Meat plant boycotted / Mother decapitates son, kills self / Mars rover takes ‘baby steps’ / and more news from around the nation.
2012
Posted inNews
Al Capone pistol, signed document to be auctioned in N.H.
The notorious gangster signed all four pages of the 1925 deposition about an attempted murder.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Portland off to good start on new TIF policy
But if there is too much room for exceptions, the ordinance could prove to be meaningless.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Letters to the editor: The dubious legacy of ‘Silent Spring’
Restrictions worldwide on the use of DDT have caused needless deaths from malaria, a reader says.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Congress should make online sales subject to state taxes
It’s not in most people’s interest to let online purchasers avoid paying sales taxes.
Posted inOpinion
Maine Voices: Classroom success depends on more than just teachers
Portland’s new superintendent says parents, the community, politicians, school administrators and others must also play a major role.
Posted inNation & World
Anti-nuke protesters, Japan’s premier meet
Tens of thousands gather weekly outside the prime minister’s office since the Fukushima Dai-ichi crisis.
Posted inNation & World
Paralyzed man in euthanasia case dies
The ex-rugby player had asked courts to declare that any doctor who killed him would not face murder charges.
Posted inNation & World, News
Book shatters secrecy of bin Laden raid
The firsthand account by a Navy SEAL using a pseudonym could raise legal and political issues.
Posted inSports
Major League Notebook: Colon to miss 50 games after positive drug test
OAKLAND, Calif. – Make it two 50-game suspensions in exactly one week — both starters for contending teams from the Bay Area, both for testosterone. Former Cy Young Award winner Bartolo Colon of the Oakland Athletics was suspended for 50 games Wednesday after a positive test, joining San Francisco Giants outfielder Melky Cabrera on the […]