RIO DE JANEIRO – Veteran bossa nova composer Billy Blanco has died in Brazil at age 87. Hospital officials in Rio de Janeiro say he died Friday from complications of a stroke he suffered in October. Blanco was at the heart of the bossa nova movement when it bloomed in the early 1960s. He authored […]
2011
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Religion Calendar
Today Yard sale, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., First Baptist Church, 429 Main St., Springvale. Crafts and bake sale, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., held rain or shine. North Sebago Methodist Church. Sunday Sequel Band, 6 to 8 p.m., gospel music performance, Sadhana: The Meditation Center, 100 Brickhill Ave., South Portland. By donation. St. Luke’s […]
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Time Warner Cable TV service interrupted
Cable boxes are displaying L1 or other words.
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Former first lady Betty Ford dies at 93
DETROIT — A family friend says former first lady Betty Ford has died at age 93. Marty Allen says Ford, whose battles with cancer and substance abuse inspired millions to seek treatment, died Friday. Allen did not say how Betty Ford died. He says he expects the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library to release additional […]
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Maine aids in conviction in wind power scam
Dozens of investors, including several in Maine, were scammed out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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Folk singers detained at border return to Canada
A judge bars the two women from re-entering the U.S. for five years.
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Fox that attacked boy, mom in Cape E. was rabid
CAPE ELIZABETH — The Maine Department of Conservation says a fox that attacked a 3-year-old boy and his mother at a state park playground was rabid. Officials tested the fox for rabies because of its aggressive behavior in attacking the boy and his mother Thursday afternoon at Two Lights State Park in Cape Elizabeth. […]
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Visit to Calgary ends Canada tour
CALGARY, Alberta — Prince William and Kate launched the Calgary Stampede to the cheers of hundreds of thousands of fans on their final day in Canada today, a trip widely seen as a success as the newlyweds charmed Canadians at every stop. The pair, sporting white cowboy hats, waved from their car at crowds of […]
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South Sudan set to become world’s newest nation
The young government faces the huge challenge of reforming its bloated army, diversifying the economy, and deciding how political power will be distributed among the dozens of ethnic and military factions.
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Ex-Cameron aide arrested in UK hacking scandal
Police also arrest a former News of the World editor who served a jail term in 2007 for hacking into the phones of royal aides.