GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba Thirty-five-year-old Abdalmalik Wahab had been imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay for nearly 14 years without charge when he got some good news: The U.S. government was no longer interested in holding him. A panel made up of representatives of six government agencies, including the Defense Department and the Office of the […]
February 2015
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N.Y. sex offender ruling sparks discussion of law’s real value
MINEOLA, N.Y. A decision by New York’s highest court striking down dozens of local laws that set boundaries on where convicted sex offenders may live has rekindled a debate over whether such laws really work to protect children. New York’s Court of Appeals ruled unanimously last week that only the state has the power to […]
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Tobacco companies fighting over claims on smoking’s effects
WASHINGTON America’s biggest tobacco companies say they are ready and willing to pass along factual public health information about cigarettes. But they say they will not go along with being forced to underwrite an ad campaign that would have the companies brand themselves as liars. In 2006, U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler ordered the largest […]
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Pa. girl, 2, mauled to death by dog
WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. (AP) — Police say a 2-year-old girl has died after being mauled by a pit bull in a Pittsburgh suburb. Police say the dog attacked Paylynn Devaugh inside a home in West Mifflin around 8:45 p.m. Sunday. The girl was pronounced dead at Jefferson Memorial Hospital. Police say Paylynn lived in nearby […]
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Tough end for Bobcats, Phoenix
AUGUSTA On Friday in the Western Maine Class D semifinals at the Augusta Civic Center, the Rangeley girls basketball team faced its first adversity of the season. Trailing sixth-seeded Searsport by seven at the half, the Lakers bounced back for a 39-35 win. A couple hours later, No. 4 Richmond punched its ticket to Saturday’s […]
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Phoenix fall to Forest Hills in boys Western D final
AUGUSTA It was the kind of start Hyde School-Bath coach Corey Begly had hoped for his Phoenix. Facing the undefeated and top-seeded Forest Hills Tigers in the Western D Regional boys final on Saturday at the Augusta Civic Center, Hyde began with a 13-4 advantage. But then fouls began coming, one after another. By the […]
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Hausman, Polar Bears top Ephs
BRUNSWICK On paper the Bowdoin College men’s basketball team came into the New England Small College Athletic Conference quarterfinal game as the No. 2 seed, facing No. 7 Williams. However, as the results have shown, seeding in the NESCAC means very little when it comes to playoffs. The history between the two teams has been […]
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Rebounding the way to the semis
BRUNSWICK The Bowdoin College women’s basketball team has made a name for itself over the course of the season. Going into this past Saturday’s New England Small College Athletic Conference quarterfinal game against Middlebury, the Polar Bears were ranked 18th overall in the nation, according to D3Hoops.com. After having an 18-game winning streak snapped by […]
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Lakers top Celtics in overtime, 118-111
LOS ANGELES Jeremy Lin had a season-high 25 points, and the Los Angeles Lakers snapped a seven-game losing streak with a 118-111 overtime victory against the Boston Celtics on Sunday night. Wesley Johnson added a season-high 22 points and Nick Young finished with 19, helping the Lakers win for only the second time in 18 […]