2012 – Page 6435 – The Portland Press Herald

News

Miss Maine honored for triple excellence

by Avery Yale Kamila January 14, 2012

Julia Furtado of Dayton continues competing in the Miss America pageant tonight in Las Vegas.

Nation & World

Van der Sloot sentenced to 28 years in prison

by The Associated Press January 14, 2012

The sentencing comes a day after an Alabama judge declared Natalee Holloway legally dead.

Opinion

Dana Milbank: Republican Party’s Frankenstein now coming alive

January 14, 2012

Thanks to GOP rejection of campaign spending limits, Newt Gingrich can fund anti-Romney attacks.

Business

Briefcase

January 14, 2012

Nigeria strike could cut oil supply and raise prices NEW YORK – One of the biggest suppliers of oil to the United States may shut off the spigot this weekend, pushing crude and gasoline prices higher for Americans. Nigeria, which supplies 8 percent of U.S. oil imports, could see production halted if striking workers walk […]

Opinion

Maine Voices: To reduce crime, protect programs that put kids on right path

by TODD BRACKETT, KEVIN JOYCE, JOEL MERRY, MAURICE OUELLETTE and MARK WESTRUM January 14, 2012

Spending on early education and home visitation for parents pays off down the road.

Letters, Opinion

Letters to the editor, Jan. 14, 2012Sebago Lake users left high and dry

January 14, 2012

There are many stakeholders that would have an interest in the water-level management of Sebago Lake. Maine people fish, boat, swim, sell cottages, rent cottages and spend their vacations here. Standish, Windham, Raymond, Casco, Naples and Sebago derive great benefit in tax revenue and business income from Maine’s deepest and second-largest lake. A little history: […]

Nation & World

Arab leader warns of civil war in Syria

by The Associated Press January 14, 2012

BEIRUT – The head of the Arab League warned Friday that Syria may be sliding toward civil war, as security forces fired on thousands of people who poured into the streets in support of army defectors who switched sides to try to topple President Bashar Assad. At least 10 people were killed, activists said. The […]