LOS ANGELES – At birth, Melinda Star Guido was so tiny she could fit into the palm of her doctor’s hand. Weighing just 9½ ounces — less than a can of soda — she is among the smallest babies ever born. Most infants her size don’t survive, but doctors are preparing to send her home […]
2011
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Letters to the editor, Dec. 16, 2011On Hacker’s Hill, let the items remain
Assistant Attorney General Amy Mills and The Land for Maine’s Future board are wrong when it comes to removing religious imagery from Hacker’s Hill in Casco. The issue at hand appears to be that the Land for Maine’s Future board is requiring removal of a statue of Jesus cradling a child and a makeshift cross, […]
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Another View: Forbes critique reflects bad business climate in Portland
As Gov. LePage says: Maine has to change the rules when it comes to business development.
Posted inNation & World
Critical Italian court ruling says Knox evidence weak
MILAN, Italy – No murder weapon. Faulty DNA. No motive. Even the time of death was wrong by nearly an hour. The Italian appeals court that cleared Amanda Knox in the killing of her roommate explained its ruling on Thursday: The evidence just didn’t hold up. In a 143-page document that criticized nearly every stage […]
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Our View: USM should fill dorms with students from away
Foreign and out-of-state students could combat Maine’s demographic challenges.
Posted inNation & World
U.S. limits use of chimps in research
The National Institutes of Health recommend that they be used only as a last resort in medical studies.
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Tsunami debris starting to reach U.S.
PORT ANGELES, Wash. – Some debris from the March tsunami in Japan has reached the West Coast. A black float about the size of a 55-gallon drum was found two weeks ago by a crew cleaning a beach a few miles east of Neah Bay at the northwest tip of Washington, the Peninsula Daily News […]
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Briefcase
Berlin City selects eight schools to receive donations Berlin City Auto Group has selected eight Maine schools to receive a total of $26,500 as part of its Drive for Education program. Berlin City will present checks of up to $3,500 on Monday to the following schools: The REAL School, Mackworth Island; Longfellow Elementary School, Portland; […]
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In Focus: The war in Iraq comes to an anticlimactic end
With a brief, businesslike ceremony in Baghdad, the U.S. declares an end to its war in Iraq.
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Co-creator of Captain America comics dies at 98
PHILADELPHIA – Joe Simon, who along with Jack Kirby co-created Captain America and was one of the comic book industry’s most revered writers, artists and editors, has died at age 98. Simon’s family relayed word of his death Thursday, posting a short statement on Facebook and telling The Associated Press through a spokesman that Simon […]