The employment situation in the states showed signs of stabilizing last month.
"He will be brought to justice," Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch says of Philip Markoff
A medical student accused of killing a masseuse in a Boston, Massachusetts, hotel room will be charged in a hotel assault in Rhode Island, the state attorney general said Monday.
Thanks to federal stimulus funds, Rhode Island's pockmarked Route 138 in Tiverton is getting repaved. The state's 97,000 food stamp recipients are getting more money. And some 2,000 local youths will have summer jobs.
Suffering from one of the highest foreclosure rates in the nation, Rhode Island is getting nearly $20 million from Washington to rehabilitate neighborhoods most affected by the mortgage meltdown.
Rhode Island is a tiny state with big problems. With just over one million residents, it ranks in the top 10 in terms of foreclosure, unemployment and state budget crunches.
Every weekday, Eva Gomez walks down the block to the Fox Point Senior Center to eat her one hot daily meal, exercise and chat with friends. Otherwise, she's cooped up in her Providence, R.I., apartment with little more than crackers and a cup of coffee or tea.
Landing a new job in this withering economy may require a stop in school first.
The number of reported incidents of mortgage fraud has reached an all-time high even as the number of home loans being issued has shrunk, according to a report released Monday.
One in 50 children is homeless in the United States every year, according to a report released Tuesday.
The employment situation in the states showed signs of stabilizing last month.
"He will be brought to justice," Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch says of Philip Markoff
A medical student accused of killing a masseuse in a Boston, Massachusetts, hotel room will be charged in a hotel assault in Rhode Island, the state attorney general said Monday.
Thanks to federal stimulus funds, Rhode Island's pockmarked Route 138 in Tiverton is getting repaved. The state's 97,000 food stamp recipients are getting more money. And some 2,000 local youths will have summer jobs.
Suffering from one of the highest foreclosure rates in the nation, Rhode Island is getting nearly $20 million from Washington to rehabilitate neighborhoods most affected by the mortgage meltdown.
Rhode Island is a tiny state with big problems. With just over one million residents, it ranks in the top 10 in terms of foreclosure, unemployment and state budget crunches.
Every weekday, Eva Gomez walks down the block to the Fox Point Senior Center to eat her one hot daily meal, exercise and chat with friends. Otherwise, she's cooped up in her Providence, R.I., apartment with little more than crackers and a cup of coffee or tea.
Landing a new job in this withering economy may require a stop in school first.
The number of reported incidents of mortgage fraud has reached an all-time high even as the number of home loans being issued has shrunk, according to a report released Monday.
One in 50 children is homeless in the United States every year, according to a report released Tuesday.
An overcompetitive parent gets into an argument with a stubborn coach because he thinks his child isn't getting enough playing time -- it's a familiar scene on youth sports fields across America.
Unemployment spiked in all states nationwide in December for the first time as companies shed hundreds of thousands of positions, federal data released Tuesday shows.
The sense of recession deepens as jobless numbers rise. Expect them to climb toward the record, seen more than a quarter-century ago
Far too few Americans get their flu shots each winter, the government is warning as it calls for a record number to line up for inoculations this year -- including 30 million more school-age children
Police have found the bodies of a missing Rhode Island couple in the septic tank in their yard
Teenagers and preteens endure significant levels of different types of abuse in dating relationships -- particularly among those who become sexually active at a young age -- and most parents are unaware of what is going on in those relationships, a survey released Tuesday said.
New filings for unemployment claims held steady in the latest week but continuing claims remained elevated, according to a government report released Thursday.
Mike Gravel, that old guy from the Democratic debates, is still running for President. But as Joel Stein found out, he mostly just wants some attention, not votes
Sports Illustrated came out with five regional rivalry covers for the college basketball preview back in November; in retrospect, we probably would have been fine printing just one: Memphis-Tennessee. In 2007-08, no regular-season game has mattered -- or will matter -- as much as the one that will take place on Saturday night at FedEx Forum.
The rankings for this week, straight up.
On the morning after the longest game of the year -- 226 points, 106 free-throw attempts, 210-plus minutes of real time, 65 minutes of clock -- we keep it short and sweet. Sixteen teams. And Baylor is one of them.
College hoops rankings sans a Bluegrass-state team or a subversive agenda ...
There's a new No. 1 in the college hoops world, but it's not North Carolina's fault. With Saturday's suffocation of Georgetown, Memphis supplanted the undefeated Tar Heels in the Power Rankings' top spot.
