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PublishedSeptember 1, 2011
Sports Medicine: Nothing brings runners back to basics like minimalist shoes
In my last column I described the emerging trend of barefoot running. This is a misleading term because barefoot runners don’t actually run without wearing shoes. Instead, the trend is about taking the thick soles and supportive structures away from running shoes. These “barefoot” shoes allow a more natural stride in which the forefoot hits […]
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PublishedSeptember 1, 2011
Isolated Carrabassett to get temporary bridges on Tuesday
The loss of two bridges has meant long detours and hindered commercial traffic to Quebec.
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PublishedSeptember 1, 2011
In Focus: In Vermont town, nothing to do but wait
'It's like an island,' says one Rochester, Vt., resident. But relief -- and power -- are on the way.
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PublishedSeptember 1, 2011
Briefcase
Demand for autos, planes energizes factory orders U.S. factory orders rose strongly in July on the biggest jump in demand for autos in more than eight years and a surge in commercial airplane orders. The increase suggests supply chain disruptions created by the Japan earthquake crisis are easing. Factory orders climbed 2.4 percent, the largest […]
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PublishedSeptember 1, 2011
WikiLeaks: Iraq civilians killed
A U.S. diplomatic cable made public by WikiLeaks provides evidence that U.S. troops executed at least 10 Iraqi civilians, including a woman in her 70s and a 5-month-old infant, then called in an airstrike to destroy the evidence, during a controversial 2006 incident in the central Iraqi town of Ishaqi. The unclassified cable, which was […]
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PublishedSeptember 1, 2011
George Green dies at 59; wrote lyrics for stars
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Songwriter George Green, who wrote lyrics for some of John Mellencamp’s biggest hits and songs for Barbra Streisand and others, died Sunday at age 59 of lung cancer, said his wife, Kathryn Green. Green was a boyhood friend of Mellencamp and lived in Bloomington for many years. The songs Green co-wrote with […]
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PublishedSeptember 1, 2011
Gadhafi official rejects demand for surrender
BENGHAZI, Libya – The spokesman for Moammar Gadhafi’s collapsing government on Wednesday rejected a rebel ultimatum to surrender or face an all-out military assault, and two of Gadhafi’s sons sent mixed signals from hiding about dealing with the rebel government. A senior rebel official coordinating the hunt for Gadhafi, Hisham Buhagiar, said the deposed Libyan […]
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PublishedSeptember 1, 2011
Ventilation flaws linked to two carbon monoxide deaths
The deaths of Lewis Somers III, 85, and his wife, Elizabeth Somers, 84, in Raymond were among the 45 attributed to Irene in its march up the Eastern Seaboard.
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PublishedSeptember 1, 2011
Time Warner cable failure hits 350,000
PORTLAND – The impact of Tropical Storm Irene continued to be felt Wednesday, when flooding caused by Sunday’s rain knocked out a fiber-optic cable in Vermont and cut Internet and digital phone service for almost four hours to about 350,000 customers of Time Warner Cable in New England. The company’s network crashed about 2:30 p.m. […]
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PublishedSeptember 1, 2011
Government moves to block AT&T, T-Mobile merger
The two communications giants reject Justice Department claims that consumers would suffer.
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