Opposing offenses are exploiting a once-vaunted unit that won two Super Bowls.
2012
Posted inSports
Major League Notebook: His skills on the wane, Matsui calls it a career
NEW YORK – Free agent slugger Hideki Matsui retired Thursday from professional baseball, saying he is no longer able to perform at the level that made him a star in two countries. The 2009 World Series MVP with the New York Yankees and a three-time Central League MVP with the Tokyo Yomiuri Giants struggled in […]
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Posted inLife & Culture
Winslet marries Branson nephew
NEW YORK – Kate Winslet has tied the knot again. The Oscar-winning actress wed Ned Rocknroll in New York earlier this month. The private ceremony was attended by Winslet’s two children as well as a few friends and family members, her representative said Thursday. It is the third marriage for the 37-year-old Winslet. She was […]
Posted inNation & World
Turtle study reveals ‘dark side’
CLEMSON, S.C. – Clemson University student Nathan Weaver set out to determine how to help turtles cross the road. He ended up getting a glimpse into the dark souls of some humans. Weaver put a realistic rubber turtle in the middle of a lane on a busy road near campus. Then he got out of […]
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Briefcase
Books still rule, but digital readers are fast expanding The tastes of the reading public are taking a digital turn. A Pew Internet Research Center survey released Thursday found that the percentage of Americans aged 16 and older who read an e-book grew from 16 percent in 2011 to 23 percent this year. Readers of […]
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Stocks dip as ‘cliff’ gets closer
Investors appear to be paying more attention to the budget impasse as the deadline nears.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Strengthen Clean Election Act to defend against outside money
Our elections will be distorted by a flood of unregulated special-interest spending.
Posted inNews
Local & State Dispatches
Police say Craigslist scam is targeting Maine apartment hunters / Six pickup tailgates stolen off trucks at Ford dealership … and more news from around the state.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: City should use caution in response to protests
Anti-abortion activists have a right to speak, as long as they don’t block access to a clinic.
Posted inOpinion
M.D. Harmon: A conversation with a Democrat-turned-leader
I hate stakeouts, and yet there I was, sitting in a car, keeping an eye on the building across the street and waiting for something new and interesting to happen. Of course, it was Democratic Party headquarters, and they haven’t had a new idea since the 1930s, but for once the money was good, so […]