Among those who smoke a joint a week, marijuana’s active ingredient may ease its irritating effects.
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Greg Kesich: New Hampshire envy calls for a new primary system
Why shouldn’t Mainers get to meet all the candidates and vote before the field has been winnowed?
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People and Entertainment Katy Perry to skip awards show
Katy Perry seemed to be everywhere in 2011, but aside from the occasional tweet, she has been lying low so far in 2012, her recently announced divorce apparently putting a damper on her public interactions. Now the singer is backing out of her first big post-split appearance, at tonight’s People’s Choice Awards. “Unfortunately I will […]
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EPA: Military tenants weren’t told of lead risks
Housing providers at Navy bases in Connecticut and Maine face a $153,070 fine.
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CDC: College-age adults have 9 drinks during a binge
ATLANTA – College-age drinkers average nine drinks when they get drunk, government health officials said Tuesday. That surprising statistic is part of a new report highlighting the dangers of binge drinking, which usually means four to five drinks at a time. Overall, about 1 in 6 U.S. adults surveyed said they’d binged on alcohol at […]
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Fed bond-buying adds $77 billion to Treasury
The ‘quantitative easing’ to help the economy also led to a bonanza of earnings for a second straight year.
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Briefcase, Jan. 11, 2012
Markets soar on EU rally, sunny aluminum forecast U.S. stocks rose solidly Tuesday after European markets rallied and corporate bellwether Alcoa predicted stronger demand in 2012. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index closed at its highest level since July. European markets soared after Fitch Ratings said that it will not downgrade France’s credit rating this […]
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Food and Dining Dispatches, Jan. 11, 2012
BRUNSWICK Wine pairing dinner celebrates Robert Burns The Tavern at the Inn at Brunswick Station, 4 Noble St., is hosting a wine pairing dinner Jan. 25 in honor of poet Robert Burns’ birthday. The dinner will begin with a reception at 6:30 p.m. featuring traditional Scotch eggs. There will be a recitation of “The Ode […]
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In search of the best search results: Moving from ‘.com’ to ‘.pickaname’
Bidding starts today as domain name suffixes are being added by the hundreds, but there are lots of potential problems, too.
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Wrestling Notebook: Camden Hills keeps up with New England’s best
Camden Hills made the strongest showing by a Maine team in last weekend’s Redskin Invitational in Sanford. The Windjammers finished third in the 20-team meet behind defending New England champion Timberlane of Plastow, N.H., and Connecticut powerhouse Danbury. “I think we wrestled pretty good, actually,” Camden Hills Coach Levi Rollins said. “I was very surprised […]