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Food & Dining Dispatches, March 28, 2012

STATEWIDE Margaritas restaurants ready to celebrate 25th anniversary Margaritas Mexican restaurants in Maine are celebrating their 25th anniversary with parties held simultaneously Friday at every location. The parties will feature retro music, hourly giveaways of $25 gift cards, trivia and a “Two for $25” promotion that offers customers two entrees and an appetizer for $25. […]

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Pope hints at need for political change in Cuba

HAVANA — Pope Benedict XVI prayed for freedom and renewal “for the greater good of all Cubans” before the nation’s patron saint Tuesday, but the island’s communist leaders quickly rejected the Roman Catholic leader’s appeal for political change after five decades of one-party rule. The exchange came hours ahead of a 55-minute closed-door meeting with […]

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Occupy Maine plans protest during Obama fundraiser

PORTLAND — While campaign donors are gathering at the Portland Museum of Art on Friday for dinner with the president at $7,500 to $30,800 a plate, Occupy Maine will be forming a soup line outside. They’re calling the event a “Soup or Pac.” (Get it? Super Pac?) The group, calling itself “Occupy Obama’s Ritzy Fundraiser,” […]

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Eat as she says, not as he does

Thomas Jefferson was probably one of our foodiest presidents. After all, when he fell in love with dishes in France and Italy, he’d have the ingredients shipped over here. That’s how Americans got macaroni and cheese, which was a popular dish overseas in the late 18th century. Michelle Obama is known for her kitchen garden […]

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Items slain teen had earlier at school not tied to thefts

SANFORD, Fla.—  Women’s jewelry and a watch found in Trayvon Martin’s school backpack last fall could not be tied to any reported thefts, the Miami-Dade Police Department said Tuesday. The Miami Herald in its Tuesday editions reported that it had obtained a Miami-Dade Schools Police Department report that showed the slain teenager was suspended in […]