2012 – Page 2705 – The Portland Press Herald

NASA rover Curiosity lands on Mars

by Alicia Chang / The Associated Press August 6, 2012

The arrival was an engineering tour de force, debuting never-before-tried acrobatics packed into “seven minutes of terror” as Curiosity sliced through the Martian atmosphere at 13,000 mph.

Sports

Sprint Cup: Gordon wins; fan killed by lightning

by The Associated Press August 6, 2012

Jeff Gordon gets his first win of the season in a race at Pocono ended by a storm that later turns fatal.

Sports

Sports Digest

August 6, 2012

BASEBALL Sanford Mainers out of the NECBL playoffs after loss to Newport Gulls in Rhode Island Charlie White went 4 for 6 with two RBI and three runs scored, and Austin Slater hit a pair of home runs to pace an 18-hit offense for the Newport Gulls, who eliminated the Sanford Mainers with an 18-1 […]

Life & Culture, News

Post-Mumford & Sons, cleaners head for the hillside

by Beth Quimby August 6, 2012

It’s ‘a total mess’ of trash and personal items, much like after the July 4th fireworks.

Sports

Bridgestone Invitational: Bradley hangs tough as Furyk falls apart

by The Associated Press August 6, 2012

Keegan Bradley saves par on 18 and then Jim Furyk, leading for 71 holes, double-bogeys to lose.

Sports

Local Baseball: Rain forces Portland Babe Ruth to wait

by From staff reports August 6, 2012

QUNCY, Mass. — A steady rain Sunday night delayed Portland’s bid to remain alive in the New England Babe Ruth baseball tournament at Adams Field. Portland was scheduled to play a losers’-bracket game against Quincy, Mass. Instead the teams will play at 1 p.m. Monday. If Portland defeats Quincy, it will remain at Adams Field […]