NEW YORK – U.S. stocks rose Wednesday, led by automakers and technology companies, as a Senate panel voted to authorize military action in Syria and the Federal Reserve said the economy maintained a “modest to moderate” pace of growth. Ford Motor and General Motors rallied at least 3.5 percent after sales beat forecasts. Micron Technology […]
September 2013
Posted inNation & World
Weiner claiming victory over ridiculer
NEW YORK — Ex-congressman and struggling mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner said Wednesday a video showing him in a shouting match with a bakery customer is just an example of him putting a heckler in his place. The two-minute video shows Weiner, surrounded by reporters and campaign supporters in Brooklyn’s Orthodox Jewish neighborhood of Borough […]
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Vigil for slain Maine mother Friday
Lynn Arsenault, 55, was fatally shot in the stomach, and her son was seriously injured in a shotgun attack last week.
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Scarborough will decide Sept. 18 on proposal to leash dogs
The Town Council also reschedules Wednesday’s public hearing for that date.
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Ex-Portland nightclub owner a suspect in drug deal
Robert Evon, who recently sold the Port City Music Hall, faces a cocaine charge in upstate N.Y.
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Criminal past to follow rehabilitated burglar
Despite an impressive transformation, Thomas Schoolcraft won’t have a felony record purged.
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Briefcase
McDonald’s test-markets new ‘Dollar Menu & More’ McDonald’s Corp. says a revamped version of its Dollar Menu that includes items priced as high as $5 could be launched nationally this year. The world’s biggest hamburger chain said it has been testing versions of its famous value menu that’s called “Dollar Menu & More” in five […]
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UAW bid for foothold in South resisted
Republicans say the lack of unions has lured foreign automakers and jobs, but a VW plant is now in play.
Posted inOpinion
Dana Milbank: Whatever path U.S. takes on Syria, GOP sees chance to criticize Obama
They say both that he should’ve intervened long ago and that he hasn’t yet made a case for intervening.
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For new-car sales, it’s zoom-zoom
The 1.5 million vehicles sold in August were the most in six years, due to pent-up demand and other factors.