BOSTON Unlucky and stupid criminals, natural oddities, strange quests and weird accomplishments may not be earth-shattering news, but they all grabbed headlines across New England in 2011, providing comic relief and touching moments to the tragic and serious news of the year. Given their nationwide reach, it’s not surprising that a new Ben & Jerry’s […]
2011
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Missing Ind. girl found dead, babysitter arrested
FORT WAYNE, Ind. The neighbor who was babysitting a 9-year-old Indiana girl when she went missing last week will be formally charged with murder today, a heartbreaking turn for the girl’s relatives who considered him a family friend. Authorities said Monday night that Aliahna Lemmon had been found dead and Mike Plumadore, who was watching […]
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BRIEFS
Bachmann, Perry and Gingrich touring Iowa DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Three Republican presidential candidates, each claiming to be the truly conservative alternative to Mitt Romney, are launching bus tours today through this early nominating state. Just a week before Iowa’s leadoff caucuses, Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, Texas Gov. Rick Perry and former House Speaker […]
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Soldier shot at homecoming in critical condition
LOS ANGELES A soldier who survived a suicide bombing attack in Afghanistan continues to fight for his life after he was critically wounded at his Southern California homecoming party. Police on Monday arrested Ruben Ray Jurado after he turned himself in to authorities in Chino Hills, about 35 miles east of Los Angeles. The 19-year-old […]
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Helicopter crash kills 3, puts transplant on hold
MIAMI A helicopter that was on its way to retrieve a heart for transplant crashed in northern Florida, killing all three on board and leaving the transplant patient having to wait for another organ to become available. The helicopter left a Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville on Monday around 5:45 a.m. carrying a surgeon and a […]
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CALENDAR
Tue/27 BLOOD DRIVE AUBURN MALL, noon-5 p.m., Auburn;1-800 RED CROSS or www.RedCross-Blood.org.AMERICAN RED CROSS DONOR CENTER, noon-7 p.m., 524 Forest Ave.,Portland; www.RedCrossBlood.org or1-800-RED-CROSS. MISCELLANEOUS FREE GAME DAY, noon-3 p.m., Richmond Senior Citizen’s Group, 164Pleasant St.; starts with lunch, followed by variety of games; transportation or more info, BarbaraBarter 737-2190.KNITTING CIRCLE ‘CRAFTERNOONS,’3:30-5 p.m., Patten Free Library, […]
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Dear Abby
DEAR ABBY: As a clinical psychologist, I believe your advice to “Protective Mom in the Midwest” ( Oct. 26) was oversimplified. You told her she was right in not permitting her husband’s brother, a registered sex offender, to visit the family during the holidays. She didn’t want her 10-year-old daughter around him. You have made […]
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The Constitution according to Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich’s high-speed wobble toward the presidency slammed into the federal judiciary recently and went spinning crazily off in a dangerous, despotic direction. As president, Gingrich said, he would not feel bound by Supreme Court decisions he disagreed with. That is the position of a megalomaniacal leader of a banana republic, not a candidate voters […]