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IT'S TOUGH MAKING EFFECTIVE LAWS: State Representative Joseph McNamara of Warwick is trying to write a law that will ban “synthetic marijuana" - the legal incense or potpourri smoked by young …
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Lonnie Barham
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11/29/12
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39 views
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Pension problems and complications continue to weigh on Rhode Island. Two communities in financial trouble because of unmet pension obligations – West Warwick and Cranston – are getting …
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John Hazen-White Jr.
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11/29/12
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115 views
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“Sizzling”
The word evoked a mental replay of the turkey coming out of the oven and all that had followed. My niece, her husband and their daughter, Ellie, arrived from Washington by train …
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John Howell
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11/27/12
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12 views
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STATE DISABILITY PENSIONS: A report released last week shows that Rhode Island has awarded disability pensions to state employees at the rate of about 50-75 per year during the past decade or so, an …
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11/22/12
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58 views
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Bring a pen when you visit the DMV; it’s a great way to meet some of the best people.
That wasn’t my intention last Tuesday.
I went prepared. I checked my wallet. I had money. I checked …
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John Howell
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11/20/12
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22 views
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HAS AMERICA REACHED THE "TIPPING POINT?" Malcolm Gladwell's wonderfully enlightening 2002 book, “The Tipping Point,” explores the phenomenon referred to in the book's title, that …
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Lonnie Barham
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11/15/12
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48 views
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Sandy and last week’s nor’easter did us a favor.
That seems hard to believe, seeing the devastation along South County beaches and the complete leveling of entire neighborhoods in New York …
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John Howell
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11/13/12
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25 views
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In Hurricane Sandy’s wake, one thing is certain: our coastline, so important to Rhode Island’s image and economy, is going to be under increasing threat in years to come. In fact, the same holds …
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$6 BILLION SPENT AND WE'RE STILL IN THE SAME PLACE: In the past several months the vast majority of Americans made it clear that they were disgusted with the gridlock in Washington caused by the U.S. …
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Lonnie Barham
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11/8/12
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20 views
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A FOOT UP: Dr. George Perdrizet, medical director …
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Dr. George Perdrizet held up a paper tab with a nylon strand no bigger than a needle. He was about to give me a test.
It wouldn’t take $300,000 of high tech equipment, assistants on standby or …
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John Howell
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11/6/12
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49 views
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