The independent candidate refuses to let low poll numbers derail his drive to prove his electability.
October 2014
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture
Violinist will return to his instrument’s Maine roots
Mark O’Connor will play a range of American music on his Portland-made – and repaired – violin.
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Posted inEditorials
Another View: Red line in Syria keeps getting harder to define
Despite a Russian-brokered disarmament deal, the use of poison gas appears to continue.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
FCC fines 2 phone companies $10 million over data breach
TerraCom and YourTel America posted the information of 300,000 Lifeline clients, regulators say.
Posted inNation & World, News
Years ago, Soviets saw Ebola as a weapon
Their research program officially ended in 1991, but a wall of secrecy remains.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: USM must balance its budget before tackling larger issues
Suggesting that the university should first shed a campus makes little sense and is impractical.
Posted inNation & World
Toddler who brought Ebola to Mali dies
Many people in Mali are at high risk of catching Ebola because the toddler was bleeding from her nose as she traveled on a bus from Guinea.
Posted inLife & Culture
William Shatner could resurrect Capt. Kirk role
NEW YORK — “Star Trek” may be the next frontier for William Shatner – again. Shatner, who played the original James T. Kirk, said he’s meeting soon with Roberto Orci, who’s directing “Star Trek 3,” to discuss reprising his Kirk in the rebooted franchise. “I had a talk with him the other day,” Shatner said. […]
Posted inLife & Culture
‘Honey Boo Boo’ going bye-bye, TLC network says
NEW YORK – The TLC network says it is canceling “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo,” its colorful series about a young beauty pageant contestant. TLC would not explain why the series was being shelved. But this week TMZ reported that the girl’s mother, June Shannon, was in a relationship with a man who was convicted […]
Posted inLife & Culture, Nation & World
Miss Uganda contest promotes farming
The government is trying to keep young people from abandoning fertile farmland in their villages.