BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Mark Lenzi struck gold when he switched from wrestling to diving in the mid-1980s. Over the next decade, he became the 1992 Olympic 3-meter springboard champion, earned a bronze medal four years later in Atlanta and became the first driver to score 100 points on a single dive. On Monday, Lenzi, […]
2012
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Fearless rooster crows daily at fried chicken joint
COLLIERVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Every day a colorful character visits a fried chicken restaurant outside Memphis and loudly announces his arrival — with a crow. Nobody seems to know where the red rooster came from, but The Commercial Appeal reported he first showed up about three months ago and has been a daily fixture ever […]
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Dan P. Buckingham
HARPSWELL — Dan P. Buckingham, 82, died Monday, April 9, 2012, at Central Maine Medical Center, Lewiston. Family and friends may visit from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Brackett Funeral Home, 29 Federal St., Brunswick. A full obituary will follow. [email protected]
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Don’t stand by and let bullies win
Bullying and its impact on youngsters has become a matter of national focus. Bullying has been with us since the beginning of time, but in today’s world of cyberspace, the condition has gone viral and reached into every town and city. Now comes an award winning documentary, “Bully,” which addresses the problem in blunt but […]
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The other Arab spring
Isn’t it interesting that the Arab awakening began in Tunisia with a fruit vendor who was harassed by police for not having a permit to sell food — just at the moment when world food prices hit record highs? And that it began in Syria with farmers in the southern village of Daraa, who were […]
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Not a ‘lifestyle’
To the editor: Thank you for publishing the story headlined “gay? fine by me” in the March 29 edition. However, I am troubled about a quote — “ There is nothing wrong with promoting conversations about alternative lifestyles in public places” — attributed to Shenna Bellows, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of […]
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Informed democracy
To the editor: In his March 27 letter (“Pull the plug on MPBN”), James Mathis wonders why Maine taxpayers are “forced” to (partially) fund public television and radio. If one allows for technological advances, Thomas Jefferson answered this question 225 years ago when he wrote, “(T) he basis of our government being the opinion of […]
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Syria claims it has pulled back troops
BEIRUT ( AP) — Syrian activists reported military attacks on two towns today, even as the government claimed its military forces have begun pulling out of some towns in compliance with a U. N.- brokered truce deal. Syrian ally Russia said Damascus could have done better in implementing the cease- fire, which calls for troops […]
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Suicide attack kills 8 Afghan policemen
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide attack on a district police headquarters has killed eight Afghan policemen in the country’s south. It was the second suicide bombing today of government offices in Afghanistan. Daud Ahmadi, a spokesman in the southern Helmand province, says the policemen were killed when three suicide bombers tried to enter the […]