Trying to muscle North Korea toward peace over provocation, President Barack Obama is broadening his squeeze play from the heart of this tensely divided peninsula, pressuring China to show more influence and warning North Korea that it is headed toward a crippling “dead end” of isolation.
March 2012
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Fire ravages downtown Fort Kent
A fast-moving fire today destroyed three downtown buildings in Fort Kent, displacing at least 25 people.
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Maine Maple Sunday draws big crowds
Some sugar houses offered ice cream with maple syrup, hay rides and the company of farm animals. But the overall outlook wasn’t good.
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Oldest US natural history museum offers rare peek
For the first time ever, The Academy of Natural Sciences will show off drawers filled with exotic birds, cabinets holding polar bear skeletons, jars of preserved snakes, beautiful shells that can kill humans and other usually hidden exhibits.
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Student shot to death on Mississippi State campus
21-year-old student was shot to death in a Mississippi State University dormitory, the first time a student had been shot on the campus.
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D’Amboise sharpens attack in 6-way Maine GOP primary
D’Amboise called his Republican opponents “carpetbaggers” who didn’t have the courage to run against Olympia Snowe. D’Amboise is facing Attorney General William Schneider and State Treasurer Bruce Poliquin, among others.
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Shays says Senate needs a New England centrist like Snowe
In his bid for a political comeback, Republican Senate candidate Christopher Shays of Connecticut says New England needs more fiscally conservative, socially moderate “New England Republicans” like Olympia Snowe.
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Navajo Nation eyes Grand Canyon for development
The Navajos want to build a gondola, restaurant, river walk and resort hotel and spa at the edge of the Grand Canyon to take advantage of the millions of tourists who visit every year. But the plan faces a lot of opposition.
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Maine School program embraces Franco-American culture
Dominick and Rocko Napolitano are learning how to speak their grandmother’s language: French.
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Afghans: U.S. paid $50,000 per death in shooting spree
The United States has paid the affected families $50,000 in compensation for each Afghan killed in last week’s massacre of mostly women and children by a U.S. soldier.