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Brown University Cancels Columbus Day Amid Protests
Region: Rhode Island
By Simon Maghakyan In response to protests from Native American and other students, the prestigious Brown University in the United States has changed the name of the national public holiday Columbus Day to “Fall Weekend” on its academic calendar. Bloggers are debating this modification of a holiday that honors the European explorer Christopher Columbus for “discovering” America in 1492. Fir... more
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Keith Ulich in Critical Condition After Plane Crash
Region: Rhode Island
Keith Ulich is the sole survivor of a plane crash that killed two on Thursday, July 3 in Middletown, Rhode Island. Keith Ulich's wife, Pam Lancaster died in the crash, along with a flight instructor. The single-engine Piper aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff from Newport State Airport at about 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Sources say two men, still unidentified, pulled Ulich from the wreckage before the plane caught on fir... more
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Jessica Gonzalez, Rhode Island Murderer, Paroled This Month
Region: Rhode Island
Jessica Gonzalez, the youngest person ever convicted of murder as an adult in the state of Rhode Island will be paroled this month after serving 10 years of her 45-year term. This month's release comes after news surfaced that she is pregnant after having a relationship with her work-release supervisor. Jessica Gonzalez was convicted of murdering 23 year-old Maria Rivera when Gonzalez was just 13. Gonzalez though... more
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How Deadly Can Type A Personalities B?
Region: Rhode Islandby Anne Szustek The suicides of Irish developer Patrick Rocca and other high-profile businessmen show how the global recession can be particularly devastating to some type-A personalities. Mental Depression in the Face of Financial Recession On Monday, Patrick Rocca, an Irish financier, was found shot dead at his home in the posh Dublin suburb of Holmeleigh in an apparent suicide. ... more
Views: 439Waste Water Treatment Tours, Part of "Rhode Island Water Infrastructure Month" Activities
Region: Rhode Island
PROVIDENCE, R.I.(GroundReport) - For people who have no idea what happens when you yank the chain on a toilet tank, Rhode Island is offering tours of wastewater treatment plants. The tours are part of what is called, the first annual "Rhode Island Water Infrastructure Month." This Saturday tours of treatment plants have been arranged in East Providence, Bristol and Narragansett. Other tours and education... more
Views: 491James Soares Accused of Killing Parents with Grub Hoe, Dumping Bodies in Cesspool
Region: Rhode Island
James Soares, 24, has been charged with murdering his parents with a grub hoe and dumping their bodies in the septic tank cesspool behind their house in Warren, RI. Police don't have a motive for the July 9 murders that claimed the lives of James Sr. and Marian Soares. They say that James Soares, the young man charged with the murders, lived in the family home, below which the dead bodies were found, for weeks after t... more
Views: 1056Stanley Kobierowski, Drunkest Man Alive
Region: Rhode Island
Police arrested Stanley Kobierowski for drunk driving with a blood alcohol content of .491 early Tuesday morning. At six times the legal limit, this is the highest level ever recorded on someone still alive in the state of Rhode Island. Authorities believe it the highest level ever on someone who hasn't died but that is yet to be confirmed. Stanley Kobierowski was pulled over after he crashed his car into a highway me... more
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