Those tragic events make it clear that elementary educators bring both head and heart to their work.
2012
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Actor Harry Carey Jr. dies at age 91
LOS ANGELES – Harry Carey Jr., a character actor who starred in Westerns such as “3 Godfathers” and “Wagon Master,” has died. He was 91. His daughter, Melinda Carey, said he died Thursday of natural causes surrounded by family at a hospice facility in Santa Barbara, Calif. Carey’s career spanned more than 50 years and […]
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Girls’ basketball: McAuley adds to list of easy wins
The unbeaten Lions, who haven’t been challenged in six games, build a 37-0 lead against Biddeford.
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Art college bows to Islamist pressure
A Pakistani court considers charges of blasphemy over paintings that challenge ‘homophobic’ beliefs.
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Venezuelan VP leaving to visit Chavez in Cuba
A legal fight is brewing over what should happen if the president cannot take office on Jan. 10.
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Rumors keep swirling around Chavez
The uncertainty about his health mixes with urgency because Chavez is due to be sworn in on Jan. 10.
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Twelfth man convicted in Wright case
The Saco resident pleads no contest to engaging a prostitute as a client in the scandal in Kennebunk.
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Trains carrying crude oil: an accident waiting to happen?
BILLINGS, Mont. – Energy companies behind the oil boom on the Northern Plains are turning to the locomotive to move their crude to refineries across the United States, as plans for new pipelines stall and existing lines can’t keep up with demand. Delivering oil thousands of miles by rail from the heartland to refineries on […]
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Briefcase
CUMBERLAND Maine Standards Co. building Cumberland Foreside facility Maine Standards Co., which specializes in verifying calibration standards for laboratories, began construction this month on a building in Cumberland Foreside. As many as 75 employees will work in the 29,000-square-foot building, where the company plans to move during the summer of 2013. The company is now […]
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Banking industry gains strength, profits rise
Bank failures are also down and consumer lending is improved, which helps economic growth.