Supporters of the measure hail Gov. Bob McDonnell, a rising Republican star.
March 2012
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Colleges: UMaine’s Sullivan a finely tuned goalie
ORONO – When sophomore Dan Sullivan prepares for another pressured game as goalie and cornerstone for the University of Maine hockey team, the pre-game music piped through his headphones is the throbbing beat of techno. But that hardly describes Sullivan’s game. His style is disciplined and thorough. Think classical. Mozart. Bach. For Sullivan, a 1-0 […]
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Court asks for input on Poliquin
The state’s high court will accept briefs on the business activity of the state treasurer until March 23.
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U.N. official tours city that rebelled in Syria
BEIRUT – The U.N. humanitarian chief toured the shattered Syrian district of Baba Amr on Wednesday but found most residents had fled following a bloody military siege, while activists accused the government of trying to cover up atrocities that took place there. The monthlong crackdown on the rebellious Homs neighborhood brought international condemnation, and the […]
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Nation/World Dispatches
SAN DIEGO Marine’s Facebook page may violate military political rule Marine Sgt. Gary Stein first started a Facebook page called Armed Forces Tea Party Patriots to encourage service members to exercise their free speech rights. Then he declared that he wouldn’t follow orders from the commander in chief, President Obama. While Stein softened his statement […]
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This Week in GO
Carolina Chocolate Drops in Rockland and Brownfield; mayhem on Mars: ‘John Carter’; Good Theater’s ‘Little Me’ kicks off a monumental March in theater; true grits and heavenly hash at Hot Suppa; the Daytona of the belt-sander circuit; Steve Almond’s writeous rage.
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Maine Colleges: Two local skiers fare well at NCAAs
BOZEMAN, Mont. – Two skiers from Maine finished in the top five in Nordic freestyle events on the first day of the NCAA skiing championship Wednesday. Sam Tarling of Cumberland, a junior at Dartmouth, was third in the men’s 10-kilometer freestyle with a time of 25 minutes, 53.6 seconds, finishing 33.4 seconds behind Erik Soderman […]
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Satellite photos indicated cleanup of Iran nuclear test traces
VIENNA – Satellite images of an Iranian military facility appear to show trucks and earth-moving vehicles at the site, indicating an attempted cleanup of radioactive traces possibly left by tests of a nuclear-weapon trigger, diplomats told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The assertions from the diplomats, all nuclear experts accredited to the International Atomic Energy […]
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People & Entertainment: Weekend duel for Palin movies
NEW YORK — The ReelzChannel television network says it scheduled a pro-Sarah Palin documentary on the same weekend as HBO’s “Game Change” debut strictly for business considerations, not political ones. “The Undefeated,” a Palin documentary by conservative filmmaker Stephen K. Bannon, will have its television premiere on Sunday. It will come 23 hours after HBO […]