It is time for Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins to support the administration’s promotion of significant health care reform. The companion bill coming to the Senate is not perfect, but is an effective move in the right direction. Plan opponents say the present effort should be scrapped and replaced by small, “step-by-step” measures. However, […]
March 2010
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Tom Caron: Red Sox could decideanother lefty is all right
– Alan Embree represents the Red Sox-Yankees baseball rivalry as well as anyone. The relief pitcher was a pivotal figure in one of the greatest moments in Red Sox history, getting Ruben Sierra to ground out for the final out in Game 7 of the 2004 American League Championship Series. He was also part of […]
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Maine Milestones
Semmel Sierra scored twice to help the Central Maine Youth Hockey girls’ 14U select team earn a 2-1 win over Connecticut Northern Lights in the USA Hockey New England Regional Tier 2 Championship at Sukee Arena in Winslow on March 14. The team was 5-0 in the three-day tournament and earned a trip to the […]
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Wall St. regulation bill headsto full Senate on party-line vote
Surprisingly, Republicans pull 300 amendments they’d planned to include.
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Artists dish outsupersized ‘Suppers’
The portions depicted in the meal have grown steadily over the past millennium, a study finds.
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Our View: Time to focusmore attention on Middle East
Coming off his big win on health care, President Obama should now look abroad.
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New details on Jackson’s last moments
Documents say the pop star’s doctor collected drug vials before calling for emergency help.
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Market sees healthy riseafter House OKs overhaul
NEW YORK – U.S. stocks rose, erasing an early drop, as drugmakers gained after the House passed an overhaul of the health-care industry and analyst upgrades lifted companies from Citigroup to Boeing. Bristol-Myers Squibb and Pfizer climbed at least 1.4 percent to help lead health care companies higher after the House approved legislation that will […]
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911 calls lead to DUI arrest of state trooper
DENVER – An on-duty Colorado state trooper was pulled over Monday and charged with driving drunk after several people called 911 to report a State Patrol vehicle driving erratically, authorities said. Video taken by a television station helicopter showed the arrest of 48-year-old David Dolan, who was in uniform. Sheriff’s deputies put handcuffs on him […]
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Pot-rich county seeslegalization as threat
Humboldt County residents fear more players will mean more supply, undermining their lucrative trade.