As much as I'd like to believe our entire readership has been with this college hoops season from its basic-cable opener (Gardner-Webb over Kentucky, Nov. 8!) and its Pay-Per-View debut (Florida over North Dakota State, Nov. 9!), I am aware that is not the case. As bowl season fades away, casual hoop fans come trickling in with dire need of a catch-up course. The Power Rankings are here to provide it, tuition-free, in three parts per team:
Two summers ago, the Atlantic-10 formed a committee to come up with a new policy on scheduling. The policy, which went into effect this season, gives commissioner Linda Bruno the same authority many other commissioners have to veto games she deems harmful to her league. "We had several coaches on the committee, so the implementation of this has actually been quite painless," Bruno says. "So far, it's been working very well."
Firefighters on Friday controlled fourteen of nearly two dozen Southern California wildfires, which authorities have directly blamed for seven deaths.
It's 7 p.m. Homework is done, and cheerleading practice is over.
Justine Henin most certainly is not the "worst flouter" of coaching "rules"[Oct. 3 Mailbag].There are several (many) WTA players ranked in the top 20 who interact far, far more with their coaches during matches. Have you seen Nadia Petrova, Nicole Vaidisova or even Svetlana Kuznetsova matches lately? -- Adam, Wiltshire, England
After a week of battling raging wildfires that cut off villages, killed 64 people and burned nearly 500,000 acres of land, Greek fire department officials said Thursday that just one major blaze remained to bring under control.
Nearly a quarter of the nation's roughly 600,000 major bridges carry more traffic than they were designed to bear, according to reports based on federal government data.
Question 1: What is going to happen to all these homebuyers, including myself, who purchased at the wrong time? What is your take on it? - Dina, Rhode Island
Six governorships switched from Republican to Democratic in Tuesday's election, giving Democrats control of a majority of top state posts for the first time in 12 years.
After a sweeping Democratic takeover of the House of Representatives in Tuesday's midterm election, and with control of the Senate hanging in the balance, exit polls indicated views of President Bush and the war in Iraq were key to the outcome.(Watch poll results back up dissatisfaction -- 1:43)
Six governorships switched from Republican to Democratic in Tuesday's election, giving Democrats control of a majority of top state posts for the first time in 12 years.
This summer retired computer consultant Carleton Neville went online, took out his credit card, and ordered a $500 colon cancer test from DNA Direct, a San Francisco genetic-testing service.
Both parties kept a close eye on the results from Tuesday's primaries, to see how the balance of power in Congress might play out in November's general election. In one of the most closely watched races, Rhode Island Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee turned back a tough primary challenge from a conservative contender.
Moderate Republican upstart Sen. Lincoln Chafee declared victory in a tough Rhode Island primary that bolstered GOP prospects for keeping control of the Senate in upcoming midterm elections.
A governor, two House members, 17 state legislators in Pennsylvania, a U.S. senator -- maybe two.
If you puff on Marlboros or drive a gas-hungry SUV in Rhode Island or Washington State, you should be feeling a consumption-tax pinch.
BY RUSS FLANAGAN, 35, JOHNSTON, R.I.
The tiny state of Rhode Island still ranks rock bottom in terms of driving knowledge, according to a national test conducted by GMAC Insurance. Oregon drivers answered the most questions correctly.
Bill and Connie Smith have lived in five houses on the east side of Providence during the past 10 years. Along the way, and with little effort beyond packing and unpacking, they turned an initial $3,000 investment into $200,000.
As the American economy has shifted away from manufacturing, some of the biggest, and largely untapped, sources of potential housing are in old textile mills, warehouses, machine shops, and other industrial plants.
Shares of Sherwin-Williams Co., NL Industries Inc. and Millennium Holdings LLC continued to sink on Thursday after the paint makers were found liable by a Rhode Island jury for creating a public nuisance and poisoning children.
The national real estate fascination shows few signs of waning as Americans continue to buy homes at a record pace -- and sales on the high-end are helping to lead the way.
Each of the 50 states and and Washington D.C. in order of the number of auto fatalities among drivers aged 16 to 20 per 100,000 teen drivers, according the National Safety Council and the group End Needless Death on Our Roadways.
Buttoned-down businesses are finding an unlikely source of inspiration: the pierced and tattooed student populations of design schools. In need of fresh ideas for its Vespa scooters, Italy's Piaggi...
I currently contribute 5 percent of my salary to my company 401(k) plan, enough to get the maximum match from my employer. I don't contribute more because our plan has investing options like "Aggressive Lifestyle" and "Moderate Lifestyle," and I'm not sure how the money that goes into such options is actually invested.
