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<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://tumblr.superfeedr.com/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"/><description>A community-powered news and weirdness aggregator blurrily focused on Providence, Rhode Island.</description><title>WeBePVD</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @webepvd)</generator><link>http://www.webepvd.com/</link><item><title>Brown students finally manage to read Roger Williams's handwriting</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/mysterious-shorthand-code-used-by-ri-founding-father-roger-williams-finally-cracked-at-brown/2012/11/30/fa9f2864-3b64-11e2-9258-ac7c78d5c680_story.html"&gt;Brown students finally manage to read Roger Williams's handwriting&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://www.webepvd.com/post/37199869358</link><guid>http://www.webepvd.com/post/37199869358</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 14:06:01 -0500</pubDate><category>Brown University</category><category>Rhode Island</category><category>Providence</category><category>history</category><category>Roger Williams</category></item><item><title>Mayberry, RI</title><description>&lt;a href="http://blog.simplejustice.us/2012/11/30/mayberry-investigates-sheriff-andy.aspx"&gt;Mayberry, RI&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;In juxtaposition to the many instances of police (usually at the behest of school administrators) taking infantile pranks and turning them into very real prosecutions of children, four cops in North Providence, Rhode Island, took the law into their own hands and did what one would imagine Andy Griffith would have done 50 years ago.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://www.webepvd.com/post/36900287791</link><guid>http://www.webepvd.com/post/36900287791</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:30:10 -0500</pubDate><category>Rhode Island</category><category>North Providence</category><category>police</category><category>police brutality</category><category>Andy Griffith</category><category>Aw snap the po-po</category></item><item><title>I'm pretty sure Commie Mark knows this guy.</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.theonion.com/articles/911-truther-convinced-government-destroyed-past-11,29520/"&gt;I'm pretty sure Commie Mark knows this guy.&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://www.webepvd.com/post/31762234208</link><guid>http://www.webepvd.com/post/31762234208</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 20:08:46 -0400</pubDate><category>truth</category><category>conspiracy</category><category>government</category></item><item><title>Barry Hinckley's right this time, but he's still a moron.</title><description>&lt;a href="http://news.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/2012/08/politifact-ri-r-57.html"&gt;Barry Hinckley's right this time, but he's still a moron.&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://www.webepvd.com/post/29761078305</link><guid>http://www.webepvd.com/post/29761078305</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 Aug 2012 11:40:18 -0400</pubDate><category>Rhode Island</category><category>politics</category><category>Sheldon Whitehouse</category><category>Barry Hinckley</category></item><item><title>There's a recovery? Seriously?</title><description>&lt;a href="http://pbn.com/RI-economic-recovery-is-slowing-say-ripec-and-bryant,69777"&gt;There's a recovery? Seriously?&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://www.webepvd.com/post/29549527061</link><guid>http://www.webepvd.com/post/29549527061</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 09:16:35 -0400</pubDate><category>Rhode Island</category><category>economy</category><category>WE'RE SO SCREWED</category></item><item><title>"Rhode Island's scores are disappointing..."</title><description>&lt;a href="http://pbn.com/Report-RI-scores-in-bottom-3-for-transparency,69744"&gt;"Rhode Island's scores are disappointing..."&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;…in a lot of ways, but we’re talking about government transparency this time.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.webepvd.com/post/29423530444</link><guid>http://www.webepvd.com/post/29423530444</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 15:15:09 -0400</pubDate><category>Rhode Island</category><category>government</category></item><item><title>Providence man sues city, accuses officers of illegal, 'humiliating' search</title><description>&lt;a href="http://news.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/2012/08/city-man-accuse.html"&gt;Providence man sues city, accuses officers of illegal, 'humiliating' search&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;I thought &lt;a href="http://www.rall.com/rallblog/2012/04/04/syndicated-column-every-policeman-is-a-licensed-rapist" target="_blank"&gt;humiliating searches were legal now&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.webepvd.com/post/29419362835</link><guid>http://www.webepvd.com/post/29419362835</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 14:04:00 -0400</pubDate><category>Rhode Island</category><category>police</category><category>crime</category><category>Providence</category></item><item><title>Providence's First Universalist Church is now on the National Register of Historic Places.</title><description>&lt;a href="http://news.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/2012/08/providences-fir.html"&gt;Providence's First Universalist Church is now on the National Register of Historic Places.&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://www.webepvd.com/post/28919545713</link><guid>http://www.webepvd.com/post/28919545713</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2012 14:02:31 -0400</pubDate><category>Rhode Island</category><category>Providence</category><category>history</category></item><item><title>Fire at Brown University's Rockefeller library ruled accidental</title><description>&lt;a href="http://news.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/2012/08/fire-at-brown-u.html"&gt;Fire at Brown University's Rockefeller library ruled accidental&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Firefighters were dispatched to the Prospect Street library, formally named the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, at 8:37 Monday night when a smoke detector went off, triggering a master box alarm, Acting Battalion Chief John Healey said.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://www.webepvd.com/post/28917672053</link><guid>http://www.webepvd.com/post/28917672053</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2012 13:32:46 -0400</pubDate><category>fire</category><category>Rhode Island</category><category>Brown University</category></item><item><title>Reclining religion</title><description>&lt;a href="http://blogs.providencejournal.com/ri-talks/this-new-england/2012/08/-cathedral-of-st-john.html"&gt;Reclining religion&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;“So what happens to all these lovely churches?”&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.webepvd.com/post/28554333751</link><guid>http://www.webepvd.com/post/28554333751</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2012 09:22:01 -0400</pubDate><category>Rhode Island</category><category>religion</category></item><item><title>Newport named most expensive summer getaway</title><description>&lt;a href="http://pbn.com/Newport-named-most-expensive-summer-getaway,69285"&gt;Newport named most expensive summer getaway&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://www.webepvd.com/post/28001357498</link><guid>http://www.webepvd.com/post/28001357498</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:14:17 -0400</pubDate><category>Rhode Island</category><category>hotels</category><category>Newport</category></item><item><title>booksandtea:


