October 2014
North Korean detainee back home in Ohio
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio An Ohio man detained for nearly half a year in North Korea has landed back home. A plane carrying Jeffrey Fowle landed this morning at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, near Dayton, where he had an emotional reunion with his family. Moments after Fowle stepped off a plane at the base […]
Lurene G. Coffin
SEBASCO ESTATES — Lurene Grace James Vincent Perry Coffin, 87, of Sebasco Road, passed away on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014, surrounded by her four children. “Renee” was born on Dec. 5, 1926, and grew up in Sebasco and Cundy’s Harbor. She attended Sebasco Grammar School and North Yarmouth Academy. She was the daughter of Ira […]
The Clintons, the Democrats’ 2014 super surrogates
AURORA Bill and Hillary Clinton are the validators-in-chief for Democrats struggling through a bleak campaign season in states where President Barack Obama is deeply unpopular. With speculation rampant about whether Hillary Rodham Clinton makes a second presidential run, the power couple has blanketed the political map this fall, attending fundraisers and get-out-the-vote rallies for a […]
Government seeks supplies for immigration documents
WASHINGTON The Homeland Security Department appears to be preparing for an increase in the number of immigrants applying for work permits after President Barack Obama announces his longpromised plans for executive actions on immigration reform later this year. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services confirmed to The Associated Press that it has published a draft contract […]
Liberians exiled by Ebola pray for end of outbreak
BUDUBURAM CAMP, Ghana Henry Boley left Liberia to attend a conference in Nigeria just days after his twins were born. Now, weeks later, he can’t get home. Amanda Johnson, a 50-year-old Liberian living in Ghana, awaits her fiance’s departure from their home country for their wedding, but refuses to return home because of Ebola. Hundreds […]
Bedouin Israeli doctor mysteriously turns jihadi
HURA, ISRAEL He was a quiet whiz kid at the top of his class in Israel, who overcame tough odds in this minority Arab village to become a star medical student and hospital intern. Could Othman Abu al- Qiyan have been radicalized by Israel’s conflict with the Palestinians — or something else? No one can […]
Tribes in Abu Ghraib vow to keep I.S. out
ABU GHRAIB, IRAQ The Baghdad suburb of Abu Ghraib, best known for its infamous prison, sits close enough to Baghdad’s airport that you can see the control tower in the distance. It’s an enticing potential prize for Islamic State militants. For now, this Sunni-dominated town remains beyond their grip, despite recent reports to the contrary. […]
