Review: First in Bowdoin festival series sets the bar very high

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June 30, 2012

Review: First in Bowdoin festival series sets the bar very high

The first of the Bowdoin International Music Festival’s Friday night concerts at Crooker Theater had something for almost every musical taste – the Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat (BWV 1051), the Debussy String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10, and a virtuoso performance of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D Major (Op. 35) […]
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June 30, 2012

Review: ‘Legally Blonde’ makes the case for fun musical entertainment

Maine State Music Theatre continues its 54th season with a campy rendition of “Legally Blonde.” Entertainingly filled with Valley girls and bubblegum songs, it’s a guilty-pleasure production that, under the bleach-blond wigs and explosion of pink, playfully reminds audiences that “be true to yourself” never goes out of style. With an underlying message about the […]
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June 30, 2012

Garnett returning to the Celtics

After considering retirement, future Hall-of-Famer Kevin Garnett has chosen to return to the Boston Celtics for a 3-year deal worth $34 million.
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June 30, 2012

Maine lawyer charged in bomb threat

An attorney who's represented several high-profile murder defendants in Maine faces two misdemeanor charges for calling in bomb threats to schools.
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June 30, 2012

Trooper who crashed into wrong-way driver has done other feats

In addition to Friday's heroics, Trooper Douglas Cropper has been involved in many high-profile incidents on Interstate 295.

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June 30, 2012

Stolen Salvador Dali painting mailed back to NYC

The Postal Service says a $150,000 stolen Salvador Dali painting has been mailed back to New York from Europe and intercepted at Kennedy International Airport.
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June 30, 2012

Report: Ex-Penn State president OK’d not reporting Sandusky to police

A news organization says it has seen emails showing Penn State's former president Graham Spanier agreed not to take allegations of sex abuse against ex-assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky to authorities but worried university officials would be "vulnerable" for failing to report it.
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June 30, 2012

Adelson giving another $10 million to GOP

The casino billionaire has now given $51 million to the GOP in this election cycle.
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June 30, 2012

Motorist dies in E Maine crash

ELLSWORTH – One motorist died and three others were hospitalized in a crash that tied up an eastern Maine highway for hours. The Bangor Daily News says a car and a truck pulling a camper collided head-on around 5:30 p.m. Friday evening on state Route 3 in Ellsworth. The car’s driver, who was not immediately […]
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June 30, 2012

Defendant commits suspect suicide in Ariz. courtroom

It involves scuba gear, a burned mansion and possibly poison. "This is one of the strangest cases I've seen," said a Maricopa County sheriff's spokesman.

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