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A Baltimore development company has pulled out of a major construction project in Providence.
Jack McClinton made seven 3-pointers and scored 25 points lead Miami to a 78-66 victory over Providence in the first round of the NIT Wednesday.
The brother of a Providence basketball player who ran onto the court to confront a referee has been given a suspended prison sentence after pleading no contest to disorderly conduct.
Rick Pitino still roots for Providence, the team he led to the Final Four more than 22 years ago. He likens the program to his alma mater, and still considers it his first big break in the coaching profession.
Scottie Reynolds scored 23 points and helped No. 11 Villanova finish a perfect season at the Pavilion and earn a double-bye in the Big East tournament with a 97-80 victory over Providence on Thursday night.
Ashley Barlow scored the first eight points of a 10-0 rally in the second half, leading No. 23 Notre Dame to a 65-56 victory over Providence on Saturday.
Weyinmi Efejuku scored 16 and Providence upset No. 1 Pittsburgh 81-73 on Tuesday night for its first win over a top-ranked team in 33 years. Sharaud Curry added 15 points for the Friars (17-11, 9-7 Big East), who picked up a big victory for their NCAA tournament hopes.
Terrence Williams had 17 points, eight assists and six rebounds as No. 7 Louisville overcame a shaky first half and pulled away for a 94-76 victory over Providence on Wednesday night.
Even though Connecticut has a potent offense, the Huskies used their defense to stay unbeaten.
Weyinmi Efejuku scored a season-high 25 points and Geoff McDermott added 12 rebounds as Providence beat Rutgers 78-68 on Saturday night.
Jonathan Kale scored 15 points and Marshon Brooks added 14 to help Providence snap a three-game losing streak with a 77-62 victory over South Florida on Tuesday night.
Alex Ruoff scored 24 points and West Virginia beat Providence 86-59 on Saturday.
Scottie Reynolds scored 31 points and Dwayne Anderson had 19 points and 10 rebounds to lead No. 17 Villanova to its fourth straight victory, beating Providence 94-91 on Wednesday night.
Hasheem Thabeet recorded his first career triple-double and No. 2 Connecticut staked its claim to the No. 1 spot in the nation with a 94-61 blowout over Providence on Saturday.
Senior Angel McCoughtry scored a career-high 43 points as No. 6 Louisville extended its best start in school history by defeating Providence, 81-49 , in a Big East Conference game Saturday.
Sharaud Curry scored a season-high 22 points to lead six players in double figures, carrying Providence to a 100-94 upset over 15th-ranked Syracuse on Wednesday night.
Jeff Xavier had 20 points and Weyinmi Efejuku scored 19 as Providence held off Seton Hall 98-93 in overtime Thursday night, keeping the Pirates winless in Big East play at 0-6.
Randall Hanke scored 15 points on 7-for-7 shooting and Providence beat the Bearcats 72-63 on Monday night.
Jerel McNeal and Lazar Hayward each scored 25 points, and No. 14 Marquette rallied from a 13-point second-half deficit to beat Providence 91-82 on Saturday night.
Greg Monroe took a pass from Jason Clark, split two defenders on his way through the lane and rose for a dunk while getting fouled.
Weyinmi Efejuku led a balanced Providence scoring attack with 18 points as the Friars extended their solid start in Big East play by holding off Cincinnati for an 87-79 win Wednesday night.
Weyinmi Efejuku (Way-In-Mee Eff-eh-Juke-Oo) scored 18 points to lead four Friars in double figures as Providence beat DePaul 62-54 on Saturday.
Randall Hanke scored a season-high 17 points and Providence shook off a slow start to beat St. John's 75-54 on Wednesday.
Chante Black scored 17 points and Abby Waner added 13 as No. 6 Duke won its ninth straight game, beating Providence 66-49 on Wednesday.
Marshon Brooks scored 18 points off the bench and Geoff McDermott had a season-high 17 points as Providence beat Bryant 91-64 on Monday night.
RI Police Solicit Donations from Asian Massage ParlorsAfter years of raids on the massage parlors in Rhode Island (where prostitution is legal), It was discovered the police have been soliciting donations from the massage parlors they were trying to close down.
Regence sues Oregon after losing insurance contract Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon has sued the state of Oregon after losing the state employee health plan business to a key competitor.
Teen Strippers: Too Young to Drive, But Old Enough to StripElizabeth Roberts' 17-year-old daughter was put through the bureaucratic wringer to get a summer job in her home state of Rhode Island this year.
