After a turbulent year marred by terror woes, Ebola outbreaks and a horrific series of airline disasters, many could be forgiven for saying good riddance to 2014 and gratefully ringing in a new year. Across the globe, revelers looking for a respite from the gloom will converge on the beaches of Brazil, the shores of […]
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Bad weather hobbles Indonesia jet recovery; 7 bodies found
PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia Bad weather hindered efforts to recover victims of AirAsia Flight 8501 today, and sent wreckage drifting far from the crash site, as grieving relatives prayed for strength to endure their losses. “Help us, God, to move forward, even though we are surrounded by darkness,” the Rev. Philip Mantofa, whose church lost about […]
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Harbaugh a hit in return to Michigan
ANN ARBOR, Mich. Jim Harbaugh may have already solved two significant problems at Michigan. The fan base is unified again, and the apathy that led to a slip in attendance certainly seems like a thing of the past. Now the question is whether the Wolverines will start winning more games — and how soon? “Michigan’s […]
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Tough night for boys basketball squads
AUBURN — Senior forward Kaleb Main paced the Edward Little boys basketball team with 23 points as the Red Eddies dispatched Brunswick, 55-44 in Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference play on Tuesday. Following a tie game after one, the Red Eddies (8-0) turned on the jets for a decisive 18-4 second-quarter run. Elijah Roe contributed a […]
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Polar Bears rout Clark in Coastal Classic
BRUNSWICK — The Bowdoin College women’s basketball team never trailed in a 90- 29 victory over Clark University on the opening day of the Coastal Maine Classic Tuesday at Morrell Gymnasium. The Polar Bears improved to 8-2 with the victory while the Cougars fell to 3-6. Every active player scored in the game for Bowdoin, […]
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Dragons outscore Cony Rams, 9-6
HALLOWELL — The line of Jared Parent, Jacob McGowan and TJ Sullivan combined on eight goals and seven assists as the Brunswick High School boys ice hockey team downed Cony/Monmouth, 9-6, in an Eastern Maine Class A contest at the Bank of America Ice Vault on Tuesday. McGowan had three goals and four assists, Sullivan […]
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Hightower rooting for 2 top-seeded teams
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. Dont’a Hightower has extra time to prepare for his top-seeded team’s playoff game. Meanwhile, he’ll be rooting for another No. 1 seed. The New England Patriots linebacker plans to watch his college team, Alabama, face Ohio State in a College Football Playoff semifinal Thursday night. “I’m definitely going to catch that one,” Hightower […]
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Cowboys’ Melton out with injury
IRVING, Texas (AP) — Dallas defensive tackle Henry Melton will miss the playoffs because of a right knee injury sustained in the regular-season finale at Washington. Melton, who missed most of last season in Chicago with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, was placed on injured reserve Tuesday with a bruised right […]