PORTLAND (AP) — A Maine man who was stripped of the right to a court-appointed lawyer before being convicted of robbery is in a hurry to complete the case. Joshua Nisbet, who’s been jailed since July 2011, asked the judge to sentence him on the spot Thursday after a jury rejected his defense and convicted […]
May 2014
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Disastrous start dooms Warriors in defeat
BRUNSWICK — Despite boys lacrosse being a four-quarter game, one quarter decided Thursday afternoon’s game between Wells and Freeport. The Falcons took a 7-0 lead after the first quarter, then kept a safe distance the rest of the day to win 11-6 at Bowdoin College’s Howard Ryan Athletic Field. Freeport (2-0) won the opening possession, […]
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Eastern Trail Alliance to hold annual meeting
WELLS — The Eastern Trail Alliance, an organization committed to the creation of a trail stretching from Kittery to South Portland, will hold its annual meeting on Thursday, May 15 from 5:30-8 p.m. at the Old Marsh Country Club in Wells. This year’s meeting will feature guest speaker Carl Knoch, Northeast Trail Development manager for […]
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Kerry: Mideast peace process on ’pause’
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says this week’s deadline for an agreement on Mideast peace was irrelevant even before it passed. That’s due to separate actions by Israeli and Palestinian leaders that halted nine months of negotiations. Kerry says he still hopes the two sides will come back to […]
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Sterling conversation leaked by 3rd party LOS ANGELES (AP) — An attorney representing the woman Donald Sterling was talking to when he made racist remarks said the hour-long conversation was taped by mutual agreement last September and provided to a friend for safekeeping, who leaked it to TMZ. V. Stiviano sent two snippets of the […]
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Biddeford to take new approach to juvenile crimes
BIDDEFORD — “Something’s got to change,” said Superintendent of Schools Jeremy Ray. Currently, 15 students from Biddeford are serving time in the Long Creek Youth Development Center for juvenile offenders in South Portland. In addition, said Ray, there are many students, from elementary school through high school, who are already in the juvenile correction systems […]
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Iran eyes snappier businesses to boost economy
QESHM ISLAND, Iran — Crocodile farming isn’t the most obvious business opportunity in Iran. The wide-jawed reptiles aren’t native to the country, their meat can’t legally be served at home and they don’t have the friendliest reputation. That hasn’t stopped one enterprising woman from sinking her teeth into a business that most Iranians would rather […]
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Candidates seek female votes key to Senate control
ATLANTA — Democrat Michelle Nunn happily notes that she’d be Georgia’s first elected female senator. “I meet women all the time who are aware that we have a chance to make history,” Nunn told The Associated Press before a recent campaign stop. Another Democratic Senate hopeful, Kentucky’s Alison Lundergan Grimes, accuses Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell, […]
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N.H. health plan sign-ups top 40,000
CONCORD, N.H. — More than 40,000 New Hampshire residents have selected health plans through the new insurance market created by the federal health care overhaul, with a surge of nearly 19,000 sign-ups since March, President Barack Obama’s administration said Thursday. New Hampshire’s first-year total, 40,262, was more than twice the target of 19,000 spelled out […]
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Clemson: FFRF ‘misconstrued’ facts in complaint
COLUMBIA, S.C. — An attorney for Clemson University wrote that the Freedom From Religion Foundation had misstated the law in its complaint that Tigers coach Dabo Swinney intertwines his Christian religion with the football program. The school’s senior associate counsel Erin Swann Lauderdale sent a letter dated April 24 in reply to the FFRF’s complaint. […]