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National Dispatches

LOS ANGELES Half the food produced worldwide gets wasted Up to half of the food produced worldwide never makes it into a consumer’s mouth, according to a new report. That’s as much as 2 billion tons of grub that’s wasted, according to a study released Thursday by Britain’s Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part of the […]

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Life of the long-distance runner

Gary Allen of Great Cranberry Island ran through Falmouth on Thursday as part of his 700-mile run from Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park to Washington, D.C., to raise money for the Wounded Warrior project, the American Cancer Society and Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Allen, 56, hopes to arrive in the nation’s […]

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Steve Solloway: Cheaters the ultimate losers

Pete Riccitelli was in my face, saying he was right and I was wrong, wrong, wrong. The year was 1991 and the Baseball Hall of Fame had announced Pete Rose was banned from any vote that would lead to his induction. “You guys think you’re God,” said Riccitelli, speaking of sports writers. “You’re a bunch […]

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NHL Notebook: Coyotes again want Valley of the Sun howling with delight

GLENDALE, Ariz. – The Phoenix Coyotes made hockey cool in the desert again with their run to the Western Conference finals last season, invigorating a blase fan base with a blue-collar mentality and unprecedented playoff push. The emergence of Greg Jamison as a potential owner who could end three years of instability fueled the momentum […]