The International Atomic Energy Agency also says Iran failed to give a convincing explanation about a quantity of missing uranium metal.
February 2012
Posted inForecaster Sports, The Forecaster
They did it again…Falmouth off to regional final
PORTLAND—The late game heroics and breathtaking exploits of the Falmouth boys’ basketball team never get old. They just get better and more improbable by the day. Thursday evening at the Cumberland County Civic Center, the Yachtsmen added another memorable chapter to their undefeated tale with perhaps their most impressive win to date. Facing talented and […]
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Russian billionaire wins Internet fame with rap
Just over a week before Russia’s presidential election, billionaire candidate Mikhail Prokhorov’s rapping skills have made him an Internet star.
Posted inClose to Home
Juliana L’Heureux: Journalist to talk about life on ‘unfinished’ border
Award-winning journalist Jacques Poitras will speak about life along Maine’s border with Canada and his new book, “Imaginary Line: Life on an Unfinished Border,” at Thomas College in Waterville on March 16. His book, published last September, is a political and sometimes personal history story about the border. Poitras started following stories about Maine’s international […]
Posted inBusiness, Close to Home
Businesses doing Good Works
PORTLAND Bank of America has awarded a $10,000 grant to Community Financial Literacy. The funds will enable the organization to provide financial literacy courses to refugees and immigrants in the Portland area. The organization focuses on classes and workshops about savings, money management and understanding and analyzing credit reports. For more information, go to […]
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Police arrest 76-year-old after high-speed minivan chase
The Farmington man reached speeds of about 95 mph, narrowly missed hitting two cars, swerved around traffic at a stoplight, cut across a lawn and nearly hit a police cruiser, police said.
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New-home sales dip after 4 straight monthly gains
Still, the pickup in sales at the end of last year coincides with other indications that the depressed sector is starting to revive.
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Richmond man charged with drug trafficking
Police say they seized 102 morphine tablets, 118 Oxycodone pills, about two grams of cocaine, and about $4,300 in cash.
Posted inLife & Culture, News
Study: We’re getting less friendly on social networks
The report finds that people are managing their privacy settings and their online reputation more often than they did two years ago.
Posted inAmerican Journal
Former Westbrook High teacher pleads guilty to booze charge, loses license
WESTBROOK – An English teacher from Westbrook who resigned from his position in September of 2011 has pleaded guilty in Cumberland County Superior Court to furnishing alcohol to a minor. Police issued a summons in December to Timothy Gillis, 43, of Portland, on charges of furnishing a place for minors to consume liquor, and furnishing […]