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Dad: I'll kill my son's murderer if he's released

The father of a five-year-old boy slain in 1975 has vowed to murder the man who did it "as aggressively and painfully as he killed my son" if he is released from prison early.

NOT AGAIN: Waterfall of dachshunds and Chihuahuas come spilling down Rhode Island home stairs

PROVIDENCE — Animal-control officers, called to a house on Phebe Street Wednesday afternoon for a report of pet hoarding, witnessed a waterfall of dachshunds and Chihuahuas come spilling down the stairs from the second floor.

Rhode Island Democrats to Run for Kennedy's Seat

The Wall Street Journal 02/15/2010

Colleagues ponder Patrick Kennedy’s future, praise work ethic

Susan Milligan The Boston Globe 02/13/2010
Rhode Island Democrats to Run for Kennedy's Seat

PROVIDENCE, R.I.— The mayor of Providence and the former head of Rhode Island's Democratic Party announced Saturday that they would run for the U.S. House seat being vacated by Patrick Kennedy, a son of one of the nation's most storied political families.

Colleagues ponder Patrick Kennedy’s future, praise work ethic

WASHINGTON - At age 21, Patrick Kennedy did what Kennedys did: He ran for office, and won a seat in the Rhode Island State House, representing a district where people still hung a picture of his uncle, John F. Kennedy, on the wall next to a picture of the pope.

Rhode Island officials elect 1st openly gay speaker

Ray Henry The Boston Globe 02/12/2010
Rhode Island officials elect 1st openly gay speaker

PROVIDENCE - Representative Gordon Fox became yesterday the first openly gay lawmaker elected speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives.

Cat predicts 50 deaths in Rhode Island nursing home

A cat with an uncanny ability to detect when nursing home patients are about to die has proven itself in around 50 cases by curling up with them in their final hours, according to a new book.

Police: Rhode Island motorist drove with man in windshield

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A motorist driving past a fender-bender struck three men standing on the side of a highway and drove more than a mile with one of them lodged in his windshield, police said.

Main Rhode Island union rejects deal with governor; 1,000 layoffs loom

NORTH PROVIDENCE - The heads of Rhode Island’s largest state employees’ union rejected yesterday a deal struck with Governor Donald Carcieri’s administration to avoid a shutdown of state government or 1,000 layoffs, prompting the governor to say he would go ahead with the firings, although probably on a smaller scale.