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2 beams set for new bridge over Route 95, more to come

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By Bruce Landis Journal staff writer A welder works Friday morning in the rain on what will be the Clifford Street overpass over Route 95. The highway was closed Thursday night into early Friday morning to start putting the beams,......

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 Tags  economy   iWay   Providence RI   Rhode Island Department of Transportation   Route 195 relocation  

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Brown University unveils supercomputer

2:52 PM Fri, Nov 20, 2009 | | Write a comment
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Brown University on Friday unveiled a new supercomputer that is the most powerful machine of its kind in Rhode Island. The multimillion-dollar IBM computer will be used by scientists at Brown and other educational institutions in Rhode......

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 Tags  Brown University   computer   economy  

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RI unemployment still 3rd worst in nation, worst in region

12:05 PM Fri, Nov 20, 2009 | | Write a comment
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By Cynthia Needham Journal staff writer Rhode Island's unemployment rate may have dropped to 12.9 percent from 13 percent in October, but it's still the third highest in the country. Figures released Friday morning for all 50 states solidify Rhode......

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 Tags  economy   Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training   unemployment  

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Cool temperatures lower Mass. cranberry harvest

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AP Photo/Cape Cod Times/ Merrily Lunsford Ken Williamson rakes cranberries during the wet harvest at Willowbend Country Club Sept. 30, 2009 in Mashpee, Mass. WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. (AP) -- The cranberry harvest slipped in Massachusetts, but other states have......

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 Tags  cranberries   Massachusetts   Thanksgiving  

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Warwick board OKs hotel-retail complex near Green airport

7:44 AM Thu, Nov 19, 2009 | | Write a comment
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WARWICK, R.I. -- An ambitious plan to build a hotel, parking garage and complex of buildings that will combine office and retail space on Jefferson Boulevard received final approval from the city Wednesday night. The proposal, which is the vision......

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 Tags  economy   intermodal station   TF Green Airport   Warwick  

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National Grid plans expanded conservation efforts

2:16 PM Mon, Nov 16, 2009 | | Write a comment
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National Grid said Monday in plans to spend $35.6 million in 2010 to encourage its electric and natural gas customers to conserve energy. The amount is 24 percent higher than the amount allocated in the current year, and 57 more......

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 Tags  electricity   energy costs   gas   National Grid  

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R.I. gas prices drop for 2nd week

10:04 AM Mon, Nov 16, 2009 | | Write a comment
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Gasoline prices in Rhode Island have dropped for the second week in a row, according to AAA Southern New England. The price has dropped two cents to an average of $2.679 for regular unleaded at the self-service......

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