AUGUSTA — George Howard Derosier, 82, of Augusta, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Feb. 19, 2015, at Maine General Medical Center. On July 1, 1932, George came into this world. Born to Denis and Irene (Chasse) Derosier in Limestone. He was the third born of 14 children. George graduated from Maine Central […]
February 2015
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Greta J. Banda
BRUNSWICK — Greta Joan Banda, 81, of Brunswick, passed away peacefully at her residence on Feb. 22, 2015. She was born in Portland on April 14, 1933, to Gerald P. Dunn and Lucille Edgerly Dunn. Greta was a graduate of Deering High School, class of 1952. She married Lionel C. Banda and raised her five […]
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Gerald W. Sanford
BRUNSWICK — Gerald W. Sanford, 55, of Brunswick, Maine, died on Feb. 20, 2015, at MaineGeneral Medical Center in Augusta. Son of Beverly (Knight) Ouellette and Norman Sanford, Gerald was one of the first born at Parkview Hospital in Brunswick on Dec. 8, 1959. He attended Brunswick High School and completed his education while in […]
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GOP struggles for way out as Homeland shutdown looms
WASHINGTON Divided Republicans are searching for a way out of an impasse over immigration that is threatening to shut down the Homeland Security Department within days. With the agency’s budget set to expire Friday at midnight without action by Congress, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Monday he would split language overturning President Barack Obama’s […]
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Warrantless cellphone tracking considered
ATLANTA (AP) — A federal appeals court in Atlanta is set to hear arguments in a Florida case over warrantless cellphone tracking. A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in June ruled that investigators must obtain a search warrant to obtain cellphone tower tracking data that is widely used to show […]
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Hibernating tarantulas stolen from house
AUSTELL, Ga. (AP) — A metro Atlanta man told police a spider thief snuck into a crawlspace under his home and stole five of his 18 pet tarantulas. Austell police say they’ve issued an arrest warrant for a man accused of possessing the arachnids. Dwayne Melton tells WSB-TV the spiders live beneath his Austell home […]
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Manatees freed after being stuck in drain
SATELLITE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Rescuers working late into the night freed 19 manatees who were stuck in a storm drain in central Florida. Capt. Jay Dragon of the Satellite Beach Fire Department said early today that the 19 manatees were all alive and were returned to the Indian River Lagoon System. A manatee-rescue team […]
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Inmates’ future crimes predicted with secretive surveys
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. States are trying to reduce prison populations with secretive, new psychological assessments to predict which inmates will commit future crimes and who might be safe to release, despite serious problems and high-profile failures, an Associated Press investigation found. These programs are part of a national, data-driven movement to drive down prison populations, […]
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Activists: IS militants kidnap dozens of Christians in Syria
BEIRUT Islamic State militants have abducted at least 70 Christians, including women and children, after overrunning a string of villages in northeastern Syria, two activist groups said today. The Sunni extremists, who follow a radical interpretation of Islam, have repeatedly targeted religious and ethnic minorities in Syria and Iraq since seizing control of large swaths […]
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Ukraine disputes claims that weapons pullback begins
KHARTSYZK, Ukraine Howitzers were seen moving east today from the largest rebel-held city in eastern Ukraine further into separatist-controlled territory, but the Ukrainian government disputed the rebels’ claim that a heavy weapons pullback had begun. A peace plan worked out in marathon talks on Feb. 12 aims to create a wide buffer zone between separatists’ […]