The document that "cursed" the Boston Red Sox for 86 years could end up disappointing some needy people in New England once again.
If fashion is your passion, there is hardly a better way to earn a paycheck than to work for a major magazine, unless you're pretty enough to grace the cover.
A wise man defined the good life as a crisp Sauvignon Blanc on a warm summer's night, with a dish of drawn butter and a steaming lobster to dip in it.
XM Radio solved the technical challenges of bouncing music off satellites and into a moving car. Now, a couple of satellite gear makers have solved the much tougher problem of sending more than 200...
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2003 could go down in history as one of the most controversial years in music ever. Artists got involved in politics, scandal, and a race that ended much like the most recent presidential election.
This summer, investors in New York State's 529 college savings plan were startled to learn that dramatic changes are on the way. Come November the $1.8 billion plan expects to replace longtime mone...
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BREAKTHROUGH American Biophysics began selling mosquito traps to entomologists in 1992. But after it started mass-producing its Mosquito Magnet in 1999, the East Greenwich, R.I., company's revenues...
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The mayor is talking about his money. "What I've tried to do," says the mayor, "is put together a balanced portfolio that will meet my long-term objectives. I like the funds," he continues. "Vangua...
I've always loved robots. An impressionable 9-year-old when The Day the Earth Stood Still hit the local movie theater, I practiced saying "Klaatu barada nikto" to keep my cigar-box-and-Erector-set ...
Even if your company's 401(k) is less than ideal, it is probably the most powerful tool you have to save for retirement. And there's no reason to sit still while waiting for your company to act on ...
If you tried to rent office space or hire a worker in a major U.S. city recently, you have some idea of just how hot this economy really is. Cities are booming across the U.S., and that means risin...
The benefits of a bed and breakfast seem obvious: charm, privacy, a personal touch that you'd never find at a hotel. That's certainly what Jennifer Epstein had in mind when she and her boyfriend he...
It's been obvious for a year or two that the sleepy old electric utility business was heading for an upheaval. With California, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania already enacting restru...
Q. A broker from Merrill Lynch offered me a new product called retail deposit notes. He said they're issued by banks, so they're federally insured, and are similar to certificates of deposit. He ad...
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A new round of military base shutdowns is about to be announced, adding to the 70 facilities earmarked for closure since 1988. Since then, defense activities have ceased at 31 installations, causin...
When Whittle Communications was forced last month to sell Channel One, its controversial, advertising-laden broadcast for schoolchildren, educational purists may have felt they'd won their battle a...
Like to pay state taxes? Be sure to buy gas in Connecticut and cigarettes in Michigan, and shop in Rhode Island or Mississippi.
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POINT AND SHOOT Have you ever seen a camcorder strapped atop a colleague's computer and wondered what it's for? Chances are your officemate was video teleconferencing by turning the computer screen...
How should you pick your way through the thicket of muni bond funds? Nearly 200 tax-free funds sprang up last year, bringing the total on the investing landscape to almost 900. Do you go with a nat...
These 97 banks are the largest in each state that meet the stringent Blue Ribbon safety criteria devised by the Veribanc bank rating service. With four exceptions, we list two institutions per stat...
AFTER a two-year plunge, the banking industry has finally hit bottom. Bad loans have peaked, and financial statements are looking healthier. Says E. Gerald Corrigan, president of the Federal Reserv...
Confused and confounded by today's fast-changing travel packages and prices? Here's a solution: team up with a dedicated travel agent who can save you hundreds of dollars -- and steer you around tr...
Neither President Bush's recent exhortation to banks to lower credit-card rates nor Congress' ill-fated response to mandate such cuts are likely to spur a widespread drop in finance charges. But wh...
When John Morey learned that health insurance costs for his 40-person electronics firm would shoot up 50% last year, he didn't get mad, he got even. He started by scrapping the traditional medical ...
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As Americans tuned in to public television's nine-part epic The Civil War, the Institute for Southern Studies, a nonprofit research group in Durham, North Carolina, released a report that shows the...
The Supreme Court's recent first-ever decision in a right-to-die case makes the most convincing argument yet for writing a living will. That's the document stating the circumstances under which you...
An alarming discount. Here is one way to get some relief from the high cost of auto insurance -- install a car alarm. In Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York and Rhode Island, your...
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Government regulators are at last dealing with the disaster area known as the savings and loan industry. The enactment in August of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act, ...
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