‘Sing-A-Long-A Sound of Music’ at Merrill Auditorium / Sixpence None the Richer at Jonathan’s / Movie reviews: ‘Bullet to the Head,’ ‘Hyde Park on Hudson’ and ‘Warm Bodies’ / Astrid Bowlby’s ‘Everything’ at USM / ‘Death by Design’ at St. Lawrence / ‘Sensory Circus’ at First Friday Art Walk
2013
Posted inNews
Legislative bills blur outlook for Maine schools
For Maine’s education community, this year’s legislative session is shaping up to be mostly about money.
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Posted inNation & World
In gun debate, search for middle ground becomes stand your ground
Giffords’ plea for curbs rivets a Senate hearing
Posted inNation & World
Bad weather proving very costly in U.S.
From wildfires to Sandy, officials grapple with damages and try to gird for more of the same.
Posted inBusiness, News
U.S. economy takes dip, but don’t blame consumers
A sharp decline in government spending overshadows gains in the private sector to end 2012.
Posted inSports
Sports Digest
GOLF PGA Tour says it’s ‘looking into’ Singh’s use of deer-antler spray Vijay Singh said he has used deer-antler spray and wasn’t aware that it may contain a substance banned by the PGA Tour. The 49-year-old Fijian first revealed he used the spray in an interview with Sports Illustrated. The magazine said Singh paid one […]
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NFL Notebook: Ravens’ Lewis: ‘I’m too blessed to be stressed’
NEW ORLEANS – Ray Lewis is “agitated.” Not because the Baltimore Ravens’ linebacker thinks the magazine report linking him to a company that purports to make performance-enhancers will affect his play or that of his teammates against the San Francisco 49ers in the Super Bowl — the final game of a 17-year NFL career that […]
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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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Outraged German women speak out against sexism
BERLIN – Online outrage over a German politician’s alleged sexist remarks has led to a surge in women seeking advice about sexual harassment in the workplace, the head of the country’s official anti-discrimination body says. Stern magazine journalist Laura Himmelreich claims that 67-year-old Rainer Bruederle, a leading member of the governing Free Democratic Party, told […]
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Wrestling Notebook: Fryeburg expected to contend for title
Based on last weekend’s Mid-State League Championship, Fryeburg Academy appears to be a clear favorite at Saturday’s Western Class B meet in Wells. The Raiders finished second to Class C powerhouse Dirigo and well ahead of this weekend’s top competitors, Mountain Valley, Wells and York. Fryeburg Coach Bryce Thurston doesn’t see it that way. “I […]