In reversal, Saleh opts to stay in Yemen

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January 1, 2012

In reversal, Saleh opts to stay in Yemen

Amid calls for him to be tried in protesters' deaths, the outgoing president is trying to salvage control.
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January 1, 2012

Letters to the editor, Dec. 31, 2011Lynx need existing protections

I am appalled that our governor is backing a bill requesting a federal permit to allow incidental trapping of protected Canada lynx while in the process of trapping coyotes. Maine’s wildlife department is paying hunters and trappers to kill coyotes. Their reasoning is that it will help the deer herd, which is struggling. This is […]
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January 1, 2012

Say goodbye to yesterday

2011 is likely to be best remembered for disasters, deaths and financial and political tumult.
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January 1, 2012

Who had the worst year? Congress, and by extension, the people

Inaction, finger-pointing and posturing caused an erosion in weary Americans' faith in government and the economy.
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January 1, 2012

Maine Voices: Move to Connecticut will create jobs here

Jackson Laboratory isn't building its new research facility in Maine, but this state will still benefit.

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January 1, 2012

Art Review: ‘Muralgate’ topped unforgettable year in Maine art

A critical look back at Maine art in 2011 and a view of 2012.
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January 1, 2012

Ten from ’11

We looked in the cultural rear-view mirror and selected Maine's top A&E stories of 2011.
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January 1, 2012

Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry

In our first poem of the new year, Thomas Moore of Brooksville looks back on the risks he and his friends once took as they glided over the ice holding ropes behind a Plymouth in the dark. Note how Moore imitates the dangers he describes with long sentences that turn sharply at line breaks and […]
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January 1, 2012

Movies: Streep becomes ‘Iron Lady’ for latest role

NEW YORK – Meryl Streep shuffles down a London street wearing a kerchief, a drab beige overcoat and enough prosthetic wrinkles to pass as an octogenarian in the opening scene of her new movie about former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, “The Iron Lady.” For Streep, shooting the sequence provided a jarring taste of a […]
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January 1, 2012

Retired vehicles ride again in new photo show

South Portland photographer Jonathan M. Dunitz exhibits a series of photographs of old and abandoned vehicles in a show titled “Forgotten Transport,” opening Friday at Blue, 605A Congress St., Portland. Dunitz portrays the vehicles in full color, while desaturating the background to appear black and white. The process gives the vehicles a ghost-like appearance. Dunitz […]

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