NEW YORK — One Los Angeles institution is buying another. A group that includes former Lakers star Magic Johnson and longtime baseball executive Stan Kasten agreed Tuesday night to buy the Dodgers from Frank McCourt for a record $2 billion. The price would shatter the mark for a sports franchise. Stephen Ross paid $1.1 billion for […]
2012
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Influential art critic Hilton Kramer dies
NEW YORK (AP) — Hilton Kramer, the former chief art critic at The New York Times and founding editor of The New Criterion magazine, has died. He was 84. Kramer’s wife Esta said he had been suffering from a blood disease, and died early Tuesday. He had been in an assisted living facility in Harpswell, […]
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Pope wraps up Cuba visit; meets Fidel
HAVANA, Cuba ( AP) — Pope Benedict XVI wraps up his visit to Cuba today with an open- air Mass in the shrine of the Cuban revolution, hoping to revive the Catholic faith in this communist run country. His other appointment promises a far more tantalizing climax: a meeting with Fidel Castro. The former Cuban […]
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Thousands march in Mali to support junta
BAMAKO, Mali ( AP) — Several thousand people took to the streets of Mali’s capital in support of the military takeover and a new constitution. Mali began today under a new constitution written in haste by the leaders of last week’s military coup and read on state TV Tuesday night. While the constitution includes many […]
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In last-ditch overhaul, Gingrich lays off staff
LOS ANGELES ( AP) — Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is drastically reorganizing his money- and delegate-deprived campaign, scaling back a traditional operation to focus on low-cost social media and an effort to cajole delegates to back him over front-runner Mitt Romney. One- third of Gingrich’s campaign staff has been laid off and his campaign […]
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Officials try to find cause of wildfire
CONIFER, Colo. ( AP) — Firefighters were hoping to start containing at least part of a mountain wildfire today that forced hundreds of residents to flee, damaged 28 homes and may have caused the deaths of two people. Strong gusts and erratic fire behavior forced crews to focus largely on protecting homes overnight instead of […]
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North Korea reveals details of its satellite
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says it aims to estimate crop production and analyze natural resources when it launches a satellite on a long-range rocket next month. The United States and South Korea view the launch as a cover for testing longrange missile technology. An unnamed North Korean space technology official said today […]
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Passenger attacks crew on flight
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A passenger aboard a US Airways flight from Charlotte, N.C., to Fort Myers, Fla., was arrested after attacking crew members before being wrestled to the floor. The incident happened Tuesday afternoon, just hours after passengers aboard a Jet- Blue flight from New York to Las Vegas wrestled down the plane’s agitated […]
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Sandra J. Reed
BATH — Sandra “Sandy” J. Reed died Sunday, March 25, 2012 will be forever etched in our hearts as we said goodbye to a beloved daughter, sister, mother, grandmother, friend and aunt, Sandra J. Reed of Bath. She died peacefully in her home surrounded with love. She was born in Bath on March 5, 1949. […]
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Walter E. Cunningham Jr.
BATH — Walter E. Cunningham Jr., 81, of Congress Ave, Bath, passed away on Friday, March 24th, 2012. He was born in Bath on May 12, 1930 the son of Walter and Lela (Horford) Cunningham. He grew up in Georgetown and attended school there until the 5th grade when he was forced to leave the […]