Factory orders rise along with confidence, though some policy-makers worry about inflation.
2011
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Suspect’s confession can be used against him
NASHUA, N.H. – A New Hampshire judge is allowing a confession by a 21-year-old man charged in the machete killing of a Mont Vernon woman to be used at his insanity trial. Superior Court Judge Gillian Abramson made her decision about Christopher Gribble in an order Tuesday. It denied a media request to unseal an […]
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At the Movies
OPENING “THE GREEN HORNET” (1:48) (PG-13) Stars Seth Rogen, Jay Chou and Christoph Waltz. Directed by Michel Gondry. night, debonair newspaper publisher Britt Reid fights crime as a masked superhero known as the Green Hornet. At his side is martial arts expert Kato. Violent action, language, sensuality and drug content. Opening at: Cinemagic Westbrook Fri-Wed […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Letters to the editor, Jan. 13, 2011: Ponder shootings’ causes, reactions
If we can agree that prayer is a loving and helpful action to benefit Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and the other victims of this horrendous tragedy, perhaps we can begin to wonder about the effect of our hatred on others as well. Arizona Sheriff Clarence Dupnik noted several times the “vitriol” in our society as a […]
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Maine Voices: Is organic farming really everything its advocates claim?
When it’s compared to conventional agriculture, substantial differences are hard to find.
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Our View: Attorney general right to join Obamacare suit
Critics are making a judgment call, but are not the ones with the power to settle the question.
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Movie Review: ‘Season of the Witch’ is one for the Dark Ages
Nicolas Cage flashes those pearly whites, chews some striking Austrian, Hungarian and Croatian scenery, and collects another check for “Season of the Witch,” the latest in a long, almost uninterrupted run of junk movies that are beneath an actor of his Oscar-winning caliber. “Witch” has him playing a wayward knight forced to escort an accused […]
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‘Knight’ the cream of the superheroes camp
This week’s release of “The Green Hornet” fills a movie/comics nerd/geek like me with guarded optimism. On the one hand, the offbeat casting of an improbably buffed-out Seth Rogen and the unexpected entrusting of a potential superhero franchise to art-filmy director Michel Gondry (“Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”) promises something unique. On the other, […]
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What Ales You: Worth going out of your way to sample the ales at Bray’s
This is almost embarrassing to admit, but I made my first-ever trip to Bray’s Brew Pub in Naples last week. I had heard great things about the pub and its beer, but being an hour away, I had never made the effort to make a special trip. And on the many times I’ve driven by, […]
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From the Editor: Wham! Thwack! These returns would be super at the box office
Friday’s release of “The Green Hornet” kicks off a year of superhero movies. Big-screen adaptations of Thor, the Green Lantern, X-Men (a prequel) and Captain America will be smacking around villains at a multiplex near you over the coming months, providing much-needed antidotes to a mountain of dreck that includes “Take Me Home Tonight,” “The […]