Despite their advances, rebels lack the strength to challenge government forces and air power.
2013
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N.H. sex case suspect ordered to have no contact with victim
MANCHESTER, N.H. – A federal magistrate Thursday ordered a Manchester lawyer charged with sexually exploiting a child to have no contact with the 14-year-old whom prosecutors say she victimized. U.S. Attorney John Kacavas sought the no-contact order in court, saying 43-year-old Lisa Biron of Manchester has been putting “great pressure on the minor victim about […]
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Bears found their place in the sun
By winning the Florida College Classic, the Maine hockey team may have turned a new leaf as a new year starts.
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Charles Krauthammer: Tax hikes on wealthy reveal Obama’s real agenda
WASHINGTON – The rout was complete, the retreat disorderly. President Obama got his tax hikes — naked of spending cuts — passed by the ostensibly Republican House of Representatives. After which, you might expect him to pivot to his self-proclaimed “principle” of fiscal “balance” by taking the lead on reducing spending. “Why,” asked The Washington […]
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M.D. Harmon: Tax cuts didn’t address the real issue: deficit spending
Some people on the right are saying that Congress’ vote forestalling the “fiscal cliff” wasn’t the epic disaster that most House Republicans (who voted against it 151-85) think it was. Granted, the vote broke a party pledge not to raise taxes (and almost every working American’s taxes got raised by it, as noted below). That’s […]
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More than 200 adults arrested in porn probe
Authorities rescue more than 100 child victims in a push to capture those who profit off sex with minors.
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King book to help heat Maine homes
The copy of ‘The Regulators,’ written under the pen name Richard Bachman, was donated by a customer to Scottie’s Bookhouse in Hancock.
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Court rules ‘flipper’ can sue over arrest for insulting gesture
An appeal of a 2006 case cites both Greek literature and an 1886 photograph of two baseball teams.
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Maine Voices: There is no good reason to arm teachers, plenty of reasons not to
When confronting a madman with an assault rifle, the armed teacher will be outgunned.
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Not your usual rock from Mars
A piece of Martian rock found in the Sahara desert is one of about 65 that have been found on Earth.