Obama, Biden, 100+ federal officials boycott Mayor's convention, scared off by union picketersONE UNHAPPY band of firefighters and the Obama White House folds.
Group of Barrington residents mark 40 with half marathonA group of friends decided to celebrate their 40th birthdays in an unusual way — running a half marathon. The Barrington resident decided to participate in the Willow Tree Half marathon taking place on Sunday.
(This article is a work in progress. It will be completed as time permits, but for Sabbath readers who want a start (given its long length), here goes . . . The final product will be edited, so again consider this a work in progress.)
Call me Bush Moby Dick is an eerily prophetic allegory of 21st-century America. It should be named as the nation's epic novelCongress should follow. No book more deeply and revealingly explains the spasm of madness through which the United States has passed in recent years than Moby Dick.
HOT Download: THEO - The BirthThis is one of the hottest downloads of the season. Looking forward to seeing THEO perform live and future downloads. Hip Hop needed some freshness.. THEO provides it.
Protests Expected at Roberts Visit To Rhode IslandSCOTUS Chief Justice John Roberts will appear at the Rhode Island Federal Courthouse next Tuesday to celebrate the building's 100th anniversary. The Providence Journal indicates that the visit is the first by a sitting chief justice to the state since 1937.
Providence-Newport Ferry EndsRhode Island's 2008 tourist season may signal the end of a nine-year federally-funded pilot project that brought a 146-passenger hi-speed catamaran ferry service between Providence and Newport.
Naked Man Runs Through Downtown ProvidenceEngaging in a preemptive polar bear swim a little early, and plunging into an unusual place--the dingy waters of the Providence River--an unidentified man ran naked through downtown Providence this afternoon.
Providence Wants Clubs to Pay for Downtown Police SurgeThe Providence Journal reports that Providence Mayor David Cicilline (D) is looking to formalize deployment of a roving police detail in the city's downtown club district, with the tab to be paid by venue owners, cited as the source of a number of police incidents every weekend.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 Well why not……………………legalize Prostitution? It's a woman's body right? A woman can do whatever she wants, right? Feminists have told us these things for years, right?
Ohio Visitor to Rhode Island Bears GreetingsStraight out of the Wal-Mart employee manual comes this heartwarming story of a rather outgoing visitor from the Midwest extending three hours worth of Good Mornin's to strangers in the middle of Downtown Providence.
Mark Cuban: I Want To Buy The Cubs, and VerizonTech entrepreneur and Dallas Mavericks owner Marc Cuban visited the Ocean State yesterday for a conversation as part of the Business Innovation Factory 3 conference.
Police Chief Staying In ProvidenceBy virtue of his connections with the consultants aiding the candidate search, rumors began to circulate in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin police department that Providence, Rhode Island chief of police Dean Esserman was in the running for Brew City's top law enforcement job.
Providence Mayor Drops Clinton CampaignFacing a run-in with city firefighters and policemen, Providence Mayor David Cicilline (D) resigned as co-chair of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign in Rhode Island.
Convicted R.I. Mayor Back on Talk RadioWell, it was bound to happen. The AP reports that former Providence mayor Buddy Cianci, after nearly five years in the joint, will be back on the local airwaves, with a daily talk radio program on local station WPRO.
Luxury Wheels While on WelfareThe Providence Journal reports that Providence Police in concert with the federal Drug Enforcement Administration have completed an 18-month investigation uncovering a crack cocaine ring, with some members collecting state welfare while driving luxury automobiles.
Ra Ra Riot Drummer Found DeadPike was reported missing in the early hours of Saturday morning, following a party after the band's gig in Providence, Rhode Island.
The Ocean State this week was fraught with speculation with the imminent return of an all-too-familiar face.
Russian Sub Runs Aground in ProvidenceThe Juliett-484, a 300 foot diesel Russian sub that plied the waters of the Atlantic during the Cold War era, is listing in the Providence River, just outside downtown.
Rhode Island Set to Divest from SudanThe Brown Daily Herald reports that "state pension funds may soon be divested from corporations doing business in Sudan."
Providence Phoenix: Rhode Islanders Buy WRNI Public RadioAfter years of lukewarm support of public radio in Rhode Island by WRNI-AM owner Boston University, it looks like a group of public radio advocates--Rhode Island Public Radio--will be purchasing the station and securing bandwidth to finally make an NPR news station available all …
Group Calls for Stronger Mass Transit in Rhode IslandConvened last April by Providence Mayor David Cicilline, the Transit 2020 Working Group issued a report yesterday that aims to provide direction in revitalizing Rhode Island's metropolitan transportation system.
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