News Headlines for Bradford, Rhode Island

Rhode Island briefs (The Providence Journal)
Donations for school supplies: To help support the Back-to-School Celebration, a series of events next month that provide backpacks, school supplies and books to Providence students in need, Rhode Island Hospital will be hosting drop-off days for donations to the program on July 23 and 24, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., in the Rhode Island Hospital cafeteria, 593 Eddy St., Providence.

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Rhode Island Daily Lottery (Boston Globe)
The winning numbers in the Rhode Island daily lottery drawing for Friday were: 8-6-9-4

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Poll: Rhode Islanders’ top worry is economy (The Providence Journal)
PROVIDENCE — Worries about the economy overwhelmingly topped the list of Rhode Islanders’ concerns in a recent poll conducted for Rhode Island College’s Bureau of Government Research and Services. Second on the list was concern about the state budget, the college reported.

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Rhode Island Daily Lottery (Boston Globe)
The winning numbers in the Rhode Island daily lottery drawing for Thursday were: 8-6-3-2

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Rhode Island Wild Money (Boston Globe)
The winning numbers in the Rhode Island Wild Money lottery drawing for Thursday were: 8-11-19-21-23-Extra 32

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Rhode Island top court overturns lead paint ruling (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Rhode Island's top court on Tuesday overturned a landmark lower court ruling that found three former manufacturers of lead paint liable for creating a public nuisance by covering up the health risks of lead paint.

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Fitch Monitoring Sherwin-Williams on Reversal of Rhode Island Verdict (Centre Daily Times)
On July 1, 2008, the Rhode Island Supreme Court overturned a February 2006 verdict wherein a Rhode Island (RI) jury found that The Sherwin-Williams Company (SHW) and two other companies (NL Industries and Millennium Holdings) were liable for creating a public nuisance in a lead-based paint lawsuit brought by the State of Rhode Island. The state had proposed that the defendants spend $2.4 billion ...

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Bancorp Rhode Island, Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2008 Earnings Release Date, Conference Call and Webcast (Centre Daily Times)
Bancorp Rhode Island, Inc. (NASDAQ: BARI) announced today that it will release its second quarter 2008 earnings on Thursday, July 24, 2008. The Company will host a conference call at 10 a.m. EDT later that morning to discuss these results.

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Insurers Welcome Rhode Island Supreme Court Lead Paint Decision (Insurance Journal)
The property/casualty insurance industry is applauding a recent Rhode Island court ruling on lead paint for confirming that a state's product liability, not public nuisance, law should govern in such

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Court reversal on lead poisoning stuns a longtime advocate for lead poisoning victims. (The Providence Journal)
The first person attorney Jack McConnell called last Tuesday with news of the Rhode Island Supreme Court’s big decision on the state’s landmark lead paint case was Liz Colon. She was having a meeting in her office, and what McConnell said left her speechless.

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