Eric Tucker

December 26, 2012 | Daily Report Online

District of Columbia police say they are investigating an incident in which NBC News reporter David Gregory displayed what he described as a high-capacity ammunition magazine on "Meet the Press."

By Eric Tucker

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July 07, 2008 | Daily Report Online

By ERIC TUCKER

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August 18, 2008 | Daily Report Online

PROVIDENCE, R.I. AP Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick Lynch announced Monday that cleanup of up to 600 housing units contaminated by lead paint is now going out to bid and said the work would target properties in poorer neighborhoods of the state and should be finished within three years.The work is being funded by DuPont Co.

By ERIC TUCKER

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November 01, 2007 | Daily Report Online

PROVIDENCE, R.I. AP - HomeDepot Inc. and an insulation company have tentatively agreed to a $5 million settlement over lawsuits brought by survivors and relatives of 100 people killed in a 2003 nightclub fire, a victims' lawyer said Wednesday.Mark Mandell, one of the lawyers for the families, announced the settlements at a court hearing Wednesday.

By Eric Tucker

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November 10, 2009 | Daily Report Online

WARWICK, R.I. AP - A hospital did not do enough to care for the brother of James Woods when he went to the emergency room complaining of a sore throat and vomiting in 2006, a lawyer for the actor told jurors Monday at the trial of a wrongful death lawsuit.Michael Woods died from heart disease at Kent Hospital in Warwick on July 26, 2006, after going into cardiac arrest on a gurney.

By ERIC TUCKER

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February 14, 2008 | Daily Report Online

PROVIDENCE, R.I. AP - The owner of a radio station that promoted a rock concert where pyrotechnics ignited a deadly blaze reached a tentative $22 million settlement with survivors and victims' relatives, according to court papers filed Wednesday.The deal with Clear Channel Broadcasting is the latest in a series of settlements stemming from the Feb.

By ERIC TUCKER

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March 22, 2013 | Daily Report Online

The already-bizarre criminal case of a slain German socialite and journalist has been brought to a virtual standstill by her husband's refusal to eat, which has left the defendant unable to sit or stand on his own and at risk of death.

By Eric Tucker

6 minute read

June 05, 2013 | Daily Report Online

Three days into Pfc. Bradley Manning's court-martial for giving thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks, prosecutors have shown the soldier was trained to guard classified information and knew it could easily fall into enemy hands, yet defied promises to protect it.

By David Dishneau and Eric Tucker

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August 20, 2007 | Daily Report Online

PROVIDENCE, R.I. AP - The law school at Roger Williams University is a relative infant among peers, opened less than 15 years ago and angling ever since to elevate its national profile and climb the rankings ladder.Which makes the recent attention it's received all the less welcome.In a whirlwind week last month, Ralph R.

By Eric Tucker

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October 06, 2009 | Daily Report Online

PROVIDENCE, R.I. AP - Scuba shop owner David Swain and his wife of six years, Shelley Tyre, traveled to Tortola in 1999 for what was to be a romantic Caribbean getaway.Only Swain made it home.Tyre drowned while scuba diving in what authorities in the British Virgin Islands called an accident. They allowed Swain to take her body home.

By ERIC TUCKER

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