Two media firms in Greater Portland produced the public service announcement that led to Wednesday’s capture in California of James “Whitey” Bulger, who was wanted in 19 murders and had been on the run for 16 years. The FBI hired Northeast Media Associates, based in South Portland, and Black Fly Media of Portland to produce […]
2011
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Another day of talks, and cautious optimism
NFL players and owners meet for a second straight day to work out a bargaining agreement.
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Police: Woman in court was ‘walking pharmacy’
The Oakland woman is charged after allegedly entering court with pills and marijuana on her.
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Desperate measure? U.S. to tap oil stores
The release could lower gas prices and help straighten out the wayward recovery.
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Golf Roundup: Tseng takes early lead with birdie binge
PITTSFORD, N.Y. – No matter how hard she tried, Paula Creamer couldn’t quite catch Yani Tseng. Neither could anyone else. Tseng, the top-ranked player in the world, shot a 6-under 66 on Thursday to take a one-shot lead over Creamer after the first round of the LPGA Championship. The 22-year-old Tseng, already the youngest player […]
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Panel has plan for replacing Wentworth school
No cost data is provided for the proposal, which has been scaled back from one rejected by voters in 2006.
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New England Dispatches
GLOUCESTER, Mass. Head of fisheries office plans to retire this year The head of the federal fisheries service’s northeast office has announced she’ll retire at year’s end. Patricia Kurkul has led the Gloucester-based regional office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries Service since 1999. She’s presided over a turbulent time in fishery management, […]
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Gadhafi stirs backers with defiant speech over airstrikes
TRIPOLI, Libya – Supporters of Moammar Gadhafi rallied Thursday in Tripoli after the Libyan leader lashed out at NATO over civilian casualties, calling the alliance “murderers” following an airstrike on the family home of a close associate. A few hundred supporters, most of them women, gathered in the capital’s Green Square hours after the late-night […]
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Feds: Terror plot was patterned after massacre, alleged war crime
SEATTLE – The massacre at Fort Hood, Texas, and the ongoing war crimes prosecutions of Washington state soldiers helped inspire a terror plot in which two men planned to attack a military recruiting station in Seattle with grenades and machine guns, according to a federal complaint filed Thursday. Abu Khalid Abdul-Latif, also known as Joseph […]
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Confusion reigns as Amtrak deals with power drop
Rail commuters between New York and Philadelphia encounter disruptions for a third time in three days.