Conflict occurs when either tries to determine the truth outside of its own field of competence.
September 2013
Posted inNation & World
Climate skeptics pounce on new report
But a slowdown in warming is no more than a statistical mirage, scientists say.
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Posted inNation & World
Alexis warned to avoid guns after previous arrest in Seattle
SEATTLE – Nearly a decade before his rampage, Washington Navy Yard gunman Aaron Alexis was ordered to keep away from guns as a condition of his release for a malicious mischief arrest in Seattle, according to courtroom audio obtained Thursday by The Associated Press. Alexis was taken into custody in 2004 after police say he […]
Posted inBusiness
Briefcase
Three cruise ships will stop in Portland this weekend Three cruise ships will stop in Portland for portions of the weekend. The largest, Royal Caribbean’s Grandeur of the Seas with 1,950 passengers, will arrive at Ocean Gateway’s Pier 2 at 11:30 a.m. Saturday and depart eight hours later. Independence, an American Cruise Lines ship with […]
Posted inNews
Maine PUC chief won’t recuse himself in water case – yet
He’s still deciding if his past ties to Nestle raise a conflict in a Fryeburg case involving a 25-year contract to bottle local water.
Posted inNation & World
Putin: Israel should give up nuclear weapons
VALDAI, Russia – Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday he cannot vouch that Syria will surrender its chemical weapons arsenal and suggested that Israel could help assure the success of the U.S.-Russian deal by surrendering its alleged nuclear weapons. “I don’t know whether we will manage to persuade” Syrian President Bashar Assad to go along […]
Posted inOpinion
Charles Krauthammer: Origin of Navy Yard shootings is not the gun but the gunman
It’s time that this nation changed a system that allows the mentally ill to die with their rights on.
Posted inNews
Judge may forbid Maine suspect from driving work trucks
Mark Stuart was accused of manslaughter after the death of a Sanford teenager last year.
Posted inNews
Jailing of alleged Maine victim rare but legal
Arrested at her home, Jessica Ruiz was held for 17 hours as a material witness.
Posted inOpinion
M.D. Harmon: Facts undercut claim that scientists agree on global warming
The U.N. panel on climate change comes to conclusions that are questionable at best.