Scientists credit reduced shipping traffic in the Bay of Fundy – a result of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
February 2012
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Nation/World Dispatches
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Caffeine offered in a lipstick-sized tube for inhaling Move over coffee and Red Bull. A Harvard professor thinks the next big thing will be people inhaling their caffeine from a lipstick-sized tube. Critics say the novel product is not without its risks. The product, called AeroShot, went on the market late last month […]
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Dispatches
Driver blinded by sun hits girl trying to board bus / Bill aims to get parents involved at kids’ schools / Section of Memorial Bridge taken down, floated to Mass. / . . . and more news from around Maine.
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People & EntertainmentMcCartney live on iTunes
NEW YORK – Paul McCartney will debut the songs from his new album “Kisses on the Bottom” in a free live streaming performance on iTunes. The performance takes place at 10 p.m. today from Capitol Studios in Los Angeles, where much of the new album was recorded. “Kisses on the Bottom” features McCartney’s interpretation of […]
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Russians reach subglacial lake miles under Antarctic
MOSCOW – Opening a scientific frontier miles under the Antarctic ice, Russian experts drilled down and finally reached the surface of a gigantic freshwater lake, an achievement the mission chief likened to placing a man on the moon. Lake Vostok could hold living organisms that have been locked in icy darkness for some 20 million […]
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A Goodwill deal: Pay by the pound
Goodwill Industries of Northern New England invited the media to take a peek Wednesday at its new warehouse and Buy the Pound Outlet at 34 Hutcherson Drive in Gorham’s Industrial Park. The outlet, which is set to open Feb. 16, will offer consumers deeply discounted merchandise that did not sell in its retail stores. The […]
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Politics aside, Obama and Romney are surprisingly similar
WASHINGTON – The general election is shaping up as a contest between two remarkably similar men. Not ideologically. Despite the Newt Gingrich-peddled notion that “there really is no difference” between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama, the gulf in political philosophy is enormous. Both men, left to their own devices, would occupy a centrist place within […]
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GOP vows birth control policy reversal
The fight over the health care mandate escalates as Republicans clearly see a political opening.
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This time, Republicans have it wrong on defense spending
An 8 percent cut in the budget, as Obama has proposed, will in no way imperil the nation.
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LePage’s communications chief will resign
Peter Rogers says he has set up the office as planned, so he’s moving on after seven months.