The Aryan Brotherhood of Texas is now believed to have more than 4,000 members in and out of prison who deal in a variety of criminal enterprises, including prostitution, robbery and murder.
2013
Bill would require Maine to tell communities about group homes
The proposal comes after Augusta was not notified about a new home for mental health patients.
Tom Caron: ‘Decent’ will do as a good start
There were still patches of snow on the ground in much of New England as the baseball season began in New York. That was only fitting after the coldest baseball off-season in decades. If fans are going to warm up to this Red Sox team it’s going to take a decent start from the club […]
Red Sox opener: Is it wait ’til this year yet?
Yes, there are 161 more games, but Boston gets off to a great opening-day start by trouncing the Yankees. In New York.
World Dispatches
YANGON, Myanmar 13 children die in mosque; police say blaze not criminal Police in Myanmar said 13 children died when an electrical fire broke out at a mosque in the country’s largest city. Police officer Thet Lwin said the blaze early Tuesday in Yangon was triggered by an overheated inverter “and not due to any […]
Pakistani housewife makes history by running for office
Badam Zari seeks a seat in parliament in the deeply conservative tribal region near the Afghan border.
Oily birds, dead ducks found after Arkansas oil spill
Officials are urging people not to touch any injured or oiled animals as crews clean up Friday’s spill.
Arkansas spill highlights pipeline risks
Experts say Alberta’s tar-sands oil poses a greater corrosion risk than conventional crude.
Cyprus gets break on one bailout demand
But the lender concession is made because this year’s economic contraction is expected to be far worse.