WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A hospital spokesman says that Poland’s last communist leader, Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski, has suffered a stroke and is in serious but stable condition. Col. Grzegorz Kade, spokesman for Warsaw’s Military Medical Institute, said Tuesday that the 90-year-old Jaruzelski was already hospitalized when he was diagnosed with stroke symptoms on Sunday. Kade […]
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Safety must come first, even for daring circus acts
The circus is an annual rite of spring for children and children-at-heart, with its amazing acrobatic stunts, trained animals, theatrics and, of course, silly clowns. It’s supposed to be a time of joy for adults and youth alike, with cotton candy or glowing toys in every hand of those who fill the stands with jaws […]
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Yacht Club offers Junior Sailing program
The Arundel Yacht Club in Kennebunkport is now accepting registrations for its Junior Sailing program, which has been offered since 1957. Classes for children aged 7-16 will be offered in two-week sessions starting June 30, July 14, July 28 and Aug. 11. Instruction takes place at the Arundel Yacht Club on Ocean Avenue, in the […]
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Maine moose hunt lottery applications due
AUGUSTA, (AP) — Mainers hoping to enter the lottery for moose hunting permit had better do it soon. The state Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is accepting online applications until 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday. Winners will be announced June 14. The recently announced that it would reduce the number of permits to 3,095, down […]
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Judge says Pistorius to get psychiatrist test
PRETORIA, South Africa — The judge overseeing the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius on Wednesday ordered the double-amputee athlete to undergo psychiatric tests, meaning that the trial proceedings will be delayed. The decision by Judge Thokozile Masipa followed a request for a psychiatric evaluation by the chief prosecutor, Gerrie Nel. The prosecutor had said he […]
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Slain officer had no chance to fire in shooting
BRENTWOOD, N.H. — The New Hampshire police officer fatally shot by a man who later died in a roaring house fire was invited into the home by the gunman’s father during an argument and was immediately cut down without a chance to draw his weapon, authorities said Tuesday. The state attorney general’s office said Brentwood […]
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Friend of marathon suspect expected to testify
BOSTON — A college friend of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect could testify in court in an effort to suppress evidence for his own upcoming trial, which a judge ruled does not need to be moved from Massachusetts in order to be fair. Dias Kadyrbayev is charged with tampering with evidence for removing Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s […]
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History shades Arkansas’ gay marriage debate
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Fifty-seven years after federal troops escorted nine black students into Little Rock’s Central High School as a white mob jeered, Arkansas again finds itself in the center of a debate over civil rights. This time, the issue is gay marriage, but the 1957 desegregation crisis still casts a shadow. More […]
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High cost, corruption claims mar Brazil World Cup
BRASILIA, Brazil — The cost of building Brasilia’s World Cup stadium has nearly tripled to $900 million in public funds, largely due to allegedly fraudulent billing, government auditors say. The spike in costs has made it the world’s second-most expensive soccer arena, even though the city has no major professional team. Mane Garrincha stadium, which […]
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Republican vice chair threatened with gun
WINSLOW (AP) — Police have arrested the ex-husband of Maine’s Republican party vice chairwoman on charges that he threatened her, her boyfriend and one of her children with a loaded gun. The Morning Sentinel reported that police said Wilfred Morissette was intoxicated when he pulled the weapon on Susan Morissette, who is also a former […]