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GTECH tapped for island nation’s new lottery
PROVIDENCE – LottoTech Ltd. has selected GTECH Corp. to assist it with the installation and operation of a national online and instant-ticket lottery system...
NASA dubs discovered Mars rock ‘Block Island’
PASADENA, Calif. – NASA has announced that a large rock recently discovered by the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is a meteorite and has been...
Michael, Ava top R.I. baby names in ’08
PROVIDENCE – Michael and Ava topped the list of Rhode Island’s most popular baby names in 2008, according to recent statistics from the Social...
Car theft falls 13% in Providence area
PROVIDENCE – Auto thefts in the Providence metropolitan area declined by more than 13 percent last year, according a report from the National Insurance...
URI chemist wins $40,000 grant
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Radha Narayanan, an assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Rhode Island, has won a $40,000 grant from the nonprofit...
MBTA aims to give developers real-time data
BOSTON – MBTA riders might soon be able to check the exact location of trains and buses on their handheld devices, according to public...
Ancient practice of bartering alive in R.I.
Timothy Zwick’s first barter negotiation did not occur in a conference room, nor did it involve millions of dollars in valuable inventory. It happened...
Southcoast Hospitals Group cuts 93 jobs
FALL RIVER - In anticipation of lower reimbursements from the state and federal governments, Southcoast Hospitals Group announced Thursday it will eliminate 93 positions...
Shipbuilders Blount, Senesco get $2.6M
PAWTUCKET – Two local shipbuilding firms have been selected to receive more than $2.6 million in federal stimulus funding, U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy announced...
City DPW vehicles to get emission-control systems
Providence is getting $565,000 of federal stimulus money to outfit 42 city vehicles with emission-reduction technology.
Under this initiative, 30 trucks from the Department...
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