Local & State Dispatches

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March 1, 2013

Local & State Dispatches

Speed, alcohol suspected in fatal snowmobile crash / Man missing after crash is found 150 miles away / UMaine bus driver moved to burn center ... and more news from around the state.
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March 1, 2013

Another View: It’s a leader-imagination gap, not a work-force skills gap

Today's high school students are getting the preparation they need for on-the-job training.
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March 1, 2013

Maine Voices: How the gun-rights crowd gets the Second Amendment wrong

It's time for those of us who believe in sensible gun control to reclaim its true history.
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March 1, 2013

Charles Krauthammer: For Obama administration, Armageddon is the goal

“The worst-case scenario for us,” a leading anti-budget-cuts lobbyist told The Washington Post, “is the sequester hits and nothing bad really happens.” Think about that. Worst case? That a government drowning in debt should cut back by 2.2 percent — and the country survives. That a government now borrowing 35 cents of every dollar it […]
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March 1, 2013

Fuzzy American bumblebee disappearing from Midwest

It’s not just honey bees that are in trouble. The fuzzy American bumblebee seems to be disappearing in the Midwest. Two new studies in Thursday’s journal Science conclude that wild bees like the American bumblebee are increasingly important in pollinating flowers and crops that provide us with food. And, at least in the Midwest, they […]

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March 1, 2013

M.D. Harmon: With high cost and limited range, electric cars fall short

Those pushing electric cars — not gas-electric hybrids, but cars running on batteries alone — say they are the future answer to the world’s ground transportation requirements. Perhaps, or perhaps not. But what they aren’t is the present answer to those needs. A Reuters story last month, datelined in both Toyko and Detroit and headlined […]
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March 1, 2013

People & Entertainment: Budding bromance in N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea – Ex-NBA star Dennis Rodman hung out Thursday with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un on the third day of his improbable journey to Pyongyang, watching the Harlem Globetrotters with the leader and later dining on sushi and drinking with him at his palace. “You have a friend for life,” Rodman told Kim […]
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March 1, 2013

Post-Buffett glimpse anticipated in aging CEO’s annual letter

OMAHA, Neb. – What will life be like without Warren Buffett? Berkshire Hathaway shareholders may have gotten a glimpse into that future. Most of Berkshire’s deals last year didn’t directly involve the 82-year-old investor. They originated with a subsidiary of the conglomerate, or with one of the two investment managers Buffett has hired. Either way, […]
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March 1, 2013

Economy has weak fourth quarter

A plunge in defense spending ahead of budget cuts is partly to blame for the poor GDP figures.
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March 1, 2013

Symbolic acts end Benedict XVI’s eight-year papacy

His last day as head of the Catholic Church is filled with tearful goodbyes and shouts of support.

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