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Passenger traffic at T.F. Green drops 6% in January


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Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 5:48 p.m.

T.F. Green’s passenger traffic figures released this week show a 6.01 percent drop in January when compared to the same month 2010 ...

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Today in history: Police chase ends at light pole


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Published Feb. 21, 2011 at 11:45 a.m.

On the local front: ... A year ago today: ... A Cranston man leads Providence police officers on a chase through downtown, driving the wrong way on a number of streets, bearing his car down on two officers pursuing on foot, slamming his car head-on into another officer's car, and finally struggling with officers who had jumped inside his car to pull him away from the wheel. It took at least eight police officers to capture and detain Justin Kulas, 28, who the police said was about 6-foot-7 and

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Reed, Whitehouse seek part of rail money Florida rejected


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Published Feb. 18, 2011 at 11:05 p.m.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Rhode Island's senators are making a pitch that the state deserves some of the nearly $2.5 billion in federal high-speed rail money that Florida passed up this week ... In a letter to U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, Sens. Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse wrote that Rhode Island would use the money to "improve high-speed rail service as well as increase commuter rail opportunities in the state." ... On Wednesday, Florida Gov. Rick Scott, a former businessman

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Update: No bail in strip-club murder; 2nd man sought


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Published Feb. 18, 2011 at 9:07 p.m.
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Providence Journal photo / Bob Thayer ... Tyrone Taylor, center, is arraigned today in District Court, Providence. At right is Taylor's lawyer, Scott Lutes ... PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A 22-year-old man is held without bail for the slaying of a Pawtucket man outside the Club Balloons strip club in Providence last July ... The Providence police said Friday that they have an arrest warrant for a second suspect in the murder ... Paulo Jorge "Bendjo" Barbosa, 29, was shot to death outside the Allens

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Feds: Decision by fall on runway at T.F. Green in Warwick


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Published Feb. 18, 2011 at 6:13 p.m.

WARWICK, R.I. -- The Federal Aviation Administration expects by the end of the summer to issue its final decision on plans to extend the main runway at T.F. Green Airport, an official said Friday morning ... "We're shooting for late August," said Richard Doucette, the FAA's environmental program manager for New England ... Doucette said the agency expects to issue its final environmental-impact statement on the project in June, to be followed by the record of decision, the FAA's final approval

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Pawtucket police: Men set apartment fire to scare witness


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Published Feb. 18, 2011 at 3:03 p.m.

PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- Two men have been charged with setting fire to an apartment house on Vale Street to intimidate the victim of a home invasion ... Raymond B. Gyamfi, 21, who was wanted for the home invasion, and his friend Jeremy Lopes, 22, were arrested Thursday and charged with first-degree arson, witness intimidation, and conspiracy, said Major Arthur Martins. He said the men used an accelerant to set fire inside a hallway at 35 Vale St. late Wednesday morning ... That's when Bennert

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Borders book seller files for bankruptcy protection


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Published Feb. 16, 2011 at 1:09 p.m.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) -- Bookseller Borders, which helped pioneer superstores that put countless mom-and-pop bookshops out of business, filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday, sunk by crushing debt and sluggishness in adapting to a rapidly changing industry ... The 40-year-old company plans to close about 200 of its 642 stores over the next few weeks. All of the stores closed will be superstores, Borders spokeswoman Mary Davis said. The company also operates smaller Waldenbooks and Borders

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Will airport protests slow traffic at T.F. Green?


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Published Nov. 24, 2010 at 3:22 a.m.

National Opt-out day slated for Wednesday may make or break holiday travel ...

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Providence offers limited free holiday parking


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Published Nov. 23, 2010 at 8:50 p.m.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Starting Friday, the city's gift to shoppers aiming to spend holiday dollars in Providence is two hours of free parking in certain commercial districts, courtesy of Mayor David N. Cicilline ... In previous years, free holiday parking lasted all day. This season, from Black Friday through New Year's Day, the city will allow two hours of free parking in certain areas ... The holiday parking program is designed to encourage shoppers to buy in Providence, Cicilline spokeswoman

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MBTA service to Warwick to start Dec. 6


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Published Nov. 23, 2010 at 7:49 p.m.

Commuter rail service to the new intermodal facility at T.F. Green Airport will start Dec. 6, the R.I. Department of Transportation and Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority said Tuesday ...

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