The ban on outdoor smoking would be difficult to enforce and bad public policy, he says.
2012
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Bulldogs slip past Red Riots
Boys’ basketball: Portland Coach Joe Russo possibly reaches a milestone in a 61-57 victory.
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People & EntertainmentWinfrey speaks of ‘victory lap’ on eve of school graduation
HENLEY-ON-KLIP, South Africa – Oprah Winfrey makes no apologies for spending millions on an elite school for underprivileged South African girls. But she’s also looking for ways to make her money stretch further to help more struggling Africans. Winfrey spoke Friday on the eve of the first graduation at her school. Of the 75 students […]
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Toddler’s father took polygraph exam
Investigators say Justin DiPietro was told the results, but he says he never saw them.
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Sox manager fans Maine fervor
Bobby Valentine makes the most of the annual Hot Stove Dinner to applaud the Sea Dogs and talk up the coming baseball season.
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Pats prep for some push back
The Broncos’ reputation as one of the NFL’s toughest teams is well-deserved, the Patriots said. Tonight’s game starts at 8 p.m.
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Man who died at Sugarloaf was Canadian visitor
The man was conscious and alert after he hit a tree, but died in the ambulance taking him to a hospital.
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Mother who suffocated son gets 45 years
Julianne McCrery, who disposed of her son’s body in Maine, said the sorrow she feels for ending her 6-year-old’s life is ‘intense and unbearable.’
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Hot Stove, cool guests
New Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine and South Portland native Charlie Furbush of the Seattle Mariners attended the Sea Dogs’ annual Hot Stove Dinner on Friday night.
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Whiz kid, family get place to live
BRENTWOOD, N.Y. – Samantha Garvey and her family had been living in a Long Island shelter for several days when they got word the 17-year-old aspiring marine biologist had made it to the semifinals of the prestigious national Intel science competition. Now, with donations coming in and the county finding them rent-subsidized housing, she’ll again […]