Deficit knife commences to cut

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March 1, 2013

Deficit knife commences to cut

Lawmakers leave town for the weekend after two attempts to forestall the cuts are defeated.
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March 1, 2013

Gun-record requests backfire

The Bangor Daily News is one of two papers that backed down in the face of gun owners’ indignation.
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March 1, 2013

Maine expands support for gamblers who can’t stop

For the last two years, $50,000 per year has gone into that effort. The amount is doubling this year with Oxford Casino now open.
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March 1, 2013

Teachers: Technology creating learning gap

Technology has become essential to middle school and high school learning, but a gap in access to the Internet between the rich and poor is leading to troubling disparities in education, according to a survey of teachers. Students depend strongly on the Web to find information and complete their assignments. The vast majority of teachers […]
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March 1, 2013

Bill Nemitz: Gov. Christie, please phone your buddy in Maine

Dear Gov. Chris Christie, I just watched this heartwarming video of an exchange you had at a town meeting in New Jersey . . .

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March 1, 2013

Nation & World Dispatches

ROME First U.S. aid to Syrian rebels won’t include arms Secretary of State John F. Kerry on Thursday announced the first direct U.S. aid to Syrian opposition fighters, but the more than $60 million package will not include the arms or high-tech gear the rebels have long coveted. Kerry, on his first trip abroad as […]
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March 1, 2013

WikiLeaks source pleads guilty

Bradley Manning directly admits leaking classified material to the website and describes his motives.
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March 1, 2013

Letters to the editor: Working people deserve living wage

In the front-page article of Feb. 15, “Maine critics say minimum wage plan has risks,” Colleen Callahan, manager of Kamasouptra in Portland, disagrees: “I think (the minimum wage) should be $12 an hour. You can’t do anything on minimum wage.” Bravo, Colleen. You’ve got it right. The idea that an adult working full time in Maine — […]
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March 1, 2013

Our View: Washington fails to meet its own deadline

It's not too late to fix the economic damage caused by automatic spending cuts.
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March 1, 2013

Space Station to get delivery

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The International Space Station is about to get another commercial shipment. The California company known as SpaceX is set to launch its unmanned Falcon rocket on Friday morning, hoisting a Dragon capsule containing more than a ton of food, tools, computer hardware and science experiments. There won’t be any ice cream, […]

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