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• Dale Chihuly opens Rhode Island school gallery
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - In paint-encrusted boots and his trademark eye patch, renowned glass artist Dale Chihuly showed off the colorful, swirling designs that are part of a new $34 million expansion at the museum of the Rhode Island School of Design. The ...
• Grand Turk cruise ship terminal back in business
GRAND TURK, Turks and Caicos Islands - Tourism is returning to Grand Turk as the island recovers from Hurricane Ike. The cruise ship Carnival Destiny made a port call Wednesday and brought some 2,800 passengers to the capital of the Turks and Caicos ...
• Galveston scrambles to heal beaches after Ike
The remains of houses, rotting cattle carcasses and other debris are scattered along Galveston Island. In some spots, all the sand was sucked back out to the Gulf of Mexico, leaving only rocks. Galveston-area officials are scrambling to clean up the ...
• R.I. schools must teach about dating violence
Beginning with this school year, a new law called the Lindsay Ann Burke Act requires all public middle and high schools in Rhode Island to teach students about dating violence in their health classes. The initiative was spearheaded by Burke and her ...
• Cuba limits sales of food so all can eat
... foods are scarce, but because the government has maintained and even increased rations in some areas, Cubans who initially worried about getting enough to eat now seem confident they won't go hungry despite the destruction of 30 percent of the island ...