Filmmaker James Cameron says the last frontier out-of-this-world, desolate, foreboding — and he loved it.
March 2012
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Fewer Mass. inmates being granted parole
Gov. Deval Patrick overhauled the parole board in February 2011 following the 2010 shooting of a Woburn police officer by a parolee.
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Global Matters: The greatest speech you'll never hear
BREAKING NEWS: A reporter’s request under an obscure provision of Maine’s Freedom of Access Act has unearthed this draft of a speech prepared by an unnamed adviser in Gov. Paul LePage’s office. Apparently, the adviser has suggested that the governor deliver the following speech as next year’s State of the State address, which will mark […]
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Letter: Silence on standards isn't golden for Maine school boards
When it was introduced, the school consolidation bill needed public input. Another bill before the Senate, LD 1422, begs for more input from the public. LD 1422 will force all public schools in Maine to follow an education model called “standards-based education.” SBE moves away from traditional grades and grade levels. Most SBE systems use […]
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Obama warns N. Korea, Iran their options are few
Obama directly challenges North Korea’s leaders “to have the courage to pursue peace.”
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Maine gas prices up 3 cents
The average price is now nearly 27 cents higher than the same day a year ago and nine cents higher than a month ago.
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Waterville police hunt suspect in pharmacy robbery
A man used a note and a threat of violence Sunday to rob a CVS of an undisclosed amount of prescription medications.
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Wife defends soldier accused in Afghan rampage
The wife of Staff Sgt. Robert Bales says, “I have no idea what happened, but … he loves children, and he would not do that.”
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Maine AG: Health reform challenge ‘matter of principle’
Maine is one of 26 states that have challenged the law that is now being tested before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Maine man heads to trial in Mass. highway death
Jeremy Gardner of Bridgton is accused of hitting Gregory Vilidnitsky with his truck while Vilidnitsky was working on a paving project on in Framingham in 2010.