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DPW crews prepare for RI snow storm

Though snow isn't expected to start falling sometime Wednesday, Department of Public Works crews across the state spent most of Tuesday getting ready for what …

Schools closed, city prepares for storm 59 min ago
Fire victims cause of death released 27 min ago
Fired workers reinstated, mayor furious

Eli Rubin, 4, plays in the snow, with a panda made of snow behind him in, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Midwest snow moving into Mid-Atlantic

Snow blew across the Midwest on Tuesday and headed for the hard-hit Mid-Atlantic region, where utility workers struggled to restore power already knocked out by a weekend blizzard.

Lots of local teachers get pink slips

At least three Rhode Island school districts handed out pink slips to more than one hundred teachers this week. 101 Bristol-Warren teachers received layoff notices, as well as 105 teachers in East Providence, and a whopping 211 teachers in Lincoln. But not all those teachers …

Security detail ordered at Park Theater 30 min ago
RIDOT receives national recognition 42 min ago
Schools closed, city prepares for storm 59 min ago

Cribs recalled after 3 deaths

Government safety officials Tuesday announced a recall of more than 500,000 drop-side cribs sold at Buy Buy Baby, Kmart, Wal-Mart and other stores after the death of three infants.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton gestures during a town hall style meeting with employees marking her one year anniversary at the State Department. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Clinton asked to help in kidnap case

The U.S.-based lawyer for one of 10 American Baptists charged with child kidnapping in Haiti appealed Tuesday for Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to personally intervene in the case.