High school students in Scarborough and Gorham recently walked out on school dances when school officials forbid them from grinding, a form of dancing in which a dancer typically rubs his/her pelvis against his/her partner’s backside. Disgusting, right? Lewd. Obscene. All decent folk should be appalled at such public displays of teen lust. Wrong. I […]
October 2014
Posted inNation & World, News
Illinois teenager charged with trying to join Islamic State
Mohammed Hamzah Khan, a 19-year-old U.S. citizen from Bolingbrook, is charged with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization.
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Abby's Road: The young family and the sea
Bobbing on the gentle waves of Casco Bay, we quietly willed the situation not to deteriorate. We were riding in a borrowed, eight-person motorboat. We had spent the morning cruising the coast. We were passing Diamond Cove and aiming for home and nap time. Out of the corner of my eye, I then saw what […]
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Facebook closes purchase of WhatsApp for $21.8 billion
WhatsApp is by far Facebook’s largest acquisition, and bigger than any that Google, Microsoft or Apple have ever done.
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Policy Wonk: Maine’s health care policy is costly
The cost of Maine’s health care policy is mounting as we speak. For example, decisions made early in the LePage administration to shrink the state’s Medicaid program by narrowing eligibility requirements have (from 2012 to 2013) increased the number of individuals without health insurance by 12,000. U.S. Census Bureau data indicates that during this period […]
Posted inMaine, News
Bowdoin professor identifies likely cause of mass frog deaths
Nathaniel Wheelwright’s paper, published recently in an academic journal, is getting the attention of scientists around the country.
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Provost’s letter to USM faculty and staff outlining the president’s proposals
The cuts were announced Monday and are intended to cut $6 million from the university’s $16 million budget gap, says Pres. David Flanagan.
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USM press release on job and program cuts
The cuts were announced Monday and are intended to cut $6 million from the university’s $16 million budget gap, says Pres. David Flanagan.
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University of Southern Maine to cut 50 faculty positions, 2 academic programs
PORTLAND — The University of Southern Maine has a plan to cut 50 faculty positions and two programs in an effort to eliminate $6 million from its budget, according to a statement Monday by administrators. These cuts are the first phase in a year-long effort to eliminate $16 million from the university’s budget that recently […]