CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Italy’s first spacewalker is reporting that the back of his head is drenched as he works outside the International Space Station. NASA is determining whether there’s any danger to the situation. Barely an hour into today’s spacewalk, astronaut Luca Parmitano told Mission Control he felt a lot of water on […]
2013
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RIA Novosti: Snowden requests asylum
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s state RIA Novosti news agency is quoting a Russian lawyer as saying that National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden has asked for a temporary asylum in Russia. The agency quotes Anatoly Kucherena as saying that Snowden submitted the asylum request today to Russia’s Federal Migration Service. The service had no immediate […]
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Leader of Zetas drug cartel captured
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A U.S. federal official says Miguel Angel Trevino Morales, head of the brutal Zetas drug cartel, has been captured in northern Mexico. Trevino Morales, known as “Z-40,” was captured in Nuevo Laredo, in the biggest victory in President Enrique Pena Nieto’s efforts against cartels, according to Mexican media. The U.S. official […]
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Russia holds biggest war games in decades
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has launched its biggest military maneuvers since Soviet times, involving 160,000 troops and about 5,000 tanks across Siberia and the far eastern region. President Vladimir Putin watched some of the drills today on Sakhalin Island in the Pacific. The maneuvers are part of recent efforts to boost the military’s mobility and […]
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Richard Chapin
GEORGETOWN — Richard Chapin, of Georgetown, Maine, formerly of Cambridge, MA, died peacefully in his home on July 11, 2013, at the age of 89. Rick Chapin was born in Boston in 1923, the son of Vinton Chapin and Elizabeth Brosius Higgins. He graduated from Milton Academy and Harvard University, class of 1946. He served […]
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Dennis S. Mathison
BRUNSWICK — Dennis S. Mathison, age 68, of Larry Lane, died Thursday July 11, 2013, at home. He was born in Edgerton, WI on December 12, 1944, the son of Lawrence and Greta Slagg Mathison. He attended Edgerton schools and was a graduate of Edgerton High School in 1963. He joined the Navy after high […]
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Arthur W. Elie
BRUNSWICK — Arthur W. Elie, 72, of Harpswell Road, died at home on Thursday, July 11, 2013, surrounded by his family. He was born in Brunswick on July 14, 1940. He is the son of Arthur L. and Georgia Belle Elie. He attended Brunswick schools and was a member of the class of 1957. He […]
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Kenneth J. Elliott
In memory of Kenneth J. Elliott, born in Peru, South America on June 6, 1964, died on June 8, 2013, at Scarborough Hospice Care Facility in Scarborough, Maine. Loved and remembered by his family, and by his friends in Starks, Maine. His father may be contacted at 882 Merepoint Road, Brunswick, Maine 04011.
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Meanwhile, in Iran
Largely overlooked, chiefly because of the more dramatic strife in Egypt and Syria, has been a significant — and potentially positive — political development in another critically important Middle East nation, Iran. Recently, Hassan Rouhani, a self-proclaimed moderate, won a stunning victory in the election that determined who would succeed the abrasive and confrontational Mahmoud […]