CLEVELAND – Pinch-hitter Jason Giambi belted a two-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning to give Cleveland a stunning 5-4 win over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night, keeping the Indians up with the lead pack in the AL wild-card race. Giambi drove a 1-1 pitch from Addison Reed (5-4) into the […]
September 2013
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Portland panhandling law faces court challenge
Three residents say the safety ordinance banning people in medians violates their freedom of speech.
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Boys’ soccer: Storm’s balance leads to 6-0 win
SCARBOROUGH – Six players scored and Wyatt Omsberg had two assists Tuesday to lead Scarborough to a 6-0 SMAA boys’ soccer win over Noble. Sam Cekada, Noah Stracqualursi, Jordan Luong, Austin Doody, Josh Morrissey and Sam Warren scored for the Red Storm (4-1). The Knights (5-1-1) were third in the Western Class A Heal point […]
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Officials grow skeptical of Maine link to terror attack
Investigators have yet to issue an official denial, but community leaders know of no connection.
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Government shutdown blame game in full swing
Each party is hoping the other will dig itself into a big hole. But the odds look about even.
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Girls’ Roundup: Greely shuts off Freeport, 2-0
FREEPORT – Izzy Hutnak scored two goals in the first 14:04 and Elyse Dinan made 11 saves Tuesday to lead Greely to a 2-0 victory against Freeport in a Western Maine Conference schoolgirl soccer game. Jocelyn Mitiguy assisted on the first goal for the Rangers (5-0) at 5:01. Allie Morrill assisted on the second nine […]
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Food stamp cuts ahead as stimulus ends
Maine recipients will see up to $36 less per month just as Congress begins debate on even more reductions.
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Nation/World Dispatches
ANCHORAGE, Alaska Rower reaches shore after 3,750 miles on Pacific Ocean A 28-year-old British adventurer became the first woman to row solo from Japan to Alaska, arriving late Monday at a small town in the Aleutian Islands after 150 days and 3,750 miles at sea. “I have had some of the most intense and memorable […]
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Brunswick train facility foes to challenge noise analysis
Federal noise and vibration limits wouldn’t be exceeded at Amtrak’s proposed Brunswick layover site, a report says.
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Sports Digest
COLLEGES Coaches pick Maine eighth in hockey preseason poll The University of Maine was picked to finish eighth out of the 11 teams in the Hockey East preseason coaches’ poll that was released Tuesday. UMass-Lowell captured seven first-place votes and 104 points, tied at the top with Boston College, which received the remaining four first-place […]