YouTube Tuesday: On Vacation!

No, really. YouTube Tuesday is on vacation. We’ll be back with more time-wasting videos in a couple of weeks.

Chupacabra?!

This monster (see picture at the link below) washed up in Ontario, Canada. What do you think it is?
Rat? Dog? Demon animal?
[Monster]
-Daphne

Schools increase meat standards

Students will be eating safer beef in school cafeterias this fall. The Agriculture Department says the government will require higher standards for ground beef purchased in schools. The standards will force producers to test the beef for contamination more often and will stop them from using certain trimmings.

The Pulse, 04/25/10: RISE Reaches out to Children of Incarcerated Individuals

As incarceration rates remain above average for minorities in the Metro-Providence area, oftentimes services focus on those behind bars. However, some groups reach out to the ones left behind, the families and children of incarcerated individuals. A providence organization, RISE provides a support system for these children. WBRU’s Carolyn Maiorana has more:

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RI Senate Judiciary Committee Holds Marijuana Hearing

The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing yesterday afternoon on legislation that would decriminalize marijuana posession. Both supporters and opponents of the proposal gave testimony, including members of a commission created by the senate to study the issue. Nick Horton, a policy researcher at the prison reform group Open Doors, served on the commission. He [...]

Pawtucket Man Killed at Auto Shop

Authorities have released the name of the Pawtucket man who was shot to death at an auto repair shop in Providence. Thirty-two-year-old Ruben Lopez was pronounced dead at Rhode Island Hospital. Providence police are looking for two men who were said to be in their 20s or early 30s and fled the scene in a [...]

Teachers Union Sues Central Falls HS

A Rhode Island teachers’ union has sued Central Falls High School, which fired all its teachers and staff. The union is challenging a requirement that all of the fired teachers reapply for their jobs. No more than half can be rehired under a federal turnaround model selected for the school district.

Carcieri Supports Wind Farm Construction in Mass.

Rhode Island Gov. Don Carcieri is hailing the Obama administration’s approval of a
proposed wind farm off the coast of Cape Cod. Carcieri says the approval announced yesterday represents a significant step toward developing the offshore wind industry in
the United States. Carcieri has been pushing for one in Rhode Island, but last month the state Public [...]

Chafee Tours Community Group In Providence

Yesterday gubernatorial candidate Lincoln Chafee toured Year Up, a training program in Providence that provides young adults with workplace skills and helps them land corporate internships. While visiting, Chafee met with administrators and students, who shared their hopes for success with the former senator. Chafee said as governor, he would help students land internships in [...]

Obama Presses Scott Brown On Financial, Immigration Reform

President Barack Obama phoned Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown to discuss immigration and financial regulatory reform. White House Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton told reporters Tuesday that the president called the Republican senator while on a flight back to the White House. A spokeswoman for Brown confirmed that the two spoke and that Brown told the [...]