Soldiers raise money to ship home a stray puppy who won their hearts and minds on an Army base.
2013
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Bill Nemitz: Conscience guides an NRA stalwart
At first glance, it’s the latest in a long line of National Rifle Association legislative alerts. But from where state Sen. John Tuttle, D-Sanford, sits, it’s a bull’s-eye affixed squarely to his political future. “Remarkably, after decades of steadfast Second Amendment support, state Senator John Tuttle changed his position and voted in favor of LD […]
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Heart problem can’t slow down golfer
Keith Mello is competing in a golf tournament this weekend despite his heart condition.
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Washington Notebook: Michaud reports outside income
WASHINGTON – The latest personal finance documents filed by U.S. House members were released last week, and the reports show that 2nd District Rep. Mike Michaud has relatively modest outside income and assets when compared to many of his D.C. colleagues. A report for Rep. Chellie Pingree was not yet available, however. Members of Congress […]
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Joyful J.Lo embraces Walk of Fame
LOS ANGELES – “Jenny from the Block” has a spot on the most famous block of all – the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Jennifer Lopez received the 2,500th star Thursday surrounded by her boyfriend Casper Smart, her 5-year-old twins Max and Emme, and friends including Jane Fonda, Keenen Ivory Wayans and “Selena” director Gregory Nava. […]
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Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry
Over the years Thomas Carper of Cornish has published his accomplished sonnets in some of this country’s best literary magazines. Today’s sample links piano music at twilight with the art of Corot.
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Mourning the loss of a true champion of the arts
Philip Isaacson’s clear voice will forever be irreplaceable, but it will never be truly gone. A half-century of articles cannot be unprinted or unread. The countless doors he opened for innumerable readers onto myriad artists, works and ideas cannot be closed. Isaacson, who died at age 89 Thursday, wrote about the arts for the Maine […]
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U.S. films building links to China
Studios add Chinese elements to American movies because it offers a growing market.
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Television: Remarkable ‘Mad Men’ season ends on Sunday
The sixth, and possibly next-to-last, season, of “Mad Men” ends with an episode titled “In Care Of,” for which the AMC site offers this description, reproduced here in full: “Don (Jon Hamm) has a problem.” Speculation has seeped into the information void — doubtless all of it wrong — ranging from the death of Don’s […]