Westbrook tops Marshwood and returns to the regional title game for a third time in four years.
2011
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Mixup sent officers to wrong address during murder-suicide in Winslow
The result is that officers arrived 10 minutes after Sarah Gordon called to report that her husband was threatening to kill her.
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People & EntertainmentSuperhero tribute for Apple’s Jobs: his own comic book
PHILADELPHIA — Steve Jobs, the public face of Apple Inc., is getting a comic book accolade. Publisher Bluewater Productions Inc. said Monday it will bring a 32-page biography – titled “Steve Jobs: Co-Founder of Apple” – of the iconic CEO to comic book shops, bookstores and online retailers Aug. 24, detailing his life and career. […]
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Sports Digest, June 14, 2011
TENNIS Venus Williams returns from four-month layoff Venus Williams made a successful return from a four-month layoff with a 7-5, 5-7, 6-3 win Monday over eighth-seeded Andrea Petkovic in the first round of the Eastbourne International in Eastbourne, England. The 30-year-old Williams was clearly rusty. She began the match with two double faults and made […]
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Dispatches, June 14, 2011
AUGUSTA Senate rejects bill to require photo identification at polls The Maine Senate, on an initial vote Monday, rejected a bill that would have required voters to show photo identification at the polls. The 19-15 vote followed a debate in which supporters said L.D. 199 would improve the integrity of the voting process and opponents […]
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U.S. still a big supplier of guns seized in Mexico
Evidence that the weapons are fueling a bloody drug war has angered many Mexicans.
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Study: Brain-training works for kids
LOS ANGELES — Training a child to hold a whole cluster of items in his or her memory for even a short time may feel like trying to hold a wave on the sand. But a study published Monday says it’s a drill that can yield lasting benefits. Kids who have had such training have […]
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Friends, family of slain Dexter family describe troubled relationship
DEXTER — A man from the rural town of Wellington shot and killed his estranged wife and the couple’s two children Monday morning at the woman’s home in Dexter, then shot and killed himself, state police said.
Amy Lake, a 38-year-old schoolteacher, and her children, Monica, 12, and Coty, 13, died of gunshot wounds, said Maj. Gary Wright, head of the Maine State Police Criminal Division. They were shot by Steven Lake, 37, owner of Lake’s Family Heating in nearby Harmony, he said.
Wright said police found a shotgun near the bodies and found that some sort of flammable liquid, such as gasoline, had been spread in the house on picturesque Shore Road, but wasn’t ignited.
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Family protests early release of officer convicted in shooting
The officer testified he meant to use his Taser but grabbed his pistol instead, killing an unarmed man.
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Volcano in Chile grounds 60,000 air passengers
SYDNEY — More Australian flights were canceled Tuesday because of ash from a Chilean volcano, this time out of a midsize southern airport, as airlines scrambled to fly out thousands of passengers who had been stranded for two days in Melbourne. National carrier Qantas and budget airline Jetstar said they planned to add capacity to […]