WASHINGTON Even as the Obama administration says it’s close to defeating al-Qaida, the size of the government’s secret list of suspected terrorists who are banned from flying to or within the United States has more than doubled in the past year, The Associated Press has learned. The no-fly list jumped from about 10,000 known or […]
February 2012
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AG seeking denial of Sirhan appeal
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s attorney general has recommended the denial of the latest appeal of assassin Sirhan Sirhan, saying Wednesday that the man long-convicted in the murder of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy hasn’t proved his innocence. Lawyers representing Sirhan filed an appeal late last year alleging a bullet was switched in evidence at his […]
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CALENDAR
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Dear Abby
DEAR ABBY: “She Has a Name in Georgia” ( Dec. 2) complained that the care staff at the assisted living community where her mother lives calls her “Granny,” “Grandma” and “Mamma.” She found it disrespectful, and I agree with her. I am an R. N. with two advanced nursing degrees. Calling a resident “Granny,” “Dear” […]
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Empowered by their own actions
Editor’s Note: Merrymeeting Bay TRIAD, a consortium of local elder service, health care, community and law enforcement agencies, will offer periodic “Catch Your Eye” columns in this space. The columns aim to educate readers about TRIAD initiatives and services. Sisters Maria D’Amicis and Anna D’Agostino are leaving a legacy for the protection of older adults, a […]
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Battle of the backbones
Joe Biden is always ready to jump in as a character witness for Barack Obama. In the last presidential election, he offered effusive testimony that Obama was not too snooty to appeal to skeptical working-class voters. This time around, Biden is talking up Obama’s spine, aiming to show that all traces of Obambi are gone […]