VATICAN CITY Pope Francis is allowing all priests to absolve women of the “grave sin” of abortion, extending indefinitely special permission he had granted for the duration of the just-ended Holy Year of Mercy. Francis wrote in the Apostolic Letter made public by the Vatican today that “there is no sin that God’s mercy cannot […]
November 2016
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Japanese peacekeepers arrive in South Sudan with new mandate
JUBA, South Suda Japanese peacekeepers, with a broader mandate to use force, landed in South Sudan today, the first overseas deployment of the country’s troops with those expanded powers in nearly 70 years. Dressed in green camouflage uniform, Squad leader Yoshino Tanaka stepped off the plane at the head of the Japanese group. He was […]
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Too quiet on the set; filming accidents often go untold
LOS ANGELES As hundreds of names scrolled up the screen after 2012’s “The Avengers,” moviegoers who remained glued to their seats for a taste of the next treat in Marvel’s superhero universe didn’t know one name was missing — that of John Suttles, a truck driver who died helping make the $1.5 billion blockbuster. Every […]
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Search for bodies at Indian train crash site ends; 146 found dead
PUKHRAYAN, India The death toll from India’s worst train accident in years rose to 146 today after rescuers used cranes to lift the last of the twisted metal wreckage to check for bodies underneath. About 2,000 workers were clearing the tracks and checking for damage to the rail line in hopes of resuming traffic through […]
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DRAGONS ARE CHAMPIONS!
ORONO When Brunswick’s Ben Palizay fielded the opening kickoff of Friday night’s State Class B high school football game on University of Maine’s Alfond Stadium, he saw the opening. In a quick burst of speed, Palizay darted through a giant hole, cut right and ran all the way to the Kennebunk 15-yