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    July 31, 2011

    Festival offers a taste of cultural diversity

    The festival, designed to showcase Maine's diversity and promote unity among cultures, featured various performances, a smorgasbord of cuisine, local organizations and a variety of artisans.

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    July 31, 2011

    World Dispatches

    BOGOTA, Colombia Judge orders ex-official arrested in spying case A Colombian judge Saturday ordered the arrest of former President Alvaro Uribe’s chief of staff for alleged involvement in spying on judges, journalists and politicians by the domestic security agency. Bernardo Moreno, 51, is the second top former aide to Uribe to be ordered arrested on […]

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    July 31, 2011
    Nasser Jason Abdo, Greg Ebert

    Tips from public avert terror attacks

    America's work force has played a crucial role in preventing bloodshed.

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    July 31, 2011

    Thousands of Israelis protest housing costs, ‘social gaps’

    The demonstrations are the largest in two weeks of protests inspired in part by unrest in the Arab world.

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    July 31, 2011

    Project under way to create beach access guide

    There’s no comprehensive guide, either online or in print, to the coastal beaches in Maine that are open to the public. That information is spread out across various sources, from state tourism websites to local land trust brochures. But that’s about to change, thanks to a project by the Maine Coastal Program. The program is […]

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    July 31, 2011

    Slices of history were lost, too

    NEW YORK – Letters written by Helen Keller. Forty-thousand photographic negatives of John F. Kennedy taken by the president’s personal cameraman. Sculptures by Alexander Calder and Auguste Rodin. The 1921 pact that created the agency that built the World Trade Center. Besides ending nearly 3,000 lives, the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the trade center […]

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    July 31, 2011

    Jung at heart of Bailey Island celebration

    Crackling black-and-white film footage from September 1936 shows grinning men and women, notebooks under their arms, walking to a lecture on Bailey Island, eager to meet one man. Carl Jung, the father of archetypal psychology, created a fervor when he delivered a six-day seminar on “Dream Symbols of the Individuation Process.” While in the United […]

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    July 31, 2011

    Monica Quimby: Professor encourages disabled students

    Monica Quimby from Scarborough is only 25 years old, but she already has multiple degrees, an impressive resume and even a title — Ms. Wheelchair Maine. The cheerful young woman will travel to Grand Rapids, Mich., in August for the Ms. Wheelchair America competition, before assuming her new position this fall as director of education […]

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    July 31, 2011

    Lawyer: Iran may free U.S. hikers soon

    The two men, charged with espionage, could be sentenced to time served at a hearing today.

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    July 31, 2011

    Accomplished lawyer, radio host writes book

    Ken Altshuler's 'Golf Foreplay' is designed to teach beginners the rules and etiquette.