PHOENIX (AP) — Former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has one word about gun violence in America: “Enough.” She and her husband — retired astronaut Mark Kelly — spoke to ABC News anchor Diane Sawyer for an interview that will be aired at 6:30 p.m. today. It’s the second anniversary of the Tucson shooting rampage that […]
2013
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Hagel faces tough Senate confirmation
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s pick of Chuck Hagel to helm the Pentagon faces rough going in the Senate as a handful of Republicans quickly announced their opposition to a former GOP colleague, and several skeptical Democrats reserved judgment until the nominee explains his views on Israel and Iran. The concerns about Hagel complicate […]
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Victims’ families hear about saving wounded
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — The officers struggled to hold back the tears as they recalled the Colorado theater shooting: discovering a 6- year-old girl without a pulse, trying to keep a wounded man from jumping out of a moving police car to go back for his 7-year-old daughter, screaming at a gunshot victim not to […]
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Pig roast beneath the cliff
“Another day older and deeper in debtSt. Peter don’t you call me ‘cause I can’t goI owe my soul to the company store”— Merle Travis, “Sixteen Tons” First recorded in 1946 by American country singer Merle Travis, “Sixteen Tons” tells the story of a coal miner forced to buy goods from the company-owned store at […]
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Diversity in Congress a plus
In much of the world, it would be fantasy to think Christians, Buddhists, Muslims, Jews and Hindus could serve the public together in peace. Yet the incoming Congress will be the most religiously diverse in U.S. history. The House will welcome its first Hindu, Hawaii Democrat Tulsi Gabbard, who takes the seat of Mazie K. […]
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SMCC a critical partner in Brunswick’s renewal
There’s an old wisdom, expressed in many different ways, that with every end comes a new beginning. That’s certainly the case with the closing of the Brunswick Naval Air Station. Commissioned in 1943, BNAS was a key part of the Greater Brunswick community for decades. It was an economic force, affecting the region with the […]
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This space gets local in 2013
Readers will see a few changes in their newspaper and at www.timesrecord.com for 2013. One is the composition of your daily editorial page. We’ve lined up Maine columnists — a mix of leaders and citizens — whose opinions color how Mid-coast people live. On Mondays, you’ll get the benefit of three decades of political reporting […]
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Charter schools ‘rob Peter to pay Paul’
To the Editor: I just read the article in today’s edition of the Times Record re: Harpswell’s upcoming charter school application (“Charter school review is set,” page A1, Dec. 4). While I’m all for giving our children the best education possible, this may not be the best approach. We already have a good school system […]
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Coyote hunting not in Maine tradition
To the Editor: In a year that saw hunters take an increased number of deer thanks to a mild winter, I am concerned that the previous speculation of population declines due to coyote predation has not been re-evaluated. Irresponsible control of a poorly studied species without any core or long-term understanding of their ecological role […]