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Books, Inq. (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Leopold, Loeb and the Curious Case of the Greatest Newspaper Lead Never Written . (Hat tip, Paul Davis.)
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Downtown Providence food pantry moves, expands / pic
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
By Paul Davis Providence Journal photo / Andrew Dickerman Maria Riva selects potatoes at the food pantry of the Providence In-Town Churches Association, which moved Monday to the First Universalist Church of Providence on Washington Street. PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The city's only downtown food pantry moved Monday, offering oranges, cabbage, bread and potatoes to men and women gathered in the basement of...
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Paul Davis: Powerful, corrupt continue to fall in Alabama
Opelika-Auburn News (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
Well, it’s the holiday season and with each year, for some strange reason, lots of the folks we know or know of are being rounded up and are going off to jail or ending up with stained reputations that they’ll never overcome.
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No longer forgotten ...
Books, Inq. (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
... 'It's Always Four O'Clock' and 'Iron Man' by W.R. Burnett . (Hat tip, Paul Davis.)
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Joey Chestnut does KNBR interview on 26th birthday
EatFeats (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
(from Paul Davis email) Joey Chestnut spent a portion of his 26th birthday today doing an interview with KNBR. A 30 minute podcast of his appearance is available. Some notes from the podcast: Joey attributes his at the 2009 Asparagus Festival to the first wave of the swine flu Joey says he receives $30,000 – $40,000 for [...]
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Once homeless woman pitches tent on State House lawn
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
By Paul Davis PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Catherine Rhodes pitched her tent on the State House lawn Wednesday to protest what she says is a lack of shelter and help for the homeless this winter. The shelters are full, more people are sleeping outside, and some won't find beds when it freezes, said Rhodes, a volunteer with People to End Homelessness . "The governor needs to understand this is a crisis."...
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Advocates: State plan inadequate as RI homeless double
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
By Paul Davis Nicole Lagace, right, of Providence, stands with others as they hold photos as symbols of people who are potentially homeless and who will exceed the state's shelter capacity. Advocates and the homeless assembled Tuesday in front of Benificent Church in Providence to urge Governor Carcieri to open more shelters. Providence Journal photo / Andrew Dickerman PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A state plan...
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Gov. Parkinson makes $259 million in cuts, adjustments to balance Kansas budget
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
"I am genuinely sorry," he said. "There is no way to sugar coat this. This will have negative affects across the state."The governor promised legislative leaders earlier in the year that he would balance the budget through cuts before the 2010 session begins in January. He said Monday that work on the 2011 budget year begins immediately, but wouldn't commit to pushing to raise taxes...
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R.I. will add 88 beds for the homeless this winter
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
By Paul Davis PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state will increase the number of beds for the homeless this winter by 88, officials said Monday. Shelters, churches and other nonprofit agencies helped fund the beds, said Noreen Shawcross, chief of the state Office of Housing and Community Development . The state department had earlier agreed to spend money on 58 winter beds, in churches and shelters from Woonsocket...
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Westerly task force warns: Don't give alcohol to minors
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
By Paul Davis WESTERLY, R.I. -- With the holidays approaching, a group of volunteers at 4 p.m. Thursday will paste stickers on cartons of beer, wine coolers and other items stocked by the town's four liquor stores. The alarm-red stickers, however, aren't price tags or markdowns. They're warnings. "Think buying alcohol for someone under 21 is not a big deal? Think again," say the four-inch-wide...
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Books, Inq. (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
... A civil conversation about religion. (Hat tip, Paul Davis.) There is much in what Armstrong says (more in this case than in what she has to say about Islam, regarding which she is purely bien pensant). But the cloud of knowing has to do with putting off what we think we know in order encounter the transcendent- which we cannot "know" - and the logos is only aggressive when taken as it...
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Carefully hedonistic ...
Books, Inq. (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
... My hero Alan Ross . (Hat tip, Paul Davis.)
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Quite the marvel ...
Books, Inq. (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
... That Evening Sun 's Hal Holbrook: A Candid, Emotional Movieline Interview . (Hat tip, Paul Davis.)
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Oh, what fun ...
Books, Inq. (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
... A Nasty Way With Words . (Hat tips to Dave Lull and Paul Davis.)
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United Way grant will help RI residents with finances
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
By Paul Davis PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Financially struggling Rhode Islanders could get help soon from a $1.6 million grant from United Way of Rhode Island. The money will help low- and moderate-income residents increase savings, earn more and build assets. The money will go to nine agencies over the next three years, beginning in January. The agencies, in turn, "will help Rhode Islanders make responsible...