TOKYO At first, it was 2011 all over again. “It really came back. And it was so awful. The sways to the side were huge,” Kazuhiro Onuki said after northeastern Japan was jolted today by a magnitude-7.4 earthquake, the strongest since a devastating quake and tsunami five years ago. “But nothing fell from the shelves,” […]
November 2016
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Syrian refugee transitions from child bride to sole provider
BEIRUT For the first few weeks of her job recycling garbage, Haela Kalawi often went home crying. It wasn’t just the grungy setting — a dimly lit, airless basement where the 31-yearold refugee with a cherubic face slips on plastic gloves and digs into trash-filled containers. It was that as a traditional housewife in Syria, […]
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Turkey withdraws child marriage bill, submits it for review
ANKARA, Turkey Following a public outcry, Turkey’s government has withdrawn a proposal that critics said would have allowed men accused of sexually abusing underage girls to go free if they were married to their victims. The proposal, which was scheduled to undergo a final vote in parliament today, would have deferred sentencing or punishment for […]
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Foes sue to overturn mall redevelopment vote
MONTPELIER, Vt. Opponents of a voter-approved redevelopment project in downtown Burlington have sued to have a Nov. 8 referendum on financing for the project declared invalid. Attorney John Franco, representing two residents and a group called Coalition for a Livable City, announced Monday that they had filed the lawsuit on Friday. “There was a big […]
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The ‘Brunswick 21’ made things happen
BRUNSWICK If one wants to put their finger on it, the run started all the way back in the 2013 high school football season. For the first time ever, Brunswick was home for a regional final, hosting high-powered Cony on a crisp Friday night in front of a solid crowd, still unsure of what to […]
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The little things that cost Lisbon
PORTLAND The Lisbon High School football team was much closer to winning Saturday’s Class D state football championship than the 20-14 score displayed. The Greyhounds came into the game riding an eight-game winning streak and controlled the entire first half. In the end, the game was decided on a last-second botched field goal snap turned […]
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Celtics rally from 13 down to beat Timberwolves
MINNEAPOLIS Cool as their unflappable head coach, Brad Stevens, the Boston Celtics never got down even as their deficit ballooned against the young and athletic Minnesota Timberwolves. When the Celtics finally got going, the Wolves tensed up once again and let another big lead get away. Isaiah Thomas scored 29 points and Boston rallied from […]
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Raiders win in Mexico City
MEXICO CITY The party in the stands started early in the second NFL regular season game ever played in Mexico with loud cheers and chants from before kickoff until the final whistle. The Oakland offense took a little longer to get going, but once they did Derek Carr and the Raiders came out with yet […]
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NFL kickers miss 12 PAT attempts, most in Super Bowl era
NFL kickers missed like never before Sunday, setting a record with 12 failed extra point attempts. Kickers missed left, right, had kicks blocked and hit the uprights. Kickers missed in the wind and indoors. It’s the most misses in one week since the NFL merger. The NFL moved extra-point attempts back before last season because […]