Q: When was the first checked bag fee? A: American Airlines in May 2008 became the first major U.S. carrier to charge a fee for checking a suitcase. (Some discount airlines already had such a fee.) The other large airlines quickly followed. Q: Why did the airlines do this? A: In 2004, U.S. airlines were […]
May 2014
Posted inBusiness, News
Maine blueberry farmers renting more hives to boost harvests
Maine will import about 4.8 billion honeybees to pollinate the barrens this spring, the state says.
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Posted inLife & Culture, Nation & World
Iranians’ arrest for ‘Happy’ dance exposes leadership tensions
Sites such as YouTube and Facebook are blocked by censors, though many young and Web-savvy Iranians use workarounds to bypass the controls.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Railroad jumping the gun on reviving oil shipments through Quebec
Before making plans, the rail company blamed in the Lac-Megantic tragedy should get government officials’ go-ahead.
Posted inLife & Culture
Jay Leno’s free to be regular standup guy
He says he feels ‘liberated’ from the late-night TV grind.
Posted inLife & Culture
Catholic principal apologizes over photo of Ellen DeGeneres
She says that using the photo was ‘completely wrong’ because DeGeneres ‘lives her life outside the teachings of the Catholic Church.’
Posted inOpinion
Dana Milbank: Obamacare’s flexibility could be just what foes needed to jump aboard
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence is showing the way for conservatives to make the law work for their states.
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Alan Caron: Fiscal moderates are becoming the new homeless
If the two parties don’t change, a third may well arise
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Candidates’ evolving views on issues indicate thoughtfulness
Both Mike Michaud and Troy Jackson have admitted that their views on marriage equality and pro-choice have evolved over the years. I respect a person who has taken the time to research, listen and learn and then evolve in their views on social issues. Both of these men grew up in Catholic homes in a […]
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Letter to the editor: When Gov. Christie speaks, good grammarians cringe
I hope that Gov. Chris Christie’s English teacher doesn’t follow Maine news, and that Mainers won’t follow his lead on grammar. When he said recently, “The one thing they can’t say about LePage and I is that we sound like everybody else . . .” (“In Maine, Chris Christie promises big support for LePage re-election”, […]