The candidate’s resume contrasts with rhetoric that would cast him as a Washington outsider.
2012
People & EntertainmentMSNBC chief mum on Buchanan
PASADENA, Calif. – MSNBC’s top executive said Saturday he hasn’t decided whether conservative commentator and author Pat Buchanan will be allowed back on the network. Buchanan, a former GOP presidential candidate and a paid MSNBC contributor, hasn’t been on the network since the publication of his book, “Suicide of a Superpower” last October. The book […]
Feature Obituary: Melody Kenison, 52, compassionate toward others for all her life
Melody Kenison ran away from an abusive home when she was just 9 years old. She had the first of her three daughters when she was 15, was badly injured in a car accident about 12 years ago, and was diagnosed with skin cancer in 2005. Ms. Kenison died of a brain aneurysm Tuesday. She […]
Canucks stand up to Bruins in win
Vancouver scores four power-play goals and says it sent a message with its victory in Boston.
Maine/New England Dispatches
A tiny, spotted-wing Asian fruit fly has made its way from the West Coast to the blueberry barrens and cranberry bogs of Down East Maine, and growers fear it could target their crops in 2012.
Talking face-to-face? It just might work
A local man and his supporters hope Fipeo.com will be the next big thing in social networking. It’s a finalist at the Intel Innovators competition.
Spotlighted in early address, nurse still supports governor
Jen Cloukey has lost touch with Gov. Paul LePage over the past year. They’ve both been pretty busy. But Cloukey, a single mother from Bowdoinham who starred in LePage’s inaugural address last January, is still standing by the man. “I don’t think I’m going to agree with everything he says.” But, Cloukey said last week, […]
Possible loss of post office latest trouble for town store
As Cambridge’s gathering spot recovers from a truck crashing into it, residents fight the postal closing.
Occupied in cleanup
Protesters fold up unused tents in Lincoln Park and prepare for today’s ‘grand re-occupation.’
Nigeria’s labor unions threaten strike Monday
Ending a gasoline subsidy has resulted in a sharp increase in the prices of food and transportation.