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- U.S. foam makers settle in deadly Rhode Island fire
0 What's this BOSTON (Reuters) - Several makers of foam used as soundproofing have agreed in principle to pay $30 million to victims of a Rhode Island nightclub fire that killed more than 100 people, the latest in a string of settlements that total more
- Once taboo, coed U.S. dorm rooms catch on
By Michelle R. Smith, APPROVIDENCE, Rhode Island -- Erik Youngdahl and Michelle Garcia share a dorm room at Connecticut's Wesleyan University. But they say there's no funny business going on. Really. They mean it. They have set up their beds side-by-side
- States faulted over privacy breaches; tighter security urged
(AP)
AP - Tax forms were sent out to thousands of people in Wisconsin with their Social Security numbers on the mailing labels. A vendor hired by the state of Georgia lost a computer disk with the names and Social Security numbers of 2.9 million people. A disk with similar information disappeared in Rhode Island.
- Immigration debate erupts in R.I., fueled by budget crisis
(AP)
 AP - Rhode Island's closest international border is the Canadian one, about 200 miles to the north. About 11 percent of the 1 million people who live here were born in another country, and estimates say that a third or fewer of those people are in the country illegally.
- Don't make cops squeal on undocumented workers
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Imagine living in a state where local cops can stop anyone they suspect of being in the country illegally, and arrest them if they lack proof of citizenship. Last month, Rhode Island Gov. Donald Carcieri signed an executive order directing state police to enforce federal immigration law, which will let them do just that.
- Plaintiffs: Gas firm to pay for R.I. 'blue soil' cleanup
(AP)
 AP - An energy company has agreed to pay residents of a polluted waterfront neighborhood and to clean up the massive contamination that turned the soil under their homes blue, lawyers for the neighbors said Wednesday, though the company said a deal had not been reached.
- Abaqus Users Conference Scheduled for May in the USA
Abaqus Users? Conference Set for May The next annual international Abaqus Users? Conference (AUC), which Dassault Systems will be staging May 19?22 in Newport, Rhode Island, USA, will feature keynote lectures delivered by notables from Boeing Co.
- Patrick Kennedy says personal struggles help him in Congress
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Patrick Kennedy says his personal struggles to recover from depression, alcoholism and substance abuse have made him a more compelling advocate in Congress for improved mental health care coverage. The Rhode Island Democrat, a son of
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Introduction
Rhode Island became the United States thirteenth state on May 29, 1790. The capital is Providence, Rhode Island's largest city. The state was named after the Dutch words for "Red Clay". Rhode Island made its political mark by refusing to ratify the United States Constitution without a Bill of Rights and by not ratifying the 18th amendment to the Constitution for prohibition. Connecticut is the only other state never to ratify the 18th amendment. The Ocean State is the smallest state in the Union measuring 1,045 square miles total.
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