KABUL, Afghanistan – Taliban representatives at a conference did not insist on total power in Afghanistan and pledged to grant rights to women that the militant Islamist group itself brutally suppressed in the past, according to a Taliban statement received Sunday. The pledges emerged from a rare meeting last week involving Taliban and Kabul government […]
2012
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Gun safety advocates ready for action
The Connecticut tragedy brings to light proposals to reduce gun deaths that are years in the making.
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Lucky dogs: From littermates to playmates
Three pups, who were rescued in Tennessee, end up at the same Augusta day care 1,400 miles away.
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Islamists’ gains in Egypt mean more turmoil
Analysis: The opposition vows to fight efforts to turn the nation into a restrictive religious state.
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Anti-tax conservatives willing to go off the ‘cliff’
But failure to compromise reinforces an extremist image, others argue.
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ATV clubs boosting community relations
Organized groups find self-policing leads to more acceptance and more access for riders.
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Maine/New England Dispatches
Two found dead after early-morning blaze / Man guilty in knife attack to serve more than 6 years / Hours for counter service cut at 5 Maine post offices … and other news
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Inouye remembered as an American hero
A thousand people attend a memorial service for the second-longest serving senator in U.S. history.
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27 Bay State nursing homes cited over anti-psychotic use
BOSTON – Massachusetts regulators rarely take action against nursing homes that use powerful anti-psychotic sedatives to control elderly residents, a newspaper has reported. Twenty-seven homes were cited for unnecessary use of anti-psychotics between 2009 and 2011, The Boston Globe reported Sunday. Inspectors did not consider the incidents serious and the homes were not fined. In […]
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Bulletin Board
Riverside Athletic Center will hold lacrosse shoot-arounds during school vacation. Shoot-arounds are scheduled for Dec. 26-28 and Jan 2-4. Boys and girls in grades K-8 will meet from noon to 2 p.m.; high school boys and girls will work out from 2 to 4 p.m.; and college-age players will go from 4 to 6 p.m. […]