The boy underwent surgery on Sunday for facial injuries. The pit bull-wolf hybrid mix has been euthanized.
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Maine man with Marfan syndrome seeks to spread the word
It took 35 years for Gary Bennett, 61, to learn the true cause of his father’s death and to mobilize the medical establishment to prevent him from suffering the same fate.
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Twin NASA spacecraft deliberately crash into moon
Afterward, NASA said it had dedicated the final resting spot in honor of mission team member, Sally Ride, the first American woman in space who died earlier this year.
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Gunman’s mother intensely private about home life
A friend says Nancy Lanza told him she introduced guns to Adam as a way to teach him responsibility.
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Gun control gets unlikely backers on Capitol Hill
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., a lifelong member of the National Rifle Association, says it’s time to discuss gun policy and move toward action on gun regulation.
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Across US, students nervously returning to school
Teachers and parents across the country were wrestling with how best to quell children’s fears about returning to school for the first time since the killings at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
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Maine panel nears completion of regulatory report
The Maine Regulatory Fairness Board will meet on Thursday to review business regulatory and statutory issues highlighted during public hearings held over the past year.
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Maine’s Electoral College members vote for Obama, Biden
Electors of all 50 states convened Monday to cast their ballots. Obama won the popular vote by nearly five million votes.
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World Dispatches
BEIRUT Syria’s vice president admits government victory unlikely Syria’s longtime vice president said Sunday that his regime and the rebels are both going down a losing path after 21 months of civil war, a rare admission by a top government official that President Bashar Assad’s victory is unlikely. The comments by Farouk al-Sharaa came as […]
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Patriots rally not quite enough
New England erases a 28-point deficit in the second half, but San Francisco recovers to hand the Patriots a rare December loss.