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NFL Notebook: Patriots taking a look at Burress

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Veteran receiver Plaxico Burress had a workout with the New England Patriots, according to a person with knowledge of the tryout. Burress, who turned 35 on Sunday, had 45 catches for 612 yards and eight touchdowns last season with the Jets. Burress caught the winning touchdown pass in the 2008 Super Bowl for […]

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Nation/World Dispatches

TEHRAN, Iran Search ends for survivors as quakes’ toll tops 250 As the death toll from powerful twin earthquakes in northwestern Iran rose Sunday to more than 250, with entire villages leveled, rescuers called off searches for survivors and turned their attention to caring for the 16,000 people left homeless. At least 20 villages were […]

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Senior League: Tournament hosts off to great start

BANGOR – It was a gold medal performance for the Hampden-Newburgh Senior League baseball team in it first appearance on an international stage — the Senior League World Series at Mansfield Stadium. The Maine District 3 champions beat Notre-Dame-de-Grace of Montreal 9-1 in the first game of pool play, scoring all their runs in the […]

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Dispatches

Portland in the running for mustache charity bash / Highway deaths in Maine up 50 percent this year . . . and more Maine news.