DURHAM, N.C. – A cardiologist for former presidential candidate John Edwards says he has a life-threatening medical condition that will require surgery next month, a federal judge disclosed Friday as she postponed Edwards’ campaign corruption trial for at least two months. Saying the 58-year-old Edwards suffers from “a serious condition,” U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles […]
2012
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Do we have the national will to avert a cod catastrophe?
Previous reporting from Norway shows what a country can do to bring back fish stocks.
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Head shake can invoke right to remain silent, court rules
The Massachusetts high court says state guidelines trump a federal standard for police questioning.
Posted inNews
Finalists for UVM president named
The five candidates will be interviewed by faculty and administrative leaders and appear at public forums.
Posted inNation & World
Father of gymnast Comaneci dies
BUCHAREST, Romania – Gheorghe Comaneci, the father of gymnastics great Nadia Comaneci, has died. He was 76. Comaneci arrived in Romania on Friday, a day after releasing a statement announcing her father’s death. Gheorghe Comaneci died of liver problems at Bucharest’s University Hospital on Thursday. He had been hospitalized since Dec. 26, when doctors said […]
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20 will lose jobs in Monmouth plant closing
Newark Paperboard Products employees learned Friday that they will be out of work within the next two months.
Posted inNation & World
Former broadcast journalist Threlkeld dies in crash
NEW YORK – Richard Threlkeld, a far-ranging and award-winning correspondent who worked for both CBS and ABC News during a long career, has been killed in a car accident, CBS said. The 74-year-old Threlkeld died Friday morning in Amagansett, N.Y., and was pronounced dead at Southampton Hospital. He lived in nearby East Hampton. Threlkeld spent […]
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Apple refuses to sell iPhones to crowd
A mob outside a Beijing store highlights the practice of scalping the popular devices for resale.
Posted inReligion and Values
Former model finds meaning away from the spotlight
Leah Darrow shares her discovery of love and forgiveness in the Catholic faith she once rejected.
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California tightens rules for wasteful chargers
LOS ANGELES – California has declared war on vampires and this time it has nothing to do with Hollywood. The state will be the first in the nation to target so-called vampire battery chargers that suck up and waste as much as 60 percent of the electricity they consume. The California Energy Commission voted 3-0 […]