Benedict asks Christians to reflect on the darkness that ‘puts us and the world at risk.’
2012
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Gay Mormon students come out in online video
Students from a strict Mormon college that prohibits “homosexual behavior” have launched a Web video aimed at reassuring other gay and lesbian youth struggling with their faith and sexual orientation. The video recently posted to YouTube by 22 Brigham Young University students is the first of its kind with ties to the Church of Jesus […]
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Book review: A different, darker picture of colonization
Scott Weidensaul’s book, “The First Frontier,” opens on a fog-misted dawn as six Wapanahki – “people of the east” – paddle two bark canoes through the sea south of Penobscot Bay. To the north toward Monhegan, Capt. George Waymouth aboard the Archangell has but one task remaining before returning to England. Like many initial encounters […]
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Serial killer hunted for four shootings in suburb of Paris
PARIS — A string of murders involving the same weapon have raised concerns a serial killer may be on the loose in a Paris suburb, and come as France is still reeling from a wave of terror-related shootings in its south. Four murders have occurred in the Essonne region of the capital since November, the […]
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China charges five people with illegal organ trade
A 17-year-old high school student allegedly sold one of his kidneys to purchase an iPhone and an iPad.
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Scene & Heard: ‘250 and a senator’
PROPEL attracts both a big crowd and a speaker with a familiar name for its party to open nominations for the Entreverge entrepreneur awards.
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Bill Nemitz: So why did Paul Violette violate our trust?
The sentencing lasted almost an hour. Yet even as Paul Violette walked briskly away from the Cumberland County Courthouse with his head down Friday afternoon, the most perplexing question of all remained unanswered: Why? Why would the longtime executive director of the Maine Turnpike Authority, a former leader in the Maine Legislature, the son of […]
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‘Defiance’ cited in California school suspension spike
Suspensions for ‘willful defiance’ are overused for trivial offenses by black and Latino boys, critics say.
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U.S. warns Syrians about deception
With a cease-fire just days away, regime forces pound more opposition strongholds Saturday.
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Drivers see greater swings in gas costs
Experts blame a refinery shutdown for the extreme spring surge to a record $3.93 per gallon.