2013 – Page 3770 – The Portland Press Herald

Nation & World

U.S. needs injection of primary care

by ANN SANNER The Associated Press June 22, 2013

The ranks of the insured will swell next year – and that worries areas already low on family doctors.

Outdoors, Sports

Young mountain bikers get up, down and dirty at Camden camp

by Deirdre Fleming June 22, 2013

Quite simply, these boys, all of them mountain bikers for most of their short lives, can flippin’ ride.

Outdoors, Sports

Allen Afield: Mackerel, for food, fun and the making of so many memories

by KEN ALLEN June 22, 2013

Most Maine children growing up within an hour’s driving distance of saltwater have caught Atlantic mackerel, a ubiquitous and extremely cooperative species that swims along our coast and tidal rivers from late spring through early fall. Even non-anglers have wrestled mackerel, after an angling friend talked a non-fisher or two into dunking bait or casting […]

Outdoors, Sports

Birding: High tech tracks path of migratory birds

by HERB WILSON June 22, 2013

As the most mobile of all vertebrates, birds pose a challenge to ornithologists seeking to understand the where and why of bird movements. Banding captured birds is a time-honored technique. It is, however, fundamentally inefficient because a banded must be recaptured to get an endpoint for its movement. Furthermore, a common redpoll banded in Maine […]

Outdoors, Sports

Best Bets

June 22, 2013

SATURDAY Bog and Boardwalks / 10 a.m. in Jefferson Hidden Valley Nature Center will host a tour of its kettle hole bog ecosystem guided by Robert Zottoli, professor emeritus at Fitchburg University. The ecosystem is an iconic piece of Maine’s natural landscape and is home to many beautiful flowering plants, including several varieties of orchids. […]

Nation & World

Workers hurt in collapse of barn frame at Texas A&M

by The Associated Press June 22, 2013

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Four workers were hurt, three critically, after a barn frame collapsed Saturday at an $80 million Texas A&M University equestrian complex that’s under construction. The collapse happened on university property about a mile from the main campus, Texas A&M spokesman Lane Stephenson said. College Station and Bryan fire departments, campus police […]

Nation & World

President Obama says he’ll present climate change plan on Tuesday

by The Associated Press June 22, 2013

WASHINGTON – President Obama says he’ll unveil a national plan to combat climate change in a speech Tuesday. Obama said in an online video the White House released Saturday that he’ll lay out his vision for reducing carbon pollution, preparing the United States for the effects of climate change and leading other nations in the […]

Nation & World

Woman blinded by chimp takes case to lawmakers

by The Associated Press June 22, 2013

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Blocked in her bid to sue the state for $150 million, the woman mauled and disfigured by a chimpanzee in 2009 faces an uphill battle as she appeals to the state Legislature. Charla Nash, who was blinded, lost both hands and underwent a face transplant, argues that officials knew the chimp […]