WASHINGTON – Regulators Friday closed a small bank based in Crestview, Fla., boosting to 91 the number of bank failures in the U.S. this year. The number of closures has fallen sharply this year as banks have worked their way through the bad debt accumulated in the recession. By this time last year, regulators had […]
2011
Posted inBusiness
Entrepreneurs from abroad may get start just offshore
A company wants to help foreigners start businesses in the U.S. from a ship docked off California.
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Posted inNews
Five unnamed finalists in Portland police chief search
The city’s nationwide search drew more than 80 applicants. A search committee chose 11 for telephone interviews, and has since narrowed the field to five.
Posted inBusiness
Torrent of bad fiscal news flows out of Europe
DUBLIN – Alarming financial news flowed out of Europe in a torrent Friday, just a week after the European Union leaders struck a deal they thought would contain the continent’s debt crisis. The bombardment shredded hopes of a lasting solution to the turmoil that is endangering the euro — the currency used by 17 European […]
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Photo: Cycling through the seasons
A cyclist takes advantage of the mild weather and dry roads for a mid-December ride along the Eastern Prom in Portland on Friday afternoon.
Posted inNation & World
Christopher Hitchens, 62, provocative writer
A masterful essayist for whomnothing was sacred, he aroused praise and scorn in equal measure.
Posted inBusiness
Pay phones tough to sell these days
A firm with 1,000 coin-operated phones in 2008 now hopes it can make it through the winter.
Posted inLife & Culture, Religion and Values
Critics: Atheists ‘hijacking’ Nativity display
SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Organizers of Santa Monica’s well known Christmas Nativity scene at Palisades Park are accusing atheists of “hijacking” the tradition. Atheist groups objected to use of the park by churches to espouse a religious message and applied to the city for their own spaces. Officials used a lottery to dole out spots […]
Posted inReligion and Values
Reflections: Under season’s glowing nighttime sky lives Higher Power greater than us all
In the season of “Deck the Halls” and Festivals of Light, I walk onto my deck this December night without light. And I witness a miracle. The sky shimmers with leftover reflections from a pink and purple sunset. Storming all day, the air is now moist, molecules shining with sparkly water bubbles that reflect the […]
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Religion Calendar
Editor’s note: For specific times of holiday religious services, please contact the individual places of worship. Today Advent Vigil for Disarmament, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., across from the administration building at Bath Iron Works, Washington Street, Bath. Live Nativity, 5 to 7 p.m., with people only, no animals. Park Avenue Church of God, 28 […]