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Hurricane Sandy remains on track to become a historical storm with places from Washington, D.C., and Norfolk, Va., to Providence bracing for catastrophic impacts. The worst of Sandy in the mid-Atlantic and southern New England will be Monday through Monday night, mostly occurring ahead of when the hurricane slams onshore. An overview of the catastrophic impacts that await the mid-Atlantic and southern New England can be found in this news story, while below are [...] Unlikely ‘swearing’ came at the very end of a speech at Brown University on World Peace It is a phrase you would not associate with one of the holiest men alive. Indeed, it must have caused the stenographer a little consternation when the Dalai Lama apparently finished his speech with a very frank ‘f*** it’ to an audience of students at Brown University in Rhode Island. Still, the stenographer had to transcribe what [...] AFP – Anyone relying on their nose to guide them to a toilet at Quebec’s La Providence golf course won’t find one — that’s because its outhouse is odorless. Beneath a tidy wooden latrine on the grounds is an army of earthworms that churn decaying organic materials into compost. The worm-powered design is a first of its kind in North America, according to Ecosphere Technologies international sales representative Frederic Neau. It was [...] Massport could be on the hook for billions of dollars in damages as part of a lawsuit filed by the owners of the World Trade Center who accuse the agency of “abysmal” security at Logan Airport on Sept. 11, 2001, when al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked two jets and unleashed their war on America. The suit — one of the last linked to the attacks 11 years ago today — could give the [...] 10. Massachusetts Most expensive area: Framingham-Natick 9. Vermont Most expensive area: Burlington-Chittenden 8. Maryland Most expensive area: Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick 7. Rhode Island Most expensive area: Providence 6. New Jersey Most expensive area: Bergen-Passaic 5. California Most expensive area: San Francisco 4. New York Most expensive area: New York (Manhattan) 3. Connecticut Most expensive area: Stamford 2. Alaska Most expensive area: Juneau 1. Hawaii Most expensive: Honolulu
Source: CNBC BOSTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has refused to hear a Boston University student’s constitutional challenge to a $675,000 penalty for illegally downloading and sharing 30 songs on the Internet, but his lawyer says there’s still a chance the amount could be reduced. A jury in 2009 ordered Joel Tenenbaum, of Providence, R.I., to pay. A federal judge called the penalty constitutionally excessive, but the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated it at the request of [...] Many of these “experts” have skin in the game and hope to lure you back into the market. They base their assumptions on the fact that housing prices seem to be falling more slowly. They’re not. Take a look at these shocking numbers I uncovered in the last two weeks: SINGLE-FAMILY HOME PRICES IN THE NORTHEAST Location Avg. Price Per Sq. Ft Change from Feb. 2011 Connecticut Fairfield County [...] Brazil vows to protect manufacturing “Brazil’s finance minister has vowed to hold down the value of the real and enact new measures to protect domestic industries, in an attempt to revive the country’s slumping economic growth. “Governor Chafee unveiled his long awaited plan to help bail out financially strapped cities and towns Thursday. Central Falls is already bankrupt. Woonsocket, West Warwick, Pawtucket, and Providence are at the brink of bankruptcy. One of Governor Chafee’s seven bills lets cities and towns freeze retirees’ cost of living increases. Another allows the state’s “most distressed” communities to suspend teachers’ raises based on seniority [...] Just headlines: Greece Cut to Cusp of Default as Fitch Takes First Ratings Step Just headlines: Iran presses ahead with dollar attack Mayor Bloomberg called the city’s pension system a “ticking time bomb” that costs six times more than it did 10 years ago. The city will have to shell out $8 billion to cover pension costs this year – with $1 out of every $6 from taxpayers going toward it, he said on Thursday. “Imagine what would happen to your family budget if the rent went up six times over the course of a [...] From WSJ: PROVIDENCE, R.I.—Wearing leg irons and guarded by federal agents, David Whitaker posed as an agent for online drug dealers in dozens of recorded phone calls and email exchanges with Google sales executives, spending $200,000 in government money for ads selling narcotics, steroids and other controlled substances. Over four months in 2009, Mr. Whitaker, a federal prisoner and convicted con artist, was the lead actor in a government sting targeting Google [...] Winds destroy Occupy Providence tents: wpri.com PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – While members of the Occupy Providence movement continue negotiating with Providence officials on when to leave Burnside Park, they are in a new battle with the elements. Read more PROVIDENCE, R.I. (CBS) — A Northbrook man has agreed to plead guilty to shipping “erectile pumps” to diabetes patients who never asked for them, as part of a Medicare scam. The devices were actually $26 penis enlargement pumps the man bought from an adult Web site. Gary Winner, 49, will plead guilty to charges in Rhode Island, and will forfeit $2 million, prosecutors said. Winner allegedly repackaged the penis pumps and [...] COMMENT: This footage is very compelling. We are interested in finding out more about the providence of its surfacing, however clearly this information should be processed and further investigated. File Date: 2001-9-11, Time 05:19PM Not only can you see the flashes from the detonators for the explosives, but watch the black structures on top of the buildings implode into themselves before the building starts to collapse. Ed Murray/The Star-LedgerGov. Chris Christie, shown here in this August file photo, took a jab at Las Vegas today during a press conference in Atlantic City, questioning people who visit the desert resort during summertime. ATLANTIC CITY — Gov. Chris Christie has a name for people who visit Las Vegas in the summertime: “Stupid.” Speaking at a news conference to introduce the new head of a state agency [...] |
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