A fierce battle is expected between the agency and broadcasters over First Amendment rights.
2011
Maine Milestones, June 28, 2011
Alison Smith, an assistant women’s basketball coach at Bowdoin, has been hired as an assistant coach at the U.S. Naval Academy. Smith, a 2005 Bowdoin graduate, will serve under her former college coach, Stefanie Pemper. She fills the vacancy created when Julie Veillieux left Pemper’s staff to become the head coach at Colby. Bowdoin […]
IMF board leans toward French finance minister as chief
France’s finance minister could be chosen to head the IMF as early as today.
Briefcase, June 28, 2011
Dow gains 108.98 points, crude oil settles at $90.61 Signs that a widespread European debt crisis could be averted helped send stocks up Monday. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 108.98 points, or 0.9 percent, to close at 12,043.56. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 11.65, or 0.9 percent, to 1,280.10. The Nasdaq composite […]
Alexis Bogdanovich’s work pays off in Miss Maine Softball award
The South Portland senior had a great year to cap a dominating career, going 41-6 in four years.
Activists: Flotilla soon to take aid to Gaza
Organizers determined to challenge the blockade say Greece is hindering them due to Israeli pressure.
Memo: ‘Armed to the teeth,’ ‘Whitey’ Bulger visited Boston
Federal prosecutors file an objection to the former gang leader’s request for a public defender.
Bearded Mickey, veiled Minnie anger Muslims
An Egyptian mogul says he’s sorry for the ‘joke’ as 60,000 follow Facebook’s call to boycott his firm.
Backers of wood-burning study battle Maine veto
They say the governor made an ill-advised decision. Seven other vetoes will also be up for votes.
Maine dentistry campers will learn the drill
A UNE career program enables high school students from Maine to try their hands at dentistry this week.