WASHINGTON — The arguments are done and the case has been submitted, as Chief Justice John Roberts says at the end of every Supreme Court argument. Now the justices wrestle with what to do with President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. They have a range of options, from upholding the law to striking it down […]
March 2012
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Photos: Just their luck
Portland radio station WBLM sales manager Mike Marcello handed free Mega Millions lottery tickets in Monument Square this morning – three to a very happy Carrie Brady of South Portland and one to Andy Verzosa of Portland. The jackpot is up to $540 million.
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Last-minute illustrator change at Festival of the Book
Illustrator Sandra Waugh and author Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino will replace Nathan Walker, who has the flu.
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As more autism reported, doctors say check early
At 18 months, Cristina Astacio spoke only a few words, wouldn’t respond to her name and shunned other kids in her day care group. Last October, her worried parents found out why . . .
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Vt. school remembers slain teacher
About 2,000 people gathered today to celebrate the life of a popular Vermont prep school teacher who police say was lured from her home, beaten and strangled to death.
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JetBlue says crew won’t talk about incident
A JetBlue plane had to make an emergency landing in Texas because of the strange and frightening behavior of its pilot
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Portsmouth man accused of abuse crimes dating back to ’70s
Police arrested 81-year-old Souran Manoguian for rape and incest charges dating back to the early 1970s.
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Amazon CEO wants to raise sunken Apollo 11 engines
For 43 years, the engines that helped boost Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins to the moon have rested in the Atlantic. Now an Internet billionaire wants to raise them.
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NH lottery sales at 27,000 transactions/hour
New Hampshire lottery officials say MegaMillions fever is driving lottery sales in the state to 27,000 transactions an hour.
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Museum exhibits forger’s work for April Fools
Fool me once, the saying goes. But 50 times? That’s what a convincing art forger did for nearly three decades when he donated his copies of Picassos and other works of art to unsuspecting museums in 20 states.