LAS VEGAS — Taylor Swift won her second consecutive entertainer of the year award at the Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday night, just 24 hours after she was saluted by first lady Michelle Obama for her charity work on The Kids’ Choice Awards. Even by Swift’s lofty standards, it was an outstanding weekend […]
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June decision due on herring trawler limits
It’s unclear whether the big ships are depleting the vital bait fish’s numbers.
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Romney supporters, Obama team sharpen campaign rhetoric
Rick Santorum plans to leave Wisconsin the day before that state’s contest Tuesday.
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Nobel winner elected to parliament
Supporters hope this marks a turning point in Myanmar’s history of ruthless military rule.
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Heat imaging tool lets police see in the dark
The thermal device is used to track down a suspect, find a missing person or locate an accident victim.
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Genealogists await census trove today
When detailed 1940 census records are released today, Verla Morris can consider herself a part of living history. Morris, who is in her 100th year, will get to experience the novelty of seeing her own name and details about her life in the records being released by the U.S. National Archives online after 72 years […]
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Investigation intensifies after 3rd arson in Gorham
The Gorham Sno Goers clubhouse and two unoccupied homes have been damaged or destroyed by arson in the past week.
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Mural in storage, replica in demand
The labor art that Gov. LePage wanted to make less visible is being discussed and seen elsewhere because of the controversy.
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Maine Colleges: Maine finishes weekend sweep
NORFOLK, Va. — D.J. Voisine and Luke Morrill combined on a six-hitter, and Troy Black drove in four runs as the University of Maine completed a four-game sweep of Norfolk State with a 9-1 baseball win Sunday. Voisine allowed one run and four hits in seven innings. Tyler Patzalek went 3 for 4 with two […]
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Feature obituary: Helen Wentworth, 106, held Acton’s Boston Post Gold Cane
It was a question that her friends, her former students, and her family would often ask: What was Helen Dunnells Wentworth’s secret to living such a long life? “She’d say, ‘I really don’t know,’ ” her daughter, Joyce Cunningham of Acton, recalled. Mrs. Wentworth died Thursday, just two days shy of what would have been […]