Need a break from all the debate over virtual schools in Maine? State Rep. Alan Casavant, D-Biddeford, offers Legislative Resolution 1729 for your consideration: “Resolve, To Create a Study Group to Research the Possibility of a Virtual Legislature.” Stay away from that delete button. As much as this might sound like one of those weirdly […]
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Cake for same-sex wedding doesn’t cut it, bakery says
GRESHAM, Ore. – Bakery owner Aaron Klein says he sells cakes to customers of all sexual orientations. He draws the line, however, at wedding cakes for same-sex couples. Klein, who along with his wife owns the Gresham bakery Sweet Cakes by Melissa, is under investigation after a Portland woman filed a consumer complaint alleging the […]
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Video of Cairo police beating naked man incites protesters
CAIRO – Egypt’s Interior Minister vowed Saturday to investigate the beating of a naked man by riot police that threatened to further inflame popular anger against security forces, but suggested that initial results absolve the police of direct abuse. The beating was caught on camera and broadcast live on television late Friday as protests raged […]
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Missing American found dead in Turkey
ISTANBUL – A New York City woman who went missing while vacationing alone in Istanbul was found dead on Saturday, and police detained nine people for questioning in connection with the case, Turkey’s state-run news agency said. Sarai Sierra, a 33-year-old mother of two, was last heard from on Jan. 21, the day she was […]
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America’s highway bill coming due
Experts agree that many states spent too much on building highways and too little on fixing them.
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Longshoremen, port operators reach tentative labor agreement
WASHINGTON – Port operators along the East Coast have reached a tentative deal on a new contract with the union for longshoremen, averting a possible strike that would have crippled operations at 15 ports, according to a federal mediator. The deal was announced late Friday in a statement from George Cohen, head of the Federal […]
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Author Q & A: Good Dog
Eleanor Morse went to Botswana with her then-husband, a resident of the country, in the 1970s, shortly after graduating from Swarthmore. She worked there for several years. After living in Botswana, she moved to Maine – first the midcoast, then Portland, then Peaks Island, where she now lives. She worked at various jobs but she […]
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Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry
Poet Mekeel McBride, from Kittery, writes: “I told a friend that my goldfish had died. He scoffed, said, ‘I’m a journalist. I deal with things that really matter.’ I felt ashamed for even mentioning it but later, this poem taught me what really does matter and why.”
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Farnsworth to unveil ‘American Treasures’
ROCKLAND – The Farnsworth Art Museum’s upcoming exhibition season will include a complete re-installation of almost every gallery for the presentation of “American Treasures: The Best of the Farnsworth Collection.” The 2013 season will also include a major N.C. Wyeth exhibition, as well as smaller shows featuring works by Andrew Wyeth and Jonathan Fisher. On […]
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Calendar
Art “Between Past and Present: The Homer Studio Photographic Project,” contemporary photography made with historic processes, through Feb. 17; Lois Dodd: “Catching the Light,” career retrospective — 1955-2012 — for the Maine painter, through April 7; and “Voices of Design” — 25 Years of Architalx, interactive exhibition that showcases the power of design, through May […]