Authorities say insurgents still hold at least six other kidnapping victims, including four Chinese oil workers.
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College Roundup: Mangene, Hegarty headed to AHL
Two more University of Maine hockey players — junior forward/defenseman Matt Mangene and senior defenseman Ryan Hegarty — have signed professional contracts. Mangene elected to pass up his senior season, signing a free-agent contract with the Philadelphia Flyers, who assigned him to the Adirondack Phantoms of the American Hockey League. Mangene had 20 goals and […]
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Evidence of fire use goes back 1 million years
LOS ANGELES — Flame-bearing Prometheus may have visited humans earlier than we thought. An analysis of charred bones and plant ash in sediment from a South African cave suggests that Homo erectus was wielding fire a million years ago — and perhaps even cooking with it, according to the study released Monday by the Proceedings […]
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Bin Laden’s wives sentenced for immigration violations
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s government might wash its hands of Osama bin Laden’s family as early as April 17, after an Islamabad court’s decision Monday to impose the lightest possible sentence on his three widows and two teenage daughters for violating minor immigration laws. Each of the five women was sentenced to 45 days in prison […]
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Mainers dig into records of the way we were, circa 1940
‘This is a whole new sandbox to play in,’ says the head of reference at the Maine State Library, which celebrated Monday’s U.S. Census data release with cake and demonstrations.
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Maine Milestones
Two teams from the Greater Portland Women’s Ice Hockey League won division championships at the She-Wolves Women’s Hockey Tournament in Wolfeboro, N.H. The Maine Coon Cats, with players ranging from age 20 to 56, won the recreational division, and the Breakaways, a team of players who are mostly over 40, finished first in the “D” […]
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Graham hired as NYA coach
Eric Graham, an assistant boys’ hockey coach for the Panthers last season, is chosen to take over as head coach.
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Bulletin Board
The South Portland Parks and Recreation Department has openings for teams in its co-ed softball league, which plays at the Wainwright Recreation Complex. For more information, contact Bill Cary at [email protected] or 767-7650.
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Media take on police-like role in Florida teen’s death
The news media are using enhanced video and voice analysis of a 911 tape. But key evidence is still under wraps.
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Police: Calif. attack suspect was upset about teasing
Police say the 43-year-old suspect went to the school to find an administrator, “then went through the entire building systematically and randomly shooting victims.”