Unity and Thorndike fire department personnel transport the Seattle woman on a rescue sled.
2013
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Wojciech Kilar,Polish pianist and composer of classical music and film scores dies at age 81
He wrote the music for many films, including Roman Polanski’s ‘The Pianist’ and Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Bram Stoker’s Dracula.’
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Die-off of bald eagles in Utah puzzles state wildlife experts
Some officials suggest a connection to the deaths of thousands of shorebirds that began in November.
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‘Hobbit’ leads box office for third weekend
‘Frozen,’ Disney’s animated adventure, takes the No. 2 spot.
Posted inMaine, News
Gifts sought for teen who has no winter clothing
Dear Portland Press Herald Toy Fund, I have legal guardianship of my cousin. She is 14. It has been great, but expensive, since she moved in with me with very few clothes and no winter clothing at all. I have also had to get her set up with a room of her own. I have […]
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Portland restaurant space rare, too pricey, chefs say
Some worry that only those with big names and deep pockets will be able to open a place in or near the Old Port.
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Nation/World Dispatches
DENVER Suspect in triple slaying captured in Oklahoma A man suspected of killing three people and setting fire to a home in southern Colorado has been captured in Oklahoma after a nationwide manhunt, authorities said Sunday. Harry Carl Mapps, 59, was arrested in Roland, Okla., on Saturday, said Kirk Taylor, sheriff of Pueblo County, Colo. […]
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Auschwitz barracks returned to Poland
The U.S. Holocaust Museum sends back the Nazi structure it leased for 20 years.
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Cost of Alzheimer’s care forcing families to look overseas
Faraway places may offer cheaper and better care for the millions with irreversible memory loss.
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Rocket attack from Lebanon triggers artillery barrage from Israel
No casualties are reported as the United Nations urges restraint on both sides.