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LIZ HALE fuels her car on Friday at a Sunoco station in Cambridge, Mass., as gas prices nationwide  surged into record territory. /

AAA: R.I. gas prices rise 7¢ to $3.059

PROVIDENCE – After rising for 14 consecutive weeks, gasoline prices in Rhode Island now top $3 per gallon, according to AAA Southern New England....

Arpin named Moving Supplier of Year

EAST GREENWICH – U.S. and international household goods forwarder Arpin Group Inc., parent of Arpin International Group and Arpin Van Lines, today announced it...

Amgen warns against TRC mini-tender offer

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. – Amgen Inc. (Nasdaq: AMGN) has recommended that shareholders reject a bid by TRC Capital Corp. to purchase up to 1.5...
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Community of the Week

Reprinted with the permission of the publisher, The Warren Group, www.thewarrengroup.com. The Town of Cranston was established in 1754 and incorporated in 1910. The town...
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Tempting tourists’ taste buds

Cindy Salvato started her behind-the-scenes Federal Hill tours as a reward for her students. If they worked hard in her Johnson & Wales University...
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Adult ed is making great strides

An overhaul of Rhode Island’s adult education oversight system in the fall of 2005 has paid big dividends, state officials say, standardizing how students...
HOMEOWNER Eleanor Martin, who managed to escape an ARM whose payments would have risen beyond her means, spoke at U.S. Sen. Jack Reed's unveiling of legislation to expand federal foreclosure-prevention services. /

Reed unveils bill to help homeowners in trouble

In response to climbing foreclosure rates in Rhode Island and around the nation, U.S. Sen. Jack Reed has helped to create HOPE, in the...
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Brown team creates a new way to visualize music

“Fantasia” was the pioneer, with whole stories set to classical music. Today, it’s iPods and computer MP3 players that run algorithms – some simple,...

Report touts economic, social impact of hospitals

A doctor at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Providence takes it upon herself to help an Iraq War veteran who’s become...

R.I. gets $1.6M to help clean brownfields

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week awarded 10 grants totaling $1.6 million to Rhode Island communities to help them assess, clean up and...
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