Graham made the announcement during an interview with CNN Monday.
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Capitol Notebook: Maine's political battles don’t break for the holidays
The Christmas spirit has not yet arrived in Augusta. In one day last week, the major problems of the LePage administration burst onto the headlines again as another federal agency sharply criticized the performance of the Department of Health and Human Services. And also last Monday, Gov. Paul LePage sounded a surprising retreat in his […]
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The Right View: Silence deafening about plight of Middle East Christians
Compared with all of the talk of whether to continue to admit Muslim refugees and asylum seekers into the United States, another important aspect of the Middle East inferno is getting relatively less attention. Christians are quite literally being exterminated in the Middle East, and I can find very little evidence that our president really […]
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Retired French policeman detained after fake bomb found
The hoax – the fourth against Air France in recent weeks – comes amid heightened concerns about extremist violence in many countries.
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Franklin Towers fire victim dies in Portland
PORTLAND — A Franklin Towers resident has died from burns he received in his apartment Dec. 18. Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland said Monday that 80-year-old Myron H. McLaughlin died Sunday at Maine Medical Center, where he was being treated for burns he sustained over 60 percent of his body. McCausland said state fire […]
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Intentionally Unreasonable: A new hallmark for holiday happiness
Most people I know love this time of year. My wife Katie is one of those people. Katie’s holiday celebration trifecta starts in mid-October, when Halloween decorations start appearing all over the house, inside and out, followed by multiple family pumpkin carving events and then a massive candy procurement program – publicly disapproved by the […]
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Elderly Portland man dies after pajamas catch fire
Investigators say Myron McLaughlin, 80, was smoking inside his apartment at Franklin Towers when he was burned over 60 percent of his body.
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Miss Universe host: ‘I feel terrible’ about announcing wrong contestant as winner
Steve Harvey’s gaffe causes anger in Colombia, a day after Miss Colombia has to give back the crown moments after getting it.
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Letter: Columnist underestimates ranked-choice voting
Columnist Marian McCue decries ranked-choice voting as a reactionary initiative in the wake of Gov. Paul LePage’s consecutive victories in 2010 and 2014 (“Capitol Notebook: Second thoughts on ranked-choice voting,” Dec. 7). Her opinion mistakes the origins of RCV in Maine, as well as the potential impacts of the reform. RCV has been gaining momentum […]
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Letter: Columnist underestimates ranked-choice voting
Columnist Marian McCue decries ranked-choice voting as a reactionary initiative in the wake of Gov. Paul LePage’s consecutive victories in 2010 and 2014 (“Capitol Notebook: Second thoughts on ranked-choice voting,” Dec. 7). Her opinion mistakes the origins of RCV in Maine, as well as the potential impacts of the reform. RCV has been gaining momentum […]