The New York Giants want to go all out to make a final positive impression in case coach Tom Coughlin’s job is insecure — which it almost certainly is not. How the Washington Redskins respond to Mike Shanahan’s potentially final day as coach is more uncertain. New York was awful and seemingly disinterested two weeks […]
2013
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Second-chance points for Patriots’ Carter
It has been a bittersweet holiday season for Andre Carter. His wife, Bethany, and their two children live near Los Angeles, and for 6- year-old Quincy, Christmas can be one of the best times of the year. Quincy’s father is on the opposite coast, though. A job opportunity recently presented itself, much too good to […]
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Boise State loses 70-66 to No. 14 Iowa State
HONOLULU (AP) — Derrick Marks and the Boise State Broncos missed a chance to hand No. 14 Iowa State its first loss of the season. Boise State blew an 11-point, first-half lead and ended up falling 70-66 on Wednesday night in the Diamond Head Classic final. Marks, who led the Broncos (10-3) with 23 points, […]
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Jordan
AMMAN, Jordan I f you are keen on getting your Middle Eastern fix of ancient sites, sun, mint tea, and falafel, the Arab Spring may have challenged your travel plans. Although tourists have stayed largely safe in the Arab world in the past several years, the turmoil in Egypt, war in Syria and spill-over in […]
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Haiti faults orphanage run by well-off church
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti At the Olde Good Things antique store on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, a French crystal chandelier can go for tens of thousands of dollars. A marble mantel sells for more than $20,000 and hand-carved dinner tables are priced even higher. The store’s Christian missionary owners offer their well-heeled customers a heart-warming story: Part […]
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THIS WEEK IN THE CIVIL WAR
The Union, which had bolstered its positions in East Tennessee earlier in the year, launched into one more battle in the state before ringing out the year 1863. A Union brigadier general, Samuel D. Sturgis, got word on Dec. 28, 1863, that Confederate cavalry had been spotted near Dandridge, Tenn. He chose to go out […]
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Thursday, Dec. 26, 2013
Elizabeth “Betty” Applin, a former resident of Saco, died Dec. 8, 2013, at her home in Baton Rouge, La. She was 86. After a vigil at the Greenoaks Funeral Home in Baton Rouge, La. on Dec. 12, a Mass of Christian burial was conducted Dec. 13 at St. Jean Vianney Catholic Church in Baton Rouge. […]
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Rule change would end general assistance for immigrants
BIDDEFORD — A rule change is being proposed by the Department of Health and Human Services that would end general assistance benefits for some of Maine’s immigrant population who are here legally but are not citizens. DHHS is proposing to align Maine’s general assistance citizen eligibility requirements to those of some state and federal benefit […]