AS News Roundup: December 19, 2012


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Business, Economy and Finance
ProJo: For jobless, busy signals and long wait for answers
ProJo: R.I., unions ordered to enter into mediation
ProJo: W. Warwick passes plan to cut deficit
ProJo: Money running out to halt foreclosures
ProJo: PC to pay city $3.84 million over 10 years
RIPR: Local study finds 500% increase in homeless over last federal census
Education and Community
ProJo: For city, a success story
ProJo: At jittery R.I. schools, some false alarms
Health and Wellness
ProJo: Medical board reprimands two doctors in deaths
PBN: OHIC releases analysis of market, enrollment trends for R.I. insurers
Opinion
ProJo: Ed Fitzpatrick: Empire, Ocean states share pension tensions
ProJo: Editorial: Be generous — and careful
Politics and Government
ProJo: Officials clear Binder of wrongdoing
ProJo: Pagliarini picked for new EDC post
ProJo: Rally supports licenses
ProJo: Judiciary panel may be key in gay marriage bill
ProJo: Lawmakers to look at new gun limits
ProJo: Cicilline joins group calling for stricter gun laws
GoLocalProv: Which Rhode Island Politicians Receive the Most Cash from the NRA?
World and Nation
ProJo: Since shootings, second thoughts on gun control
ProJo: Amid funerals, students return to class
ProJo: Journalists escape
ProJo: Europeans ready to condemn Israel
ProJo: Congress gets report on embassy attack
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AS News Roundup: December 18, 2012

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Business, Economy and Finance
ProJo: Commerce Digest: No agreement reached on new airport director
ProJo: Fate of RIPTA boss still undecided
ProJo: $4.25-million boost for renewable energy projects
RIPR: EDC approves travel policy for board members
RIPR: RI pension system gets new head
Globe: Steward Health Care parent company owns gun firm
Education
ProJo: Schools in R.I. confront questions, own fears
WPRI: School lockdown drills required in RI
WPRI: Counseling available for RI students
Health and Wellness
ProJo: Advocates stress value of home-visiting programs for mothers
PBN: Clinica Esperanza receives $40K from Blue Cross for walk-in center
Globe: Montigny challenges pharmacy trade group on oversight
Opinion
ProJo: Bob Kerr: At Sophia Academy, youthful wisdom
ProJo: Ed Fitzpatrick: Newtown killings call for action, not platitudes
ProJo: Editorial: NRA’s free-fire zones
ProJo: Editorial: Electronically inflated doctor bills
Politics and Government
ProJo: Gay marriage in R.I. gains momentum
ProJo: R.I. officials call for another look at gun laws
ProJo: Stepping from the edge?
ProJo: Congressman picked to fill Senate vacancy
WPRI (blog): Raia leaving as Taveras communications chief; Ortiz steps in
World and Nation
Courant: Who Are They? Stories About The Victims Of Friday’s Shootings
ProJo: Town starts to bury dead
ProJo: A boy who loved garlic bread, video games, trampoline
ProJo: Neighbor offered his home to 6 young survivors
ProJo: Most voters staying home
ProJo: U.S.-Iraq postwar ties still evolving
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AS News Roundup: December 17, 2012

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Business, Economy and Finance
PBN: Dose of discipline can help cure state’s budgetary woes
Education
ProJo: J&W planning program for physician aides
ProJo: At CCRI, faculty fret over school’s mission
PBN: Read to Succeed receives $9,600 from National Grid
Health and Wellness
RIPR: Medical marijuana centers can open in RI the end of this week
RIPR (blog): Interview: RI Hospital ER chief: “There has to be a better way.”
GoLocalProv: The Latest Healthcare Reform Cost
PBN: Blueprint for Health Benefits Exchange submitted
PBN: Costantino again seeks RIte Care cuts
PBN: Kent CEO to chair ‘Go Red’ campaign
PBN: Should increases in health insurance rates be limited to the rate of inflation?
Opinion
ProJo: Op-Ed: A report on R.I. coastal management
PBN: Op-Ed: No going back without reform at Landmark hospital
RI Future: When teachers are first responders
Politics and Government
ProJo: Right to carry in public edges toward high court
ProJo: R.I. delegation: Ban assault weapons
ProJo: Political Scene
WPRI (blog): Watch Newsmakers with Ryan Pearson and John Lombardi
RIPR: History repeats itself with RI immigrants
GoLocalProv: Will Gina Raimondo & Angel Taveras Run for Governor?
GoLocalProv: Congressman Langevin Appears on MSNBC
World and Nation
ProJo: Obama to Newtown: ‘You are not alone’
ProJo: Into Africa: Hospital rises from R.I. man’s determination
ProJo: Write-a-thon seeks to help the helpless
ProJo: Private donors pay large portion of tab for scaled-back party
ProJo: Voting results disputed
ProJo: Launch dedicated to father
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AS News Roundup: December 14, 2012

