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• Mmm this metal is crunchy

  
  Vanity Plates: Creepiness in 8 Characters or Less — Authority: 129
  This week is Thanksgiving so I though Id present some vanity plates over the next couple of days dealing with what we Americans will likely be doing this Thursday: Stuffing our faces with FOOD. Heres an idea. Why dont we just stuff our minds with hideous food-themed vanity plates instead? Zero calories! Lets ...
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• The American people will decide when this is over.

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 503
  The American people will decide when this is over. Carolyn Hileman There are 18 states that allow for recall of their senators and congressmen those states are Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode ...
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• I’m Pat Kennedy, and the church doesn’t approve of me

  
  Martyholman.com — Authority: 128
  The following is not really a quote from Congressman Kennedy, but a satirical  interpretation of recent events. “Hi, I’m Patrick Kennedy, and I’d like to be even better than my late father, Edward – I’d like to be Henry VIII . “So what I’ll do is reveal to news outlets a confidential letter from my ...
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• Hate Extending Beyond The Grave

  
  Daily Kos — Authority: 805
  How much hate do you have to have in your heart? An opponent of same-sex marriage, Governor Carcieri has vetoed bill that would have added "domestic partners to the list of people authorized by law to make funeral arrangements for each other. In his veto message, Republican Carcieri said: "This bill ...
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• Board of Elections Makes an Offer to the Moderate Party

  
  Anchor Rising — Authority: 138
  I know that the Rhode Island Board of Elections is famous for its procedural creativity , but even so, am I the only one who thinks that the offer made to the Moderate Party of pay us a big fine and the Attorney General doesnt have to get your case is something less than above-board? From Steve Peoples of the ...
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• Photos: Friday, the Avenue

  
  City Desk — Authority: 697
  Rhode Island Avenue [IMG: http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/files/2009/11/auto-1.jpg][IMG: http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/files/2009/11/auto-2.jpg]
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• Updates on The Race: 11-23-2009

  
  The Education Optimists — Authority: 489
  ARKANSAS: Listening tour a state RttT strategy DELAWARE: RttT fuels changes to teacher evaluation and school turnarounds IOWA: More questions than answers? MICHIGAN: Governor Granholm touts RttT OHIO: State is in the running RHODE ISLAND: Ed commish unveils sweeping reform plan WASHINGTON: State ...
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• Art Lake R.I. WJAR-TV Weatherman and Newscaster Dead at 85

  
  HULIQ - Citizen News Review — Authority: 673
  Channel 10s former meteorologist and anchorman Arthur E. Lake, died Sunday, November 22, 2009. Calling hours have been announced. Lake lived in Greenville, Rhode Island, and was surrounded by his family at the time of death. Art Lake was 85.
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• National Grid says new Deepwater price still too high; Questions if state is too small to take on such a project

  
  National Wind Watch: News — Authority: 163
  National Grid filed a second unsigned contract with the state Public Utilities Commission Wednesday, saying that Deepwater Wind’s proposed electricity price of 25.3 cents per kilowatt-hour was still too expensive.Last month National Grid rejected Deepwater’s proposed price of 30.7 cents per kWh as “not ...
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• Zone vote delayed after contentious hearing

  
  National Wind Watch: News — Authority: 163
  Neighborhood opponents of a proposed zone change at the transfer station, which could facilitate a municipally owned wind turbine, came out in force against the proposal Wednesday evening.The emotionally charged meeting ended without a decision, as a shaken and battered Town Council rescheduled the matter for its next ...
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• Give Kennedy His Cracker

  
  Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — Authority: 726
  The name Kennedy is just about synonymous with American Catholicism, but (at least) one of the brood is publicly feuding with the church. Patrick Kennedy , son of Ted and U.S. representative of Rhode Island, has been forbidden by his bishop to take communion since 2007. Kennedy says his pro-choice views prompted ...
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• An Oversold Index

  
  Anchor Rising — Authority: 138
  Whatever its retrospective analytical utility, URI Economics Professor Len Lardaros Current Conditions Index seems pretty useless as a gauge of future trends. The news reports that use it simply make no sense: The Current Conditions Index dipped to 33 in September from 42 in August. ... "While Rhode Island will ...
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• Bad Boy Rep. Kennedy Barred From Communion

  
  Proud Atheists — Authority: 423
  It seems as though the Catholic Church doesn’t like Rep. Kennedy supporting a woman’s right to have an abortion. I am happy to be an atheist and not tolerate power-hungry “men of the cloth”. * How can a Catholic clergy have enough power to judge and control the partaking of Holy Communion which is a ...
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• Rhode Islands Unemployment Picture: Ahead of Lowly Michigan in One Way but Behind in Another

  
  Anchor Rising — Authority: 138
  The good news is that with the highest unemployment rate in the country, Michigan still beats out Number Three Rhode Island. The bad news is that they also beat us on a positive front. Paragraph four of the possibly over-optimistic ProJo article that Justin highlighted has Rhode Islands status in this area. And ...
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• Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D, RI) denied Communion.

  
  Moe Lane — Authority: 669
  At least, he’s claiming that he’s been forbidden it by Bishop Thomas Tobin of the Providence Diocese, and Bishop Tobin hasn’t denied it – and Tobin has denied that he’s ordered priest under his authority to actually deny Kennedy the Sacrament.  Bishop Tobin’s office has also released a letter ...
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• Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D, RI) denied Communion.

  
  RedState — Authority: 820
  At least, he’s claiming that he’s been forbidden it by Bishop Thomas Tobin of the Providence Diocese, and Bishop Tobin hasn’t denied it - and Tobin has denied that he’s ordered priest under his authority to actually deny Kennedy the Sacrament. Bishop Tobin’s office has also released a letter ...
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• Bishop asked Rep. Patrick Kennedy to stop communion

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 719
  East Providence, Nov 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Roman Catholic bishop Thomas Tobin, of Rhode Island said on Sunday that he had asked Rep. Patrick Kennedy, long back in 2007 to stop receiving because of the congressman’s public stance on various moral issues. Communion is the central sacrament of the church.Bishop ...
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• Kennedy barred from Communion

  
  heave-ho.org — Authority: 460
  Rhode Island’s top Roman Catholic leader has asked Rep. Patrick Kennedy to stop taking Communion over his support for abortion rights, the diocese said Sunday. Go here to see the original: Kennedy barred from Communion
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• Rep. Patrick Kennedy says RI bishop has told him not to take Communion over pro-choice stance

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 173
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. - 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 congressmans support for abortion rights, Kennedy said in a newspaper interview published Sunday.The decision by the outspoken prelate, ...
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