WHO: Providence Bruins (39-20-0-5, first in Atlantic Division) at Portland Pirates (35-24-3-2, second in Atlantic Division) WHEN: 7 p.m. WHERE: Cumberland County Civic Center RADIO: WPEI (95.5 and 95.9 FM), WOXO (92.7 and 100.7 FM) BRUINS NOTES: The AHL’s hottest team, Providence has gone 19-4-0-2 since Jan. 25. The Bruins are 5-3-0-1 against the Pirates […]
2013
Woman to lead Secret Service
The first female director is named shortly after a prostitution scandal at the male-dominated agency.
Newlywed Mainers hope court cleans up a tax mess
When Annie McPheeters and Meredith Johnson got married at South Portland City Hall on Dec. 29, they barely considered the complications they would face when filing tax returns as a newly married, same-sex couple. “In the back of my mind, I knew it would be trickier,” Johnson said. But just weeks after getting married, McPheeters […]
Link seen between piracy, al-Qaida
The U.S. and some allies may increase enforcement operations along Africa’s west coast.
Italian court overturns Amanda Knox’s murder acquittal
American calls the decision ‘painful’ but says she is confident she will once again be exonerated.
North Korea puts military at highest readiness level
South Koreans, meanwhile, mark the third anniversary of the sinking of a warship in which 46 sailors died.
Drug dog out of order without warrant
The Supreme Court rules that Miami-Dade police violated the rights of a suspected pot grower.
Bill Nemitz: A hunger to excel trumps controversy
You’d think all those parents hoping to enroll their kids in the Baxter Academy of Technology and Science would be in full retreat by now . . .
Featured obituary: Jean Sawyer, 81, Gorham variety store owner
Mrs. Sawyer and her husband, Hall C. Sawyer Jr., were longtime owners of the popular Sawyer’s Variety in Gorham’s Little Falls neighborhood.
Greg Kesich: Technology to university: Pardon the disruption
Free online classes are doing to higher ed what free online classified ads did to newspapers.