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Joke's on the Northeast With April Fools' Snow
By not in system - AOL NewsBOSTON -- A no-joke April Fools' snowstorm descended upon parts of the Northeast early Friday, a cruel prank on a region that was finally enjoying a reprieve from its long, white winter. The spring snowstorm was expected to last through Friday morning -- April Fools' Day -- dropping up to 10 inches of snow in some areas in eastern New York and around New England, dispiriting people eager for spring after a long, snow-filled winter. In Portland, Maine, heavy wet snow clung to trees and street signs Friday morning. Robert F. Bukaty, AP A motorist passes a sign urging drivers to ...
Michael Woodmansee: 5 Facts About the Murderer and Alleged Cannibal
By Torie Bosch - AOL NewsIt was an unspeakable crime: a 5-year-old boy murdered, the perpetrator allegedly eating part of his victim. Now, Michael Woodmansee, who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in 1983, may be getting out of prison, according to AOL News. John Foreman, the father of the victim, Jason Foreman, is furious, telling a Rhode Island radio host, "I do intend, if this man is released anywhere in my vicinity, or if I can find [him], I do intend to kill this man." Surge Desk rounds up what we know about Woodmansee. 1. A high school student at the time of the murder Woodmansee was a 16-year-old ...
Murderer and Accused Cannibal to Be Freed in August
By David Lohr - AOL NewsA plea deal intended to spare a murdered child's family the horrific details of his death has come back to haunt residents of a historic town in Rhode Island. The killer, an accused cannibal who was a teenager when the crime was committed more than 30 years ago, will be free before the end of the year, according to police. "We do not know what his plans are or if he is [planning on coming back here], but it is definitely something we plan on discussing," a spokesman for the South Kingstown Police Department told AOL News today. While police have yet to formulate a plan for the impending ...
Police: Serial Rape Suspect Tried to Hang Self
By not in system - AOL NewsNEW HAVEN, Conn. -- The man suspected of terrorizing women with sexual assaults from Virginia to Rhode Island over 12 years tried to hang himself in his cell Saturday, but survived and was treated at a hospital, police said. Aaron Thomas, 39, was returned to jail after a brief hospital stay, New Haven police Officer Joe Avery said Saturday night. Thomas is scheduled to appear Monday in New Haven Superior Court. Police said Saturday that DNA confirmed that the unemployed truck driver is the East Coast Rapist, suspected in attacks on at least 17 women. Thomas could not be reached for ...
East Coast Rapist Suspect Arrested in Connecticut
By not in system - AOL NewsNEW HAVEN, Conn. - A man suspected of terrorizing women with sexual assaults from Virginia to Rhode Island over a span of 12 years as the so-called East Coast Rapist has been arrested in Connecticut, federal and local authorities said. The suspect, 39-year-old Aaron Thomas, was facing questioning by investigators following his arrest Friday at his home in New Haven, police spokesman Joseph Avery said. Fairfax County Police / AP This composite of artists' sketches provided by the Fairfax, Va., County Police Department was distributed in a recent initiative to catch the attacker. On ...
Providence, RI, School Board Votes to Lay Off All Teachers
By Dana Chivvis - AOL NewsThe Providence School Board has voted 4-3 to send dismissal notices to all of the Rhode Island school district's 1,926 teachers. Thursday night's meeting was held in a school gymnasium to accommodate the more than 700 teachers who turned out to voice their opposition to the move. The board vote came after two hours of discussion. "I'm feeling disrespected, devalued and marginalized," teacher Ed Gorden told the panel, according to The Providence Journal. "Termination is a career-ender. You are putting a scarlet letter on every one of us." Providence Teachers Union President Steve Smith said ...
Ferocious Storm Pounds Winter-Weary Northeast
By not in system - AOL NewsNEW YORK -- Enough already. People across the Northeast wearily shoveled their sidewalks and dug out their cars - again - after getting clobbered by the latest in a seemingly never-ending string of snowstorms, this one an overachieving mess that packed more punch than anyone expected. "I've lived in New York 70 years, and this year is the worst I remember," said Lenny Eitelberg, 77. "It's the continuity of it. It just keeps coming. Every week there's something new to be worried about. It's almost become comical." In the Washington area, up to 7 inches of snow renewed memories of last year's ...
New England Digs Out From Crippling Winter Storm
By not in system - AOL NewsBOSTON -- Much of New England continued to dig out from under more than 2 feet of snow and children in hundreds of communities enjoyed a second day off from school Thursday as power companies worked to restore energy to homes and businesses darkened by the region's third snowstorm in three weeks. The winter storm that crippled the South earlier this week lightened up as it moved to the Northeast, before joining forces Wednesday with a system from the Midwest. The storms announced their arrival in New England with claps of thunder and record amounts of snowfall in some cities. As the storm ...
Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee To Issue Talk Radio Ban for Self, State Workers
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyRadio silence in Rhode Island. The Ocean State's new governor, Lincoln Chafee, is planning to ban state workers -- including himself -- from giving talk radio interviews while on the clock. The governor, an independent, will issue a directive this week that spells out his administration's policy against talk radio, spokesman Michael Trainor told the Providence Journal Tuesday. Trainor told the newspaper that Chafee, a former Republican, believes talk radio is essentially "ratings-driven, for-profit programming," and "we don't think it is appropriate to use taxpayer resources" in the form of ...
Divers Say They've Found 1811 Wreck of Perry Ship
By Hugh Collins - AOL NewsAmateur divers say they've found the remains of the USS Revenge, a vessel commanded by legendary naval officer Oliver Hazard Perry that sank off the coast of Rhode Island 200 years ago. "Our eyes were bulging out of our heads," diver Craig Harger told AOL News in an interview today, describing the discovery. "We were just flabbergasted." The Revenge went down after striking a reef in heavy fog on Jan. 8, 1811. Perry became famous for his later role in an 1813 naval battle with the British on Lake Erie and for saying, "We have met the enemy and they are ours." The sinking of the ...
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