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(PAWTUCKET, R.I.) -- An overnight shooting in Pawtucket has left four people injured, ABC affiliate WLNE reports.
The incident occurred before midnight in the driveway of a house on John Street. Three of the four shooting victims were transported to Rhode Island Hospital. The fourth victim refused treatment.
Police said the injuries do not appear to be life threatening.
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(WASHINGTON) -- The Obama campaign is opening a new front in its war against GOP rival Mitt Romney, ABC News has learned, with planned attacks to begin this week on Romney’s record as governor of Massachusetts and the campaign promises Democrats say he left unfulfilled.
Team Obama will point to Romney’s rhetoric on job creation, size of government, education, deficits and taxes during the 2002 gubernatorial campaign and draw parallels with his presidential stump speeches of 2012. The goal is to illustrate that Romney has made the same promises before with unimpressive results, officials say.
A 14-page research document compiled by the campaign and obtained by ABC News reveals the breadth of material Democrats plan to deploy, listing dozens of examples of Romney rhetoric and corresponding video clips from 2002, 2012, and the comparative “results in Massachusetts.”
The president’s campaign will use a number of former Massachusetts state officials who served with Romney between 2003 and 2007 to make their case, attacking him for, among other things, vetoing a bill against outsourcing. They also plan to release successive web videos to illustrate their points in what will be overall a national and state-level campaign.
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(CRANSTON, R.I.) -- Federal money is now available for people to purchase properties in the flood-prone region of Cranston’s Perkins Avenue, ABC News New Bedford affiliate WLNE-TV reports.
Mayor Allen Fung, alongside Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and Jack Reed, announced at a press conference that the City of Cranston received a $1.2 million federal disaster recovery grant. The grant will be applied toward the buyout of nine homes in the most flood-prone areas on Perkins Avenue.
The City of Cranston applied for funding to buy 10 additional homes through a state grant, though it was not confirmed if any more money will be received.
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(WEST BARNSTABLE, Mass.) -- The Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife says a bear that was spotted in Cape Cod over the weekend probably swam across the canal, according to a report on SouthCoastToday.com.
The Division of Fisheries and Wildlife says that it is only the second bear sighting in Southeastern Massachusetts in the last 50 years. The bear is thought to be the same one that broke into chicken coops in Middleboro in April, according to the report.
A representative for the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife believes that the bear is about two years old and could have been separated from its mother.
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(PAWTUCKET, R.I.) -- A 34-year-old man was arrested Monday, accused of injuring a Pawtucket police officer during a scuffle.
The incident reportedly happened on Monday night during a traffic stop at a parking lot on East Avenue. Officials said Mario Souto was stopped, when he allegedly became involved in a scuffle with an officer, and the officer broke his ankle after being dealt a blow by the suspect.
Souto was eventually taken into custody and charged with assault and resisting arrest, among other charges.
The injured officer was taken to an area hospital for treatment.
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