Oxxfest is the second concert in the new Music at the Track series at Scarborough Downs, started this year by Bangor-area music promoter Alex Gray of Waterfront Concerts. The first show was a hip-hop festival headlined by rapper Wiz Khalifa on July 31, which attracted more than 6,000 people. About 20 people at that show […]
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Like a cub in a candy store, bear gets its paws on treats
DENVER – A bear in a candy store is nothing like a bull in a china shop. At least not this one. A black bear went in and out of a Colorado candy store multiple times early one July morning, but he used the front door and didn’t break a thing. The bear did, however, […]
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Curiosity rover sends back photos of Mars
It will spend two years probing rocks and soil in search of the chemical ingredients of life.
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Deputy cuts moose free from swing set
SALT LAKE CITY – A moose has been freed from a strange entanglement, thanks to a Utah deputy and a pair of cutters. Sgt. Lane Findlay found himself face to face with the moose whose antlers were wrapped up in a backyard swing set. The Weber County deputy got the call Sunday and responded to […]
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It’s a get-together for fun and a whole lot more
The South Street Hard Shells are one of the more competitive teams in the annual Travis Roy Foundation Wiffle ball tournament. Just ask the team captain, Tony McNaboe. That they haven’t won a game in two years is moot. For McNaboe and his Maine-based squad, the competition is in raising funds for a foundation started […]
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Saltwater Fishing Report
If you are a recreational saltwater angler, Maine law may require you to register with the Maine Saltwater Recreational Fishing Registry. To learn more or to register, visit www.maine.gov/saltwater, or call 633-9505. OFFSHORE The Atlantic bluefin tuna bite has been steady with a good mix of sizes being taken. Tuna fishermen overnighting on the fishing […]
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Small startups find microcredit builds a foundation for success
MIAMI – Do an Internet search for microcredit, and images of colorfully dressed women in Africa, South Asia and Central America pop up. But the international trend that began more than three decades ago in Bangladesh is increasingly finding a home in the United States. In cities like Miami, New York, Houston and Los Angeles, […]
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Disney Co.’s stock up 35 percent this year
The content fees it charges protect the company from a possible slump in ad revenue.
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Program aims to transform homeowners into renters
Citigroup will try something new to keep struggling homeowners out of foreclosure: turn them into renters. CitiMortgage announced the program Wednesday and painted it as a way to help homeowners stuck in houses they can’t afford. The New York-based bank, however, won’t manage the program. Instead, it is handing the reins to an investment firm. […]
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Android pads smartphone dominance
NEW YORK – Got an iPhone? You’re in the minority. There were four Android phones for every iPhone shipped in the second quarter, research firm IDC said Wednesday. That’s up from a ratio of 2.5 to 1 in the same period last year. The success of Samsung’s Android phones helped Google’s operating system extend its […]