Ten Rhode Islanders have died in the Iraq war. Many are buried at the
Rhode Island Veterans Cemetery in Exeter. That's where WRNI's Flo Jonic caught up with the family of Marine lance corporal Holly Charette, the first female Marine killed in the Iraq conflict.

This Memorial Day, we look at the stories of two Rhode Islanders who
lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The casualties of war extend beyond the men and women in the armed forces. Brown university graduate, researcher, and visiting scholar Michael Bhatia was killed by a road side bomb in Afghanistan earlier this month. WRNI's Megan Hall brings us more on a man who believed writing papers about the war wasn't enough.

As the Rhode Island School of Design prepares for graduation this weekend, Providence is taking steps to increase the amount of money it and other universities pay for city services. Providence is facing a $17 million deficit this year and nearly $50 million next year. WRNI Education Reporter Elisabeth Harrison looks at how the search for revenue may be affecting its relationship with private colleges.