MOSCOW (AP) — Two imprisoned members of the Pussy Riot feminist punk band say they have no regrets about the irreverent protest against President Vladimir Putin at Moscow’s main cathedral that landed them behind bars for two years. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alekhina described harsh prison conditions in an interview published today in the independent […]
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Big bankers defend against critics
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Leading bankers at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, are on the defensive amid demands to regulate their industry more closely following the financial crisis that battered the global economy. Bankers have been widely blamed for the financial crisis that has dramatically reduced the living standards of many in the […]
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Lower print demand forces Geiger to shed 75 workers
Geiger, the producer of the Farmers’ Almanac as well as pocket diaries and calendars, is divesting itself of its printing and manufacturing business after 135 years. The company’s decision, one influenced by changes in peoples’ behavior wrought by technology, will lead to 75 people losing their jobs, Peter Geiger, the company’s executive vice president and […]
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Clinton to face Congress on Libya assault
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton faces tough questions in her long-awaited congressional testimony concerning the assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. Clinton is the sole witness today at back-to-back hearings before the Senate and House foreign policy panels on […]
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MPA panel to consider changing football classes today
AUGUSTA — The classification committee of the Maine Principals’ Association will have a modified four-class football proposal to consider when it meets today to complete its work for the next two-year academic cycle. The football committee recently updated its plan in part to address appeals by Gorham and Oceanside High School of Rockland-Thomaston concerning their […]
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Polar Bears down Huskies
Coming off two key New England Small College Athletic Conference wins over the weekend, including Bowdoin’s first men’s hockey victory at Middlebury since 1993 on Saturday, the Polar Bears returned to Sidney J. Watson Arena for a Tuesday meeting with in-state rival University of Southern Maine. For a period, the six-win Huskies used their packed-in […]
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Irving, Cavaliers keep Celtics reeling
CLEVELAND (AP) — Count Boston’s Doc Rivers as one coach who thinks Kyrie Irving should be on the Eastern Conference All-Star team. It’s easy to see why Rivers holds such an opinion after Irving scored scored 15 of his 40 points in the fourth quarter, including several key late baskets, to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers […]
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Shibles reaches 100th victory
BOWDOIN COLLEGE ROUNDUP BRUNSWICK — Bowdoin College women’s basketball coach Adrienne Shibles won her 100th game as head coach of the Polar Bears in a 80-43 victory over Maine Maritime Academy on Tuesday evening at Morrell Gymnasium. Midway through her fifth season at Bowdoin, Shibles claimed her 100th win in just her 134th game overall. […]
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Phoenix squads undefeated
YARMOUTH — Warsame Mohamed scored a game-high 28 points as the Hyde School boys basketball team rolled to a 71-52 victory over North Yarmouth Academy on Tuesday. The Phoenix improved to 10-0 and sit atop the Maine Principals Association’s Western D standings. Ryan Cassidy chipped in 20 points for Hyde, which visits 11-1 Waynflete on […]
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Red Sox finally sign Mike Napoli
Newly signed Boston Red Sox first baseman Mike Napoli said he never has experienced symptoms from a very serious hip condition known as avascular necrosis, which he says was diagnosed during the physical he took for the team last month. The condition, known as AVN, restricts blood flow to the hip joints and can ultimately […]