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Business, Economy and Finance
ProJo: No progress seen from ‘frank’ talks
ProJo: Commerce/Consumer Digest: R.I. next-to-last in best for business survey
ProJo: Police agree to suspension of pension COLAs for 10 years
Education
ProJo: News Digest: Two students gain nominations
NBC 10: Providence teacher resigns in YouTube video
PBN: JWU to unveil plans for Center for Physician Assistant Studies
Environment
ProJo: Protecting coastal property
PolitiFact: Menhaden counts a moving target
Health and Wellness
ProJo: Commerce/Consumer Digest: Women & Infants workers agree to contract
GoLocalProv: Florida company setting up RI Health Exchange
GoLocalProv: Nine named to Brown Healthcare Leadership Panel
Globe: UMass program connects med students with patients
Globe: State OK’s two-hospital alliances
Opinion
ProJo: Editorial: The right to be paid less
ProJo: Op-Ed: Testing mania harms urban students
GoLocalProv: Who’s hot and who’s not in RI politics?
Politics and Government
ProJo: Senate to debate billions in aid
ProJo: News Digest: Cano-Morales to head mayor’s transition team
ProJo: Longtime Chafee aide to step down
ProJo: Rice withdraws candidacy
WPRI (blog): GOP’s Riley spent nearly $1M on failed bid to defeat Langevin
RIPR: Political Roundtable: history making Central Falls mayoral election
RIPR (blog): The spending trend remains up, but the General Assembly cut $3M from its FY2012 budget
RIPR (blog): Taveras and the new Latino vote
World
ProJo: Russia sees end is near for Assad
ProJo: Rocket launch far from being a threat
ProJo: European rights court faults CIA
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AS News Roundup: December 13, 2012

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Business, Economy and Finance
ProJo: Texas billionaire gave to advocacy group
ProJo: Raimondo says travel part of treasurer’s job
ProJo: Finding an affordable place to live
ProJo: State budget surplus will be larger than expected
WPRI (blog): Slideshow: RI’s budget outlook for 2013 and the years ahead
Courts and Legal
ProJo: ACLU lawsuit against Truancy Court dismissed
ProJo: Court action sought to deny pension to ex-mayor
PBN: R.I. to receive $648K in Pfizer settlement
Education
ProJo: Students say science classes are inadequate
ProJo: School board, support staff approve contract
RIPR: Teens get a fresh start at a recovery high school
Environment
ProJo: Wind-power developers aim to protect whales
Health and Wellness
RIPR: An ER alternative for substance abusers in Cambridge
Opinion
ProJo: Fitzpatrick: Diossa ushers in age of inclusion for Colombians
GoLocalProv: Mike Riley: Right-to-Work is Right for Rhode Island
GoLocalProv: Julia Steiny: Vocational Ed Connects Kids to Real Futures
Passages
ProJo: Weisberger’s character, work honored
Politics and Government
ProJo: For Diossa, chance to open new door
ProJo: Loud TV commercials finally get turned down
ProJo: Fisheries chief to step down in 2013
WPRI (blog): Reed, Whitehouse won’t switch Senate committees next year
World and Nation
ProJo: World takes heed of threat
ProJo: Shooter terrorizes mall
ProJo: Regime escalates its attacks on rebels
Globe: Srebrenica general guilty of genocide
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