NEW YORK Elton John and Mumford & Sons will hit the Grammys stage to pay tribute to Levon Helm. The Recording Academy announced Wednesday that T Bone Burnett, Mavis Staples, Zac Brown and Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes will also perform “The Weight” at Sunday’s awards ceremony in Los Angeles. “Can you think of a […]
2013
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Newtown kids to be featured on E! Grammy preshow
A group of children from Newtown, Conn., who recently recorded a version of “Over the Rainbow” are preparing for a live appearance during the E! Network’s Grammy Awards preshow on Sunday. “American Idol” host Ryan Seacrest will be flying a crew to Connecticut and plans to interview the children via satellite during the E!’s “Live […]
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Bruce Willis: Don’t infringe on Second Amendment
LOS ANGELES Bruce Willis says he’s against new gun control laws that could infringe on Second Amendment rights. The “Die Hard” star also dismisses any link between Hollywood shootouts and real-life gun violence. “I think that you can’t start to pick apart anything out of the Bill of Rights without thinking that it’s all going […]
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Friday, Feb. 8, 2013
Gregory C. Carroll, 61, of Blue Hill, New York City and formerly of Biddeford, died suddenly while traveling on Feb. 1, 2013. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Kneisel Hall in Blue Hill. Peter Heitmann, 74, passed away on Feb. 6 at his home in North Berwick, surrounded by his loving family. […]
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Remembered in song
SACO — Shortly after Brandon Aull heard the tragic news that his friend, Alivia Welch, was dead, he used the power of music to help himself and others through the grieving process. Welch, 18, known as “Liv,” and her boyfriend, Derrick Thompson, 19, were shot and killed, allegedly by their landlord, James Pak, after a […]
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Raging in the machine
“Road rage,” aside from being a potentially cool name for a rip-roarin’ Tarantino flick, is one of those phenomena that gets treated rather lightly; it’s become as commonplace as crushed beer cans at Ted Nugent’s house, and yet whenever people reference it in casual conversation, you can almost hear in their voices an offhand dismissal, […]
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Thornton boys topple Tigers, 65-43
Thornton’s Evan Wright (20) shoots over the out-stretched hands of Biddeford’s Cam Nadeau (in the air) and Kyle Lagasse during the Trojans’ 65-43 victory at Linnell Gymnasium in Saco on Thursday. (WIL KRAMLICH/Journal Tribune)
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Remembered in song
Hip hop artist Brandon Aull is pictured in a still shot of the video for his song, “Liv & Let Liv,” which memorializes his friend, Alivia Welch. (SUBMITTED IMAGE)
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Education is key in stopping scams of all kinds
Scams and identity theft are rampant in this age of the Internet. But one scam is still finding success using good old-fashioned phone calls to hook its victims. The so-called Jamaican lottery scam has been targeting the elderly in York County and beyond, and has led to a lot of heartache and devastation for those […]
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Thornton boys topple Tigers, 65-43
SACO — Thornton Academy and Biddeford were two teams heading in opposite directions heading into their season-ending rivalry game Thursday night. The Trojans had already locked up a playoff berth, and they played like a team with all the momentum, as they got off to a hot start, and never cooled down on their way […]