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    July 31, 2012
    Erik Storck, Trevor Moore

    2012 London Olympics: So hoping to make waves

    A U.S. team competing for a medal is coached by a sailor from Maine.

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    July 31, 2012

    Congress OKs veterans homes funding gap fix

    WASHINGTON – Congress has approved legislation that aims to address a federal funding problem that veterans homes officials say is discouraging them from taking in some disabled and elderly veterans who need long-term care. The changes are in an omnibus veterans affairs bill that’s on its way to President Obama. Operators of state-affiliated veterans homes […]

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    July 31, 2012

    Wiz Khalifa concertgoers treated for exhaustion

    A few arrests are reported but the concert at Scarborough Downs is largely trouble-free.

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    July 31, 2012

    People & Entertainment: Snoop says he’s transformed

    NEW YORK – Snoop Dogg wants you to know that he’s tired of hip-hop, is Bob Marley reincarnated and is embracing reggae instead of the culture of guns he once rapped about. Also, he’s got a new name: Snoop Lion. The artist said at a news conference Monday in New York that he was “born […]

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    July 31, 2012

    Chick-fil-A heirs reach ranks of billionaires

    BOSTON – Chick-fil-A Inc., the Atlanta-based fast-food chain feuding with gay-rights advocates over its stance on marriage, has served up two hidden billionaires. The two sons of S. Truett Cathy, the chicken sandwich empire’s founder — Dan Cathy, 59, and Donald Cathy, who is known as Bubba — have joined the ranks of the world’s […]

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    July 31, 2012

    Royal River restoration

    A three-day cooperative effort has begun to remove 25 granite blocks that once formed a dam on the Yarmouth waterway. And advocates hope it's just the beginning.

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    July 31, 2012

    Kathleen Parker: In Poland, Romney talks freedom, economic and religious

    The same week that President Obama’s health regulations go into effect, forcing people of faith to violate their conscience or shut their doors, Mitt Romney preached the gospel of economic and religious freedom in Poland and Israel. By that juxtaposition, the contrast in presidential candidates could not be starker. Romney’s recent tour, the reporting of […]

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    July 31, 2012

    New approach unveils Romney 101

    The GOP candidate uses select appearances and new ads to try to move his image beyond Bain Capital.

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    July 31, 2012

    Power outages affect 620 million in India

    The second major outage in two days was blamed on states drawing more than their power allotment.

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    July 31, 2012

    I-295 roadwork backs up southbound traffic in Falmouth

    Traffic was restricted to one lane during the evening commute for a stretch south of Exit 10 and traffic had backed up to Exit 11 by 6:15 p.m.