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PROVIDENCE -- West Warwick Democrat William J. Murphy sailed to a fourth term as House Speaker and Newport Democrat M. Teresa Paiva Weed became the Rhode Island legislature's first female Senate president as state lawmakers opened their 2009 session this afternoon under a dark financial cloud.
New: R.I. delegation focusing on economy
R.I. religious leaders pray for lawmakers
111th Congress sworn in; Langevin assignments change
Governor Carcieri: 'Hard choices' needed to right budget
Photo Gallery: The General Assembly's opening session
Your Turn: What do you think the General Assembly's priorities should be for 2009?
New: Johnston man dies when car falls on him
Robert E. Barkan, 57, who loved to fix anything and everything, died Monday when his latest project –– a 1996 Pontiac Grand Am –– fell off a jack as he worked under it.
Storm to bring some snow, sleet, freezing rain tonight
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New: Want help converting to digital? You may be out of luck
New: Shooter’s site goes on the market
Smithfield family's home gutted in fire sparked by car
Providence Imax sold; Imax, Feinstein 'part company'
The economy in Rhode Island
R.I. gasoline jumps 4 cents to $1.709 a gallon
Your Turn: Do you expect gas prices to start climbing again?
The Funeral of Claiborne Pell
NEWPORT -- With reverence and humor, a past president, a future vice president, two U.S. senators and a loving grandson paid heartfelt tribute yesterday to Claiborne de Borda Pell at the late senator's funeral. He was, they all agreed, a rare man whose many contributions to his country will endure.
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