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...feud has erupted between U.S. Representative Patrick Kennedy and Bishop Thomas Tobin, Rhode Island's top Catholic leader, over whether the pro-choice lawmaker should be allowed to receive Communion. On Nov. 20, the son of the late Ted Kennedy told the Providence Journal that Tobin had ordered him not to partake of the sacrament--an accusation the bishop later denied, saying it had been merely a request. The spat is the latest between Tobin and Kennedy, who sparred in October after Kennedy criticized church leaders for supporting the veto of a health care bill unless it included restrictions...
There's a Winter Weather Advisory out for Massachusetts and Rhode Island, warning against the "first plowable snowfall of the season for much of southern New England tonight...
Representative Patrick J. Kennedy, the late Senator’s son elected from Rhode Island’s 1st Congressional District, praised Capuano but stopped short of endorsing him for the Senate seat...
...billion fund to help homeowners avoid foreclosure. In the Senate, Virginia's Mark Warner wants to use $50 billion in leftover bank-bailout funds for small-business loans (as of the end of October, the so-called TARP program still had $300 billion left). And Senator Jack Reed, a Rhode Island Democrat, has taken inspiration from Germany's successful weathering of the financial crisis and proposed a $600 million fund to subsidize workers who volunteer to have their hours cut back to help companies avoid layoffs...