Just because it’s good for us and our economy doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy the produce.
2012
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Britain’s threat to Ecuador backfires
The stalemate over the WikiLeaks founder’s extradition has stirred up a diplomatic controversy.
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Maine Voices: Artists with disabilities represent vast untapped resource
An event this fall targeted at disabled artists will focus on key tools they need for the marketplace.
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Passers-by rescue two women trapped in burning car
A group of civilians employs a cement mixer, fire extinguishers, crowbars and teamwork.
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Inquiry to follow killing of miners in South Africa
Police claim self-defense in an incident that left 34 dead, but video suggests the strikers were running.
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Henry Herx, 79, reviewed movies for Catholic News Service
HACKENSACK, N.J. – Henry Herx sat through 10,000 movies. To him, moral content was as important as artistic merit. That’s because the reviews he wrote were read and trusted by the Catholic movie-going public. Herx, of Ramsey, N.J., retired in 1999 as director of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Office for Film and Broadcasting. […]
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Kickstarter can pack a fundraising wallop
Online ‘crowdfunding’ usually sets a target fairly low, but sometimes a project hits the jackpot.
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Passengers asked: Got money for fuel?
PARIS – An emergency layover in Syria’s capital was bad enough. Then passengers on Air France Flight 562 were asked to open their wallets to check if they had enough cash to pay for more fuel. The plane, heading from Paris to Lebanon’s capital, diverted amid tensions near the Beirut airport Wednesday. Low on fuel, […]
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Apple shines again; stock hits high
Visions of a new iPhone and maybe an ‘iPad Mini’ buoy investors, while a September iPhone 5 rollout might be the biggest phone launch ever.
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iPad stolen from Jobs home turns up with Kenny the Clown
The street performer received the pilfered iPad as payment of a debt, but he didn’t know it was stolen.