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November 21, 2011
CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. (AP) - The Adams Memorial Library said Monday that it got a $1,000 check from Davis, who…
July 26, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Jeffrey Smith, 46, has been sentenced to 15-months in prison after sending letters threatening to burn black…
July 7, 2011
Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee announced that he signed a voter ID bill into law and touted the support of…
June 9, 2011
OPINION - No drug is harmless, but criminalizing the personal health risks associated with marijuana use just doesn't make sense...
March 7, 2011
VIDEO - The man accused of raping women in four East Coast states between 1997 and 2009 will be in…
November 3, 2010
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Islanders have voted to keep the word "Plantations" in the state's official name despite concerns…
October 20, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) - Achebe, whose "Things Fall Apart" is regarded as the founding work of postcolonial African fiction, has…
August 24, 2010
ATLANTA (AP) - The aim of the historic program is to reward ambitious changes to improve schools and close the…
March 19, 2010
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The chief of Providence's police department and the mayor are defending themselves against accusations that they…
March 18, 2010
CENTRAL FALLS, Rhode Island (AP) - A union is condemning an effigy of President Obama that was hung upside down…
March 2, 2010
OPINION - You don't have to go to college to know that America's educational system is as embarrassing as our…
February 24, 2010
VIDEO - Tthe Central Falls School Committee voted Tuesday evening to fire every educator at Central Falls High School at…
August 25, 2009
OPINION - KFC has found itself embroiled in a fast food controversy as a result of its latest product, the…