October 2014
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Brunswick frosh picks up first victory
LISBON — The Brunswick High School freshmen boys soccer team scored two second-half goals of the foot of Trevor Milbourn to propel the Dragons to a 3-0 shut-out victory over Lisbon in recent action to improve their record to 1-6-1. Milbourn also assisted on a goal by Kyle Labbe to solidify the lead. Goalkeeper Jared […]
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Eagles end season on high note
TOPSHAM — The Mt. Ararat Middle School girls seventh grade soccer team ended its season on Monday with a 1-0 victory over the Brunswick Huskies. Grace Trebilcock scored the only goal of the game as goalie Amy Pollack collected a shutout, ending the Eagles season at 8-0-2.
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Korda leads in China
HAINAN ISLAND, China (AP) — Jessica Korda birdied five of the first eight holes Thursday and finished with a 6-under 66 to take the first-round lead in the Blue Bay LPGA. The 21-year-old American, a two-time winner this season, birdied the first three holes and added birdies on No. 6, 8 and 14 in her […]
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Leafs-Senators game postponed after shootings
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — The NHL postponed Wednesday night’s game between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Senators because of the shootings in Ottawa. A Canadian soldier standing guard at a war memorial in the country’s capital was shot to death Wednesday, and gunfire then erupted inside Parliament, authorities said. The game was scheduled at the […]
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‘Drag’ cutters
AUSTIN, Texas On “the Drag,” businesses come and go. A student’s favorite freshman hangout may be gone by the time they come back for a post-graduation visit. So it’s a bit remarkable that Wooten Barber Shop at 2106 Guadalupe St. across from the University of Texas campus has stood the test of time. Recently, Mayor […]
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Voiceprints harvested by the millions
LONDON Over the telephone, in jail and online, a new digital bounty is being harvested: the human voice. Businesses and governments around the world increasingly are turning to voice biometrics, or voiceprints, to pay pensions, collect taxes, track criminals and replace passwords. “We sometimes call it the invisible biometric,” said Mike Goldgof, an executive at […]
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Banks harvesting callers’ voiceprints to combat fraud
LONDON “This call may be monitored.” You hear it every time you phone your bank about a lost credit card or an unexpected charge. You may realize your bank is recording you, but did you know it could be taking your biometric data, too? An Associated Press investigation has found that two of America’s biggest […]
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THIS WEEK IN THE CIVIL WAR
Confederate forces, though far outnumbered and ill-equipped, attacked sleeping and encamped Union soldiers on Oct. 19, 1864, at Cedar Creek in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. The Confederate charge swept over Union fighters during the fogshrouded hours before dawn — not far from Belle Grove — and shaped up early on as a disaster for the North. […]
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Sean M. Johnson
SANFORD — Sean Michael Johnson, 37, a compassionate and strong-willed individual, lost his long struggle with mental illness on Monday, Oct. 20, 2014. Sean was born in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania on Aug. 20, 1977, a son of Albert Morrill Johnson Jr. and June Alice (Neil) Johnson. He grew up in Brockton, Massachusetts before moving to Maine […]