WASHINGTON Undecided superdelegates not ready to back Romney Mitt Romney’s Super Tuesday victories elicited a collective yawn from his party’s superdelegates. Since Tuesday’s voting, Romney has added only a single endorsement to his total among members of the Republican National Committee, the party leaders who automatically attend the national convention this summer. They can support […]
March 2012
Posted inNation & World
Cruise ship owners may break up vessel
Removal of the liner cannot begin until all 500,000 gallons of fuel have been extracted from its tanks.
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Texas law spells end to federal funds for women’s program
State lawmakers flew in the face of federal regulations that women have a choice.
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Plane passengers subdue ranting flight attendant
DALLAS – Passengers on American Airlines Flight 2332 were settling in for a trip to Chicago on Friday when they say a flight attendant took over the public-address system and launched into a rant that included references to 9/11 and the safety of their plane. At first puzzled, then frightened, several passengers wrestled the flight […]
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Nuclear disaster a year later: Uncertainty, fear haunt Fukushima
‘People are scared to death,’ a U.N. official says, ‘Is it good or bad? … we can’t tell them. Life is risky.”
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Letters to the editor, March 10, 2012Mainers need more education options
The Maine State Charter School Commission has begun its work. The commission has invited public participation at meetings and has come up with ideas to fill “educational gaps” in the public school system or offer specific programming ideas like business education or science, technology, engineering and math education. The charter school movement is based on […]
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More letters, March 10, 2012: Cuts would take bite out of state oral health services
Tux Turkel does a good job at describing the reasons for our dental crisis in Maine, but he did not mention one important source of oral disease prevention that is under threat at the State House (“Preventive care slows a costly dental trend,” Feb. 28). The Fund for a Healthy Maine, the tobacco settlement that […]
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Maine Voices: Cumberland County residents deserve their own bill of rights
As commissioners write charter bylaws, they must keep their obligations to their constituents in mind.
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U.S. military, Afghans agree on prison transfer
The prison transfer deal is seen as a sign of progress toward a larger partnership accord.
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Our View: Runoff fee in Portland makes good sense
Equitably sharing the costs of sewer overflows requires taxing impervious surfaces.