LAGOS, Nigeria More than 500 people killed in attack on Christian village At least 528 people were killed in an attack on a predominantly Christian village by Muslim Fulani herders near the central Nigerian city of Jos, a local rights group said. The pre-dawn attack Sunday on the Dogo na Hauwa village was in reprisal […]
March 2010
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Sprint Cup: This is no time to panic
Commentary: NASCAR shouldn’t overreact in the wake of an ugly incident at Atlanta.
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No more quakes than usual, scientists say
Earthquakes don’t kill people – buildings do, they say. And now more people live on fault lines.
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Networks, cable continue battle over fees
TV networks want a bigger share of the fiscal pie, but cable providers are pushing back.
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Dispatches
SANFORD N.H. man arrested in pharmacy robbery Sanford Police have arrested a New Hampshire man in connection with a drug robbery from a Hannaford pharmacy on Sunday. Police in Westbrook and Portland are investigating whether the suspect was involved in similar crimes that occurred the same day in those communities. Sanford Police Chief Thomas Connolly […]
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Baptist missionary freed in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – One of two Baptist missionaries still held on kidnapping charges in Haiti was released Monday, but the U.S. group’s leader remained in custody. Charisa Coulter, 24, was taken from her jail cell to the airport by U.S. Embassy staff more than a month after she and nine other Americans were arrested for […]
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‘Hurt Locker’ too risky for real life, say bomb experts
The Oscar-winning film was ‘sexed up,’ veterans say, but it did capture the reality of an adrenaline rush.
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Red Riots assistant heads to Falmouth
Kevin Winship is leaving South Portland to become the Yachtsmen’s new head baseball coach.
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PGA Tour announces ban for controversial wedges
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The 20-year-old Ping wedges with square-shaped grooves will no longer be allowed on the PGA Tour starting March 29 under an agreement reached Monday with Ping executives. John Solheim, the chairman and CEO of Ping, said the Phoenix-based company is waiving its right that had kept the PGA Tour from banning Ping […]
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Mitchell: Israel, Palestinians to hold talks
JERUSALEM – Israel and the Palestinians have agreed to begin indirect, American-brokered talks, U.S. Mideast envoy George Mitchell announced Monday. The agreement ends a 14-month deadlock in peacemaking and represents the Obama administration’s first substantive diplomatic achievement here. The announcement, however, came just hours after Israel enraged Palestinians by announcing new West Bank settlement construction […]