Rhode Island Feeds

Local broadcaster LIN TV Corp., which owns 28 television stations including WPRI-TV CBS 12, said Thursday it is seeing signs of recovery in advertising sales as the company swung to a full-year profit.

Bank Rhode Island’s parent company said Thursday its 2009 profit was nearly $1 million lower than originally reported because of a $5.4 million loan that should have been downgraded last year but was missed.

A freight train carrying ethanol and traveling to Rhode Island derails in eastern Connecticut.

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Sensata Technologies Inc., the former Texas Instruments sensors-and-controls division sold off four years ago, sold $569 million worth of shares in its initial public offering on Wednesday.

A Massachusetts judge has set aside four days to conduct an inquest into the 1986 death of the brother of an Alabama professor.

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The number of foreclosure filings in Rhode Island edged lower in February compared with the prior month but remained far above the levels of a year earlier, RealtyTrac Inc. reported Thursday.

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projo: Police: Stolen Tiverton statue sliced up, two arrested http://bit.ly/cajVjL

For more than 50 years, Ann van Dyk has championed cheetahs.

Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc has thrown cold water on speculation that it may sell Providence-based Citizens Financial Group Inc. and the rest of its U.S. operations to Barclays Plc, Britain’s second-biggest bank.

Bill would prevent state payment for goods and services unless state purchasing rules are followed PROVIDENCE--- Lt. Gov. Elizabeth H. Roberts today announced legislation that would close the "Lucas Group loophole," which allowed $370,000 in payments to a company that never had a contract with...

ediblerhody: GMOs: Us vs. them on Science Friday tomorrow. Them would be Monsanto. Us would be rest of the world. http://ow.ly/1h8CV

The American Heritage Preservation Program awarded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the Bank of America Charitable Foundation supports library and museum preservation projects.

“Based on the number of applications that IMLS received and the impact that grant recipients from 2009 have begun to share, we believe that this program meets a critical need in the museum and library communities,” said Anne-Imelda M. Radice, IMLS Director. “Organizations are improving the stewardship of these significant artifacts and documents and involving their community in the process.”

“At Bank of America, we have made support of the arts a high priority and a key part of serving our customers, associates, and communities. That includes honoring our cultural heritage as well as helping to sustain the arts for the future,” said Rena DeSisto, Global Arts and Heritage Executive for Bank of America. “This partnership with IMLS enables the preservation of cherished artifacts that instill pride in our communities and attest to the values this country was built upon.”

Part of IMLS’s Connecting to Collections: A Call to Action, a multi-year, multi-pronged initiative to protect our national treasures, this grant program provides significant support.

Through this public-private partnership, 36 museums and 18 libraries and archives will receive individual grants of up to $3,000 to preserve treasures that convey the essential character and experience of the United States. The 54 grants totaling $156,346 are being awarded to museums, libraries, and archives to treat, re-house, and improve the storage environments of important collections. Click here to view the list of recipients

The next application deadline is Sept. 15, 2010. For questions about museum projects, please contact Christine Henry, Senior Program Officer, at chenry@imls.gov, 202-653-4674. For questions about library or archival projects, please contact Kevin Cherry, Senior Program Officer, at kcherry@imls.gov, 202-653-4662. Full press release

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ediblerhody: "Cooking to extinction" Chefs/home cooks buying underutilized 'green' fish for reasons of sustainability http://ow.ly/1h8lZ

projo: Providence Mayor David N. Cicilline to chat live Tuesday http://bit.ly/cbARbh

projo: Citizens CEO emphasizes 'trust' at Women's Summit http://bit.ly/dvcwYj

projo: N.Y. court nixes guilty plea for R.I. man http://bit.ly/9GjVGO