MIDLAND CITY, Ala. Man who shot bus driver holed up in rural bunker Police, SWAT teams and negotiators were at a rural property where a man was believed to be holed up in a homemade bunker Wednesday after fatally shooting the driver of a school bus and fleeing with a 6-year-old child passenger, authorities said. […]
2013
Posted inCurrent, The Forecaster
In Egypt, calls to halt riot violence
CAIRO – A key Egyptian opposition leader Wednesday called for talks with President Mohammed Morsi, ultraconservative Islamists and military officials to quell days of rioting that have killed more than 50 people and left the country edging toward anarchy. The proposal by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mohamed ElBaradei, a leader in the National Salvation Front, […]
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Posted inAmerican Journal
College Roundup: UMaine men fall short against UNH
ORONO – Chandler Rhoads scored 18 points, including the go-ahead basket with just over a minute to play, as New Hampshire topped Maine 57-54 in an America East men’s basketball game at Alfond Arena on Wednesday night. Rhoades put the Wildcats (6-14, 2-6 AE) ahead 55-52 on a jumper with 1:08 remaining. Xavier Pollard pulled […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Small College Notebook: So young and yet so good for UNE
The Nor’easters have won 10 straight with eight freshmen women’s basketball players.
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Small College Notebook: So young and yet so good for UNE
The Nor’easters have won 10 straight with eight freshmen women’s basketball players.
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
It’s the family of winners at Waynflete
The Veroneau family – all 10 members – have a past, present and future on a program of success.
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Teen shot, killed in park near Obama home
CHICAGO – A 15-year-old girl who had performed in President Obama’s inauguration festivities is the latest face on the ever-increasing homicide toll in the president’s hometown, killed in a Chicago park as she talked with friends by a gunman who apparently was not even aiming at her. Chicago police said Hadiya Pendleton was in a […]
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Making Noise: Phantom Buffalo takes flight of musical fancy to ‘Tadaloora’
The CD-release show is scheduled for early March.
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Making Noise: Phantom Buffalo takes flight of musical fancy to ‘Tadaloora’
The CD-release show is scheduled for early March.
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Bull Moose Top 10
Top 10 for Portland store Jan. 21-27: 1. “End of Watch” (DVD) 2. “Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch” for PS3 3. “Searching for Sugar Man,” DVD 4. The Lumineers, “The Lumineers” 5. Bad Religion, “True North” 6. “Death Race 3: Inferno” (DVD) 7. Aaron Neville, “My True Story” 8. Live Points […]