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    December 31, 2010

    Audit: CDC lost $8 million in property

    The agency says it has corrected the lapses found in a 2007 review.

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    December 31, 2010

    Snowstorm pounds western U.S., closing roads

    Drivers overwhelm an Arizona hotline that updates road conditions.

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    December 31, 2010

    U.N. chief warns against Ivory Coast hotel raid

    UNITED NATIONS – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon issued a blunt warning Thursday to followers of Ivory Coast’s defeated president: Back down from a threat to attack a U.N.-protected facility housing the country’s internationally recognized new president or face possible prosecution for war crimes. The ultimatum reflects mounting concern over a threat Wednesday by Laurent Gbagbo’s […]

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    December 31, 2010

    College Basketball: Burns faces another rehab after injury to her left knee

    ORONO – Rachele Burns of Gorham, a redshirt freshman guard on the University of Maine women’s basketball team, will miss the rest of the season with an ACL and medial meniscus tear in her left knee. Burns, who previously came back from three reconstructive surgeries on her right knee, plans to have surgery in Boston […]

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    December 31, 2010

    Bill Nemitz: After jolt of 2010, expect a wild 2011

    If ever there was a year that set the stage for a new era in Maine history, it was 2010. But as the New Year dawns, pray tell, where exactly are we headed? Here, along with a hearty wish for a Happy New Year, is my month-by-month sneak preview: JANUARY: Gov. Paul LePage’s inaugural reception […]

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    December 31, 2010

    New England Dispatches

    WOBURN, Mass. Hundreds of police officers attend wake for colleague Hundreds of police officers attended the wake for a veteran colleague killed during a department store robbery as questions mounted Thursday about the state parole board’s decision to release a career criminal who authorities say fatally shot him. About 2,000 law enforcement officials from around […]

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    December 31, 2010

    Briefcase

    Treasury takes step to sell stake in auto lender Ally The Treasury Department says it has taken a step to recover the taxpayer funds invested in Ally Financial, the auto lender formerly known as GMAC. The government is converting about a third of its $17.2 billion investment from preferred securities to common stock. That should […]

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    December 31, 2010

    ‘Rosie the Riveter’ model dies at 86

    Geraldine Doyle's photo served as the model for the famous 'We Can Do It!' poster during World War II.

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    December 31, 2010

    Western Europe better at curbing teen birth rate

    Even with its numbers declining, the U.S. still trails, probably because of less contraceptive use.

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    December 31, 2010

    Grizzly deaths near a record around park

    Yet government biologists say the robust grizzly bear population can withstand the year's heavy losses.