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June 16, 2008 Archives

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Sen. Kennedy preparing to "do battle" with cancer

10:21 AM Mon, Jun 16, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Jack Perry    Email

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy is considering a pill form of chemotherapy that would allow him to stay home on Cape Cod during treatment for a brain tumor, his son U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy said this weekend. Kennedy said his father......

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Mumford succeeds Slocum as GOP committeewoman

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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

Speaking of late nights, Rhode Island Republicans met late into the night Thursday and chose Rep. Carol Mumford, R-Scituate, as the party’s national committeewoman. Mumford succeeds GOP grand dame Eileen Slocum, of Newport. Slocum, 95, has been a party fixture......

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Orr heads Brown's public-policy center

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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

Following news that Darrell West, long the public face of polling and punditry at Brown University, is leaving on July 1 to become vice president of the Brookings Institution, the Washington, D.C.-based think tank, the school announced that Marion Orr,......

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Jim Brown visits Ocean State, old friend Harwood

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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

Jim Brown will always be remembered by football fans of a certain age as the best running back of his time, and perhaps any time. Brown’s dazzling rushes enlivened many a dark late autumn Sunday afternoon in the 1960s in......

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Reed, Whitehouse, Patrick Kennedy reap honors

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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

Three members of Rhode Island’s congressional delegation have been recognized for various contributions to U.S. medicine. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse won laurels from the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society last week for his efforts to legislate and lobby for high-tech......

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