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Announcement soon on America's Cup series venues


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Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 7:05 p.m.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- The America's Cup team says it will make an announcement soon about the eight cities it has picked to host the first of two series of regattas that will lead up to the 34th America's Cup in San Francisco in 2013 ... They've dubbed it the America's Cup World Series, and Newport is among the venues in the running after being knocked out of contention for the final race ... Stephanie Martin, a spokeswoman for the America's Cup Event Authority, says eight different cities

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DMV to start looking for new Aquidneck branch


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Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 6:58 p.m.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Division of Motor Vehicles could find a home for its Aquidneck Island branch as early as next month, thanks to help from the State Properties Committee ... Committee members Tuesday waived a regulation requiring the DMV to seek proposals for a new branch from potential landlords ... Instead, the state will try to identify a site and approach the landlord directly, probably within a month, said John Ryan, with the state Department of Administration ... Previous efforts by

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Former R.I. corrections director John Moran dead at 80


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Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 6:24 p.m.

NARRAGANSETT, R.I ... -- Former corrections director John J. Moran, credited with leading the state prison out of the violent era of the 1970s and shepherding it through a decade of tumultuous, court-ordered improvements, died Tuesday after a long illness. He was 80 ... Moran retired in 1990 to his home in Narragansett, a short walk from Sand Hill Cove Beach. But his accomplishments during his 12 1/2-year leadership of the Adult Correctional Institutions -- then infamous for its deplorable

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Funeral set for Providence hit-run victim; driver charged


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Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 5:53 p.m.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The funeral is being held Tuesday for a Pawtucket man struck by a hit-run driver last week as he walked in the street because of a snowbank ... George H. Adams IV, 23, was walking with a girlfriend by 488 North Main St. at around 1:30 a.m. Thursday when an Econoline van drove by and slammed into Adams, according to the police ... The impact sent Adams flying 35 to 40 feet into the roadway, but the van's driver didn't stop, the police said. Three witnesses chased after the

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Rep. Diaz discusses bill to curb racial profiling by police


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Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 5:14 p.m.

By Karen Lee Ziner ... Journal Staff Writer ... PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- About 80 people crowded the State House lounge Tuesday morning as Rep. Grace Diaz, D-Providence, discussed her enhanced racial profiling bill that she said will do much to smooth "the problem of racial tension between the police and the communities." ... The legislation seeks to reduce police practices that lead to profiling by standardizing requirements for traffic stops ... The bill would require police to document in writing

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Petitioners asked to prove standing in wind farm case


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Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 5:11 p.m.

PROVIDENCE -- The remaining parties in a lawsuit aimed at blocking an offshore wind farm near Block Island must prove their legal standing before the state Supreme Court case can proceed ... The three petitioners have until March 10 to submit briefs defending their standing under state law, according to an order issued by the court on Monday. If the court decides they do have standing, then oral arguments will be heard in May ... Under the order, the court granted recently-elected Attorney

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R.I. Superior Court Judge Gale, 67, to retire March 1


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Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 5:00 p.m.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Superior Court Judge Edwin J. Gale has announced he will retire March 1 ... A former federal prosecutor who focused on organized crime, Gale alerted his staff late Friday he would be stepping down. His most recent assignment was in Washington County ... Gale, 67, was nominated to Superior Court bench in 2001 after the death of Judge Thomas H. Needham ... He is the first judge to retire among judges who are subject to using averages to determine pension benefits ... He will

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Providence Journal parent in the red on pension-split charge


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Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 4:06 p.m.

A.H. Belo Corp., the parent company of The Providence Journal, posted a net loss of $119.51 million for the fourth quarter, after recording a pre-tax $132.3 million pension withdrawal charge on the Jan. 3 split of its pension fund ...

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A.H. Belo earnings fall on pension charge


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Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 2:59 p.m.

By Neil Downing ... Journal Staff Writer ... A.H. Belo Corp., of Dallas, parent company of the Providence Journal Co., posted a net loss for the fourth quarter and full year, the result mainly of a pension-related charge ... From an operational standpoint, a drop in revenue from both advertising and circulation was offset somewhat by a rise in revenue from niche publications and commercial printing, according to figures A.H. Belo posted on Tuesday before stock market trading began ... For the

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S. Kingstown break-ins lead to arrests


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Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 1:57 p.m.

SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- The South Kingstown Police Department investigated three separate break-ins Monday and arrested suspects in two of the cases ... At 10:57 a.m., a man who had been taking a shower in his residence at 2080 South County Trail stepped from his bathroom and saw a man in his bedroom rifling through his bureau drawers, said Capt. Jeffrey Allen ... "The man bolted from the house, got in a vehicle with another male and fled," Allen said ... The police are still investigating ...

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