Providence Athenaeum by P Donovan
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1exgrWkBk1r13ilso1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://booksandtea.tumblr.com/post/20060130752/providence-athenaeum-by-p-donovan-on-flickr" target="_blank"&gt;booksandtea&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21843970@N00/2295514634/" title="Providence Athenaeum" target="_blank"&gt;Providence Athenaeum&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21843970@N00/" target="_blank"&gt;P Donovan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://www.webepvd.com/post/27694824064</link><guid>http://www.webepvd.com/post/27694824064</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jul 2012 09:10:02 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Brown University Ranked the 25th Horniest University</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/features/college-rankings/2011/horniest.brown-university.html"&gt;Brown University Ranked the 25th Horniest University&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://fuckyeahbrownuniversity.tumblr.com/post/27642226978/brown-university-ranked-the-25th-horniest-university" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank"&gt;fuckyeahbrownuniversity&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;So this is a thing that happened.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://www.webepvd.com/post/27692982793</link><guid>http://www.webepvd.com/post/27692982793</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jul 2012 07:57:41 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>The Who finally reschedule that concert in Providence</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.boston.com/ae/music/2012/07/19/who-tickets-good-for-rhode-island-concert/1uBu8PY3L531QKkcpJnFnJ/story.html"&gt;The Who finally reschedule that concert in Providence&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://www.webepvd.com/post/27634236052</link><guid>http://www.webepvd.com/post/27634236052</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2012 12:49:41 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Brown removes Paterno's name from coaches job</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.boston.com/news/local/rhode_island/articles/2012/07/17/brown_removes_paternos_name_from_coaches_job/?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Rhode+Island+news"&gt;Brown removes Paterno's name from coaches job&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Brown University has removed Joe Paterno’s name from its head football coaching position and a student award named in honor of the former Brown quarterback.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://www.webepvd.com/post/27414924810</link><guid>http://www.webepvd.com/post/27414924810</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 12:51:00 -0400</pubDate><category>Rhode Island</category><category>Brown University</category><category>Joe Paterno</category></item><item><title>Tom Alciere is in no way a kook.</title><description>&lt;a href="http://news.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/2012/07/controversial-w.html"&gt;Tom Alciere is in no way a kook.&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://www.webepvd.com/post/27131011487</link><guid>http://www.webepvd.com/post/27131011487</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2012 12:45:51 -0400</pubDate><category>Rhode Island</category><category>New Hampshire</category><category>voting</category><category>privacy</category></item><item><title>Body found in Blackstone River in Woonsocket</title><description>&lt;a href="http://news.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/2012/07/body-found-in-b-2.html"&gt;Body found in Blackstone River in Woonsocket&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;Officials are attempting to identify a man in his 20s whose body was found Tuesday morning in the Blackstone River.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.webepvd.com/post/26920287700</link><guid>http://www.webepvd.com/post/26920287700</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 15:14:15 -0400</pubDate><category>Rhode Island</category><category>Woonsocket</category><category>crime</category></item><item><title>Cool. I could use a cheap, used desk chair.</title><description>&lt;a href="http://pbn.com/38-Studios-starts-liquidation,68877"&gt;Cool. I could use a cheap, used desk chair.&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://www.webepvd.com/post/26915817831</link><guid>http://www.webepvd.com/post/26915817831</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 14:04:27 -0400</pubDate><category>Rhode Island</category><category>38 Studios</category><category>business</category><category>fail</category></item><item><title>Rhode Island's Homeless Bill of Rights</title><description>&lt;a href="http://jurist.org/forum/2012/07/linda-tashbook-homeless-rights.php"&gt;Rhode Island's Homeless Bill of Rights&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;A simple guide for the perplexed bureaucrat or police officer, the Homeless Bill of Rights is a list of the seven fall-back positions that all of the state and municipal authorities have to take when dealing with homeless people.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://www.webepvd.com/post/26557772039</link><guid>http://www.webepvd.com/post/26557772039</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2012 10:23:47 -0400</pubDate><category>Rhode Island</category><category>homelessness</category><category>law</category></item><item><title>Providence police investigate robbery of Fox Point bakery | Breaking News | providencejournal.com | The Providence Journal</title><description>&lt;a href="http://news.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/2012/07/providence-poli-122.html"&gt;Providence police investigate robbery of Fox Point bakery | Breaking News | providencejournal.com | The Providence Journal&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;A man walked into the Silver Star Bakery, on Ives Street, on Saturday afternoon, telling the clerk he wanted pastry — and then pulling out a gun, the police said.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://www.webepvd.com/post/26415291104</link><guid>http://www.webepvd.com/post/26415291104</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2012 08:04:00 -0400</pubDate><category>Rhode Island</category><category>crime</category><category>robbery</category><category>pastry</category></item></channel></rss>
