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PublishedAugust 1, 2013
Letters to the editor: Car chase’s outcome has bigger lesson
I appreciated Bill Nemitz’s recent column “Suspect owes her life to Saco officers’ restraint” (July 24), even more for what was unsaid/implied. Imagine that, instead of rushing after Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman had heeded a 911 dispatcher’s request and waited for police to assist him. I can’t speak for Florida’s finest, but if the responding […]
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PublishedAugust 1, 2013
Our View: Manning verdict shows much-needed restraint
There is a cost to overreacting to terrorism, and going too far does not always make us safer.
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PublishedAugust 1, 2013
Dana Milbank: House Republicans itching for a shutdown showdown
Their inaction on enacting a spending bill serves a purpose: undermining the Affordable Care Act.
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PublishedAugust 1, 2013
Alan Caron: Governors without majority support have taken toll on economy
A string of victories for candidates with a narrow base of support offers no incentive for collaboration.
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PublishedAugust 1, 2013
Another View: Compounding pharmacies should be regulated by U.S.
A bill before the Senate deals with some of the issues raised by a deadly outbreak last year.
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PublishedAugust 1, 2013
Maine Voices: Bowen: Students’ chance to explore military service shouldn’t be an issue
The failure of bills to ensure school access to uniformed recruiters is a slight to Maine's veterans.
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PublishedAugust 1, 2013
New on DVD
New on the shelf: 'G.I. Joe Retaliation' / 'Banshee: The Complete First Season'
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PublishedAugust 1, 2013
People & Entertainment: Court orders Lohan to stay in therapy
LOS ANGELES – Lindsay Lohan has completed her court-ordered stay in rehab and must continue therapy into early 2015, a judge said Wednesday. The “Liz & Dick” star must meet with a therapist at least three times a week for the next 18 months, Superior Court Judge James R. Dabney said, following the treatment recommendation […]
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PublishedAugust 1, 2013
Consumers left in the dark amid outbreak of food illness
LINCOLN, Neb. – Nearly 400 people across the country have been sickened by cyclospora, a lengthy intestinal illness usually contracted by eating contaminated food. But if you’re looking to find out exactly where it came from, you may be out of luck. Federal officials warned Wednesday that it was too early to say whether the […]
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PublishedAugust 1, 2013
USM professor helped argue for big change in calculation of GDP
University of Southern Maine professor Barbara Fraumeni and a former colleague have an unprecedented claim to fame: They single-handedly raised the country’s gross domestic product by nearly $400 billion in 2012. On paper, anyway. Fraumeni, a former chief economist for the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis, and her then-colleague Sumiye Okubo wrote […]
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