenna
By Tracy BretonPROVIDENCE, RI -- The state Supreme Court's disciplinary counsel has filed formal ethics charges against lawyer Keven A. McKenna which could result in his losing his license to practice....
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