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Kennedy dispute reveals divide among Catholics

A bitter dispute over abortion that prompted Rhode Island's Roman Catholic bishop to ask Rep. Patrick Kennedy not to receive Holy Communion has revealed the depth of the divide among Catholics over how politicians should reconcile their faith with their public duties.

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RI bishop asked Kennedy in 2007 to avoid Communion

The Roman Catholic bishop of Rhode Island says he asked Rep. Patrick Kennedy to stop receiving Holy Communion in 2007 because of the lawmaker's support for abortion rights.

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RI slow to spend millions in stimulus funding

Gov. Don Carcieri's administration has failed for months to spend $20 million meant to insulate poor people's homes against the winter chill and put unemployed people to work during one of the worst economic crises since the Great Depression.

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RI bishop asked Kennedy in 2007 to avoid Communion

The Roman Catholic bishop of Rhode Island said Sunday that he asked Rep. Patrick Kennedy in a 2007 letter to stop receiving Communion, the central sacrament of the church, because of the congressman's public stance on moral issues.

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RI bishop asked Kennedy in 2007 to avoid Communion

The Roman Catholic bishop of Rhode Island says he asked Rep. Patrick Kennedy to stop receiving Holy Communion in 2007 because of the lawmaker's stand on what he called moral issues.

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CORRECTS RI Bishop-Kennedy

(Stations: Please substitute the following for V3958, slugged RI Bishop-Kennedy, which moved at 5:05 a.m. Eastern time. The new version CORRECTS Kennedy not disclosing how bishop told him of ban sted in discussions.)

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Kennedy says RI bishop banned him from Communion

Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin has banned Rep. Patrick Kennedy from receiving Communion, the central sacrament of the church, in Rhode Island because of the congressman's support for abortion rights, Kennedy said in a newspaper interview published Sunday.

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Eek! Rats giving RI Statehouse staffers a scare

Sue Stenhouse spends her days figuring out how Rhode Island officials should calmly deal with disaster. But when a rat scurried through her office, her natural response was to jump on a chair, snap it with rubber bands and threaten to spritz it with Obsession.

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RI gov opens door to domestic partnerships

Gov. Don Carcieri (kuh-CHEHR'-ee), a gay marriage opponent, has opened the door slightly to the limited recognition of same-sex relationships in Rhode Island.

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Patrick Kennedy clashes with outspoken RI bishop

Thomas Tobin, the Roman Catholic bishop of Providence, has made a career out of putting politicians in his crosshairs, but his latest battle over abortion threatens to spiritually exile Rep. Patrick Kennedy, a son of the nation's most famous Roman Catholic family.

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Economist: RI unemployment to peak near 14 percent

The unemployment rate in Rhode Island will continue climbing and peak at 13.8 percent next year even as layoffs taper off, an economist told state budget officials Wednesday.

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RI gov signs bill banning indoor prostitution

Rhode Island Gov. Don Carcieri has signed legislation closing a loophole that made indoor prostitution legal and allowed more than 30 suspected brothels to operate around the state.

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RI will vote on trimming name to cut slavery tie

Rhode Island voters will decide next year whether to shorten the state's longest-in-the-nation formal name because of its association with slavery.

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GOP's Rory Smith announces run for RI governor

Republican business executive Rory Smith announced Wednesday that he would run for Rhode Island governor and called for spending and tax cuts to help revive a tanking economy that's pushed unemployment to 13 percent.

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RI union accepts tentative deal avoiding layoffs

The largest Rhode Island employees union has accepted a tentative deal that would prevent a government shutdown and mass layoffs.

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RI gov, unions in tentative deal to stop shutdown

The state of Rhode Island may avoid a shutdown of government services and massive layoffs thanks to a tentative deal struck between Gov. Don Carcieri (Kuh-CHEER'-ee) and labor leaders.

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Yale: Lab tech had building access until arrest

Even after police suspected lab technician Raymond Clark was the man who killed a Yale University graduate student and stuffed her body behind a wall, he had unfettered access to the Ivy League campus — but was under constant surveillance, officials confirmed Monday.

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Police: No arrest imminent in Yale student's death

A police spokesman says no arrests are imminent in the killing of a Yale graduate student whose body was found inside the basement wall of a university research building.

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Autopsy results expected on Yale grad student

The state medical examiner's office said Tuesday that it would release the results of an autopsy of a Yale University graduate student amid indications that police were preparing to make an arrest in her killing.

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Police appear to be closing in on Yale killer

Police say the killing of a 24-year-old Yale University graduate student whose body was found stuffed in a wall on the day she was to be married was not a random act.

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Police appear to be closing in on Yale killer

The discovery of a Yale University graduate student whose body was stuffed in the wall of a medical research building brought a painful end to the search for a woman who vanished days before she was to wed her college sweetheart.

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Autopsy results expected on Yale grad student

The state medical examiner's office said they will release the results of an autopsy of a Yale University graduate student Tuesday amid indications that police are preparing to make an arrest in her killing.

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Police mum on possible suspect in Yale killing

A day after the body of a Yale University graduate student was found stuffed in a wall, police are mum on whether they have a suspect in her killing.

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Union officials: Initial deal to stop RI shutdown

A tentative deal has been reached between Rhode Island Gov. Don Carcieri and several labor unions to prevent a state government shutdown and the layoff of 1,000 state workers, two union officials told The Associated Press.

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Political luminaries pay tribute to Kennedy

In death as in life, Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy on Friday brought together political rivals — this time to celebrate his ferocious sense of humor and unwavering dedication to family and country.

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