LOS ANGELES (AP) — When the Oklahoma City Thunder were down by 16 points and struggling to make any shot early in Game 6, they looked all but ready to fold up and head home for a series-deciding finale. Instead, Kevin Durant shouldered the Thunder and carried them into the fourth quarter, where they demonstrated […]
May 2014
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Sea Dogs sting New Britain
NEW BRITAIN, Conn. — The Portland Sea Dogs (23-14) broke a tie in the seventh and scored 10 runs over the final three frames in a 13-5 win over the New Britain Rock Cats (16-21) Thursday afternoon at New Britain Stadium. The Dogs picked up the 13 runs on a season-high 20 hits in the […]
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Ernest A. Mathieu
ACTON — Ernest A. Mathieu, 63, of Acton, died Tuesday, May 13, 2014 in Sanford.
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Couch throws a gem as Sea Dogs beat Trenton
PORTLAND — The Portland Sea Dogs (24-14) used a two-run second and outstanding starting pitching in the 2-0 win over the Trenton Thunder (23-18) Friday night at Hadlock Field. The win evened up the season series at 3-3 between the two squads. The story of the night was the outstanding pitching of Sea Dogs’ Keith […]
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Police add texting to crisis negotiation arsenal
The suspect in a gas station robbery and 100 mph chase kept pointing his handgun to his head, and police negotiator Andres Wells was doing all he could to keep the man from committing suicide. But he kept cutting Wells’ phone calls short. Then, about 10 minutes after the last hang up, Wells’ cellphone chimed. […]
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Sudanese woman sentenced to death for apostasy
KHARTOUM, Sudan — A Muslim-by-birth Sudanese woman who married a Christian man was sentenced to death Thursday after she refused to recant her Christian faith, her lawyer said. Meriam Ibrahim, whose father was Muslim but her mother was an Orthodox Christian from Ethiopia, was convicted of “apostasy” on Sunday and given four days to repent […]
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Turkish mining company denies negligence
SOMA, Turkey — A Turkish mining company defended its safety record Friday, four days after at least 284 people died in an underground blaze at its coal mine in western Turkey. A maximum of 18 miners remain missing and the final death toll will be around 300, the country’s energy minister said. The mining company’s […]
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Lawsuit against NCAA takes new twist on damages
An antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA took a new twist when former UCLA basketball star Ed O’Bannon and 19 other former athletes gave up their claim to individual monetary damages, just weeks before the case is scheduled to go to trial. An attorney for the plaintiffs said the move was made so the focus would […]
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Wonderfully deceptive superfood marketing
The new comedy show “Last Week Tonight” with John Oliver included a well-deserved riff on the food industry in its first episode. Oliver, who you might know from his work on Comedy Central’s fake news program, “The Daily Show,” went after two well-deserved targets: Pom Wonderful pomegranate juice and Coca-Cola. He refers to a court […]
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KHS alumni host annual reunion and banquet
The Kennebunk/Kennebunkport High School Alumni Association will hold its annual reunion and banquet on Friday, June 13 at the Colony Hotel in Kennebunkport. Social hour is at 5 p.m., and dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. Scholarship recipients will also be introduced. Those who wish to attend but did not receive a reservation form […]