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October 2014
Dear Abby
DEAR ABBY: I am an adult heterosexual male who has discovered that I like wearing nail polish. I feel it should not be a matter of gender, but of taste and fashion. I wore a reasonably bold color in public for the first time a week before last. It was a light, metallic blue that […]
Today in History
Today is Friday, October 10, the 283rd day of 2014. There are 82 days left in the year. On October 10, 1845, the U.S. Naval Academy opened in Annapolis, Md.
Tinseltown Talks:
While his professed powers of prognostication might be greeted with skepticism by some, there’s no doubt Canadian psychic, astrologer and palmist Anthony Carr has been influenced by the stars – of the celebrity variety. Carr, 71, has rubbed palms with Hollywood royalty all his life. “When I was six months old, Esther Williams used to […]
Clean water necessary for health, strong economy
Two decades ago, Boston Harbor was widely considered the dirtiest harbor in America. Sewage and pollution from local industry made it unsafe to fish or swim in the harbor or the Charles River. But the Clean Water Act, passed in 1972, did what it was intended to do and spurred a cleanup that has made […]
Charges added in fatal Saco hit and run
SACO — A grand jury has added a felony motor vehicle charge to six other charges a Saco man faces for allegedly leaving the scene after striking an elderly woman who was out walking her dog. The woman later died of her injuries. Leo Bedard III, of Saco, was indicted this week on charges of […]
Prelates get crash course in joys of sex
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis, cardinals and bishops from around the world have gotten an unexpected lecture on the joys of sex, from a Catholic couple brought in to talk about what makes a marriage last. Ron and Mavis Pirola, parents of four from Sydney, Australia, told a Vatican gathering of some 200 prelates that […]