WICHITA, Kan. Plane loses power, crashes into flight school, killing four A small plane lost power after takeoff and crashed into a flight-training building while trying to return to a Kansas airport Thursday, killing four people, injuring five others and igniting a fire that sent up towering plumes of black smoke that could be seen […]
October 2014
Posted inMaine, News
Feature obituary: Carl Robinson, 87, talented musician
Mr. Robinson was also a skilled carpenter who had a passion for life.
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Posted inElections, Local Elections, Maine, Politics
Election Dispatches: Windham, Raymond, Scarborough
A crowded council race in Scarborough, a school district withdrawal vote in Raymond, and council and school board elections in Windham.
Posted inLocal Elections, Maine
SAD 15 voters face school facilities questions
Residents of Gray and New Gloucester will decide whether to borrow $7.4 million for improvements – more than half of which would be spent on athletic fields.
Posted inNation & World
Israel closes holy site, inciting outrage
Palestinians accuse Israel of a ‘declaration of war,’ deepening a crisis fueled by failed peace efforts, continued settlement construction and months of simmering violence.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Political leanings reflected in brains
Scientists studying liberal, moderate and conservative people find they can tell who leans left and right based on how their brains respond to disgusting pictures.
Posted inNation & World
Apple CEO Tim Cook: ‘I’m proud to be gay’
He says that he values his privacy but felt compelled to do his part in the fight for equality.
Posted inBusiness
U.S. economy adds momentum in third quarter
Its healthy 3.5% growth rate extends the surge in the second quarter and is likely to continue into 2015.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Rosie the Riveter’s old factory saved
The former plant is where Rose Will Monroe and others built B-24 Liberator bombers during World War II.