SOUTH PORTLAND (AP) — WGAN-AM is sticking with “The Rush Limbaugh Show” despite a local protest over the radio show host’s harsh words for a Georgetown University law student who supports health care coverage for contraception. Limbaugh called the student a “slut” and “prostitute” last week, but later issued an apology. On Thursday, Annie Finch […]
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Bank locks doors on attempted robber
WALDOBORO ( AP) — Sharp-eyed employees of a Waldoboro bank prevented a robbery this week by spotting a suspicious man outside and quickly locking the bank’s doors so he couldn’t get inside. A 41-year-old local man was arrested later and charged with attempted robbery. Police say that at about noon on Wednesday, an employee at […]
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Poland pulls food in road salt issue
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish health authorities have ordered the withdrawal from the market of more than 500,000 pounds of pickles, bread and other food suspected of containing industrial salt, the latest development in a scandal raising fears about food safety. Revelations that industrial salt was sold to food producers has prompted authorities to open […]
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God’s politics
Modern readers are sometimes troubled about the many Biblical passages in which Jesus and others heal the sick and cast out unclean spirits and demons. Today the Enlightenment has drawn a sharp dividing line between the natural and the supernatural, a line that Jesus and his disciples crossed in their healing. Yet surely their healing […]
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Rally looks at life in the sunset years
BRUNSWICK — A Life in the Sunset Years Rally is planned at the Church of the Nazarene, 94 McKeen St., on Saturday. A potluck lunch runs from noon to 1 p.m., followed by the rally from 1:30 to 3 p.m. There will be special music and an oldfashioned hymn sing. Some people interviewed in the […]
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Thieves targeting Irish church relics
DUBLIN In what seems like a surreal subplot from a Dan Brown novel, a number of irreplaceable religious relics have disappeared from churches across the country, the Irish police and a senior cleric say. The latest in a series of such thefts involved the removal of the preserved heart of St. Laurence O’Toole, Dublin’s 12th-century […]
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Lawyer: Vatican overrules 13 Cleveland closings
CLEVELAND (AP) — The Vatican has taken the extraordinary step of overruling the closing of 13 parishes by the Cleveland Diocese, a lawyer who fought the cutbacks said Wednesday. The move represents a rare instance in which Rome has reversed a U.S. bishop on the shutdown of churches. The Vatican office known as the Congregation […]
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Friday Lenten benefit suppers served up
BRUNSWICK — St. Charles Borromeo Church continues its weekly benefit Lenten fish suppers today, with proceeds benefiting Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program. Supper is served from 5 to 7 p.m. The church is located at 132 McKeen St. The meals cost $ 8 for adults, $4 for youth and $2 for those younger than 5. […]
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Traditional meal set for St. Patrick’s Day
HARPSWELL — A traditional St. Patrick’s Day dinner is planned March 17 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Elijah Kellogg Church on Route 123 in Harpswell. The cost is $8 for adults, $4 for children and $20 for a family. For more information, call 833-5567.
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Bath church hosting healthy cooking class
BATH — The Heart Healthy Cooking Class, featuring a totally plant-based diet, will be held at the Bath Seventhday Adventist Church on Tuesdays, March 20 and 27, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Dr. Gaylen Johnson and Kitty Johnson will be the presenting cooking demonstrations featuring quick and easy recipes. There will also be food samples, […]