<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Rhode Island</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/nation/states/ri?nav=rss_nation/states/ri</link><description>Rhode Island</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[R.I. Lawyer Charged  In Leak of FBI Video]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32885-2005May3.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ri</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32885-2005May3.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ri</guid><pubDate>Wed, 4 May 2005 0:02:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ PROVIDENCE, R.I., May 2  --  A defense lawyer was charged Monday with leaking an FBI surveillance video to a television reporter, who nearly went to prison for refusing to identify his source.]]></description><author> Brooke Donald</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Mask,  An Echo From the Dark Ages]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10763-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ri</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10763-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ri</guid><pubDate>Wed, 4 May 2005 0:02:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Sometimes an image arrests us.<br>It halts us mid-word, mid-chew, mid-just-about-to-do-something-else, and presents a fixed psychic requirement: This is a picture of a man in a mask, and you recognize right away that you have to go deeper, know more.]]></description><author> Lonnae O'Neal Parker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thousands Attend R.I. Detective's Funeral]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7797-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ri</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7797-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ri</guid><pubDate>Wed, 4 May 2005 0:02:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Officers and firefighters from around the country gathered Thursday to help colleagues say goodbye to the 27-year veteran detective who was slain with his own gun at police headquarters.]]></description><author>APOnline</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chafee Signals a Shift on Bolton Confirmation]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6101-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ri</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6101-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ri</guid><pubDate>Wed, 4 May 2005 0:02:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The key Republican senator is now less likely to support John R. Bolton to be United Nations ambassador and plans to discuss with colleagues whether President Bush should withdraw Bolton's name.]]></description><author> Charles Babington and Jim VandeHei</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panel Delays Vote on Bolton Nomination]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1691-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ri</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1691-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ri</guid><pubDate>Wed, 4 May 2005 0:02:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Senate Foreign Relations Committee unexpectedly put its decision on hold Tuesday to give it more time to investigate more allegations against Bush's nominee for U.N. ambassador.]]></description><author> Charles Babington  and Dafna Linzer</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panel Set to Vote on Bolton Nomination]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64142-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ri</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64142-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ri</guid><pubDate>Wed, 4 May 2005 0:02:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Senate Republicans scheduled the vote for Tuesday after rejecting Democrats' request for more time to review allegations against Bolton.]]></description><author> Charles Babington</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[NATION IN BRIEF]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61621-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ri</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61621-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ri</guid><pubDate>Wed, 4 May 2005 0:02:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Policeman Killed With Own Gun By Man in Custody, Chief Says <br>    PROVIDENCE, R.I.   --  A Providence detective was killed with his own gun at police headquarters Sunday by a suspect who was not handcuffed and grabbed the weapon, Police Chief Dean Esserman said.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former Colleague Says Bolton Abused Power]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46436-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ri</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46436-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ri</guid><pubDate>Wed, 4 May 2005 0:02:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Bush's nominee for ambassador to the United Nations is described as a "bully" who abused his authority, intimidated intelligence analysts and damaged the integrity of the agency.]]></description><author> Dafna Linzer and Charles Babington</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bolton Tells Senators He Will Improve Ties]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43504-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ri</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43504-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ri</guid><pubDate>Wed, 4 May 2005 0:02:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[President Bush's nominee to be U.N. ambassador told senators Monday that his caustic criticism of the United Nations in a speech a decade ago was designed to get his audience's attention, and that "the United States is committed to the success" of the international body.]]></description><author> Charles Babington and Dafna Linzer</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nominee Reacts Mildly to Democrats' Barbs]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45024-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ri</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45024-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ri</guid><pubDate>Wed, 4 May 2005 0:02:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Not long into John R. Bolton's confirmation hearing yesterday to be ambassador to the United Nations, three women stood up waving pink protest banners and denouncing President Bush's nominee.]]