WEDNESDAY, Feb. 20
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Roger Williams will be the first college in the state to try out a new emergency alert system. Campus Guardian is a GPS tracking system that would alert campus security to a caller’s whereabouts after an emergency cell phone call. It will be up officially in the fall but the college says it will try it out this spring.
Five years to the day after a West Warwick nightclub fire killed 100 people, survivors and loved ones remember the fourth deadliest blaze in AMERICAN history. They’re also finding hope in plans for a permanent memorial to go on the site of the former Station nightclub.
Presidential candidates Democratic Sen. Barack Obama and Republican Sen. John McCain victorious in Tuesday’s Wisconsin primary.
Sen. Obama’s campaign turning its attention to the Ocean State today. Obama’s wife, Michelle, is expected to rally at Community College of Rhode Island in Warwick at 5:45. The rally is free and open to the public.
The US Navy will try to shoot down a spy satellite loaded with toxic fuel over the Pacific Ocean tonight. Mariners have been warned to steer clear of the waters west of Hawaii between 9:30 and midnight eastern time.
It’s bound to be a busy night in the skies regardless of whether that satellite comes down. The last lunar eclipse until 2010 happening tonight. Skygazers will also get a rare glimpse of Saturn’s rings.
WQRI SPORTS
Women’s and men’s basketball at Curry College tonight, 6 and 8 respectively.
WQRI FORECAST
Partly cloudy today and 35 degrees, light snow hitting mid afternoon and continuing through the night. Little accumulation.
Thursday looks clear, mostly sunny. High 30.
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