Jimmie Johnson takes the lead late at Las Vegas and earns his second straight win.
March 2010
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Hooking up with farms
Consumers at a fair in Portland and elsewhere around the state browse and buy into farmers’ future harvests.
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Arizonans fight speeding ‘photo enforcement’
Dissenters include a group gathering signatures for a ballot initiative to remove the highway cameras.
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People & Entertainment
Harry Potter star asks for tolerance NEW YORK – Daniel Radcliffe is explaining why he has just filmed a public service announcement for The Trevor Project, the leading organization focusing on suicide prevention efforts among gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered youth. Because his parents were both actors, “I grew up knowing a lot of gay […]
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Local Dispatches, March 1, 2010
BANGOR Pittston man sentenced in oxycodone case A Pittston man was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court in Bangor to nearly 41/2 years in federal prison for having oxycodone mailed from Florida to Maine for nine months in 2008. George David Lavoie, 51, also was sentenced to three years of supervised release after he completes […]
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JFK runway closure to rattle nerves, wallets
The airport’s main runway is being repaved and widened so travelers should expect longer waits and higher ticket prices.
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Sports Digest
HOCKEY QMJHL: Joel Chouinard had two goals and an assist, and Chris Doyle added a goal and three assists to lead the Victoriaville Tigres to an 8-4 win over the Lewiston Maineiacs at Victoriaville, Quebec. Chouinard broke a 2-2 tie at 3:45 of the third period, and the Tigres opened it up with three goals […]
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Major League Notebook: Scutaro settling in quickly with Red Sox
FORT MYERS, Fla. – Marco Scutaro has no problem batting ninth for the Boston Red Sox. Scutaro had 574 at-bats for the Toronto Blue Jays last season, all as the leadoff hitter. With Jacoby Ellsbury in the top spot of Boston’s lineup, Scutaro will be hitting at the bottom of the order, likely in the […]
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Golf Roundup: Mahan rallies late, wins Phoenix Open
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Hunter Mahan has been one of the most successful golfers not to win a tournament the last two years. That’s not the case anymore. Mahan came from four strokes back to win the Phoenix Open by a shot over Rickie Fowler on Sunday in a 1-2 finish for former Oklahoma State players. […]
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Storm called fifth-worst in 25 years
Central Maine Power Co. reports 12,185 customers were still without power three days after the storm.