></description><author> Dana Milbank</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Group That Opposes U.N. To Run Ad Backing Bolton]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42421-2005Apr10.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ri</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42421-2005Apr10.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ri</guid><pubDate>Wed, 4 May 2005 0:02:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A conservative advocacy group called Move America Forward is planning to run a television ad this week promoting John R. Bolton's appointment as ambassador to the United Nations.]]></description><author> Brian Faler and Dana Milbank</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[WASHINGTON IN BRIEF]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14540-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ri</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14540-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ri</guid><pubDate>Wed, 4 May 2005 0:02:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Opposition to Bush's U.N. Nominee Grows <br> Former  senator James Sasser (D-Tenn.) and two other retired  U.S. diplomats have joined a drive urging the Senate to reject John R. Bolton's nomination to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[COAST TO COAST]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3905-2005Mar26.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ri</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3905-2005Mar26.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ri</guid><pubDate>Wed, 4 May 2005 0:02:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Rhode Island Student Reinstated After Flap Over Principal Photos <br>For the irreverent student with a digital camera and a Web site devoted to exposing the truth, it was the scoop of the century.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[NATION IN BRIEF]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64614-2005Mar24.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ri</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64614-2005Mar24.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ri</guid><pubDate>Wed, 4 May 2005 0:02:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Board Renews Use of PSAT As Qualifier for Scholarship <br>The trustees of the College Board voted unanimously yesterday to continue to use the PSAT as the qualifying exam for the National Merit Scholarship Program, despite criticism that using the practice test for the SAT to pick winners is unfair.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Edwards Tosses His Hat Into Podcasting]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64247-2005Mar24.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ri</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64247-2005Mar24.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ri</guid><pubDate>Wed, 4 May 2005 0:02:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Former vice-presidential candidate John Edwards wasn't known for his tech savvy during his 2004 campaign, but he is now one of the few politicians to venture into the world of podcasting.]]></description><author> Brian Faler</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two Years Later, Iraq War Drains Military]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48306-2005Mar18.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ri</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48306-2005Mar18.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ri</guid><pubDate>Wed, 4 May 2005 0:02:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Unexpectedly heavy demands of sustained ground combat are depleting manpower and gear faster than they can be fully replenished.]]></description><author> Ann Scott Tyson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ex-Governor Gets  1 Year In Prison for Corruption]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47780-2005Mar18.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ri</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47780-2005Mar18.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ri</guid><pubDate>Wed, 4 May 2005 0:02:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Former Conn. governor John G. Rowland was sentenced for selling his office in a corruption scandal that destroyed his career as one of the Republican Party's fastest-rising stars.]]></description><author> Matt Apuzzo</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Police Identify Man Killed By D.C. Officer]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42562-2005Mar17.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ri</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42562-2005Mar17.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ri</guid><pubDate>Wed, 4 May 2005 0:02:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Police said the man who fired a sawed-off shotgun outside a Northeast supermarket and was fatally shot by a D.C. police officer Tuesday night was Charles M. Gaines, 18, of the 1300 block of Bryant Street NE.]]></description><author> Del Quentin Wilber</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vote on Drilling]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42248-2005Mar16.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ri</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42248-2005Mar16.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ri</guid><pubDate>Wed, 4 May 2005 0:02:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Following is the roll call by which the Senate voted to open the ecologically rich Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling. At issue was a section of the budget resolution anticipating revenue from the ANWR drilling. Opponents of drilling moved to kill the section and voted For. Supporters of drilling voted Against. By 51 to 49, opponents failed to knock oil drilling out of the budget resolution:]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[WASHINGTON IN BRIEF]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41884-2005Mar16.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ri</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41884-2005Mar16.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ri</guid><pubDate>Wed, 4 May 2005 0:02:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Yucca Mountain Files May Have Been Altered <br> Government employees may have falsified documents related to the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste project in Nevada, the Energy Department revealed yesterday in a development that could jeopardize the project's ability to obtain a federal permit.]]></description><author></author></item></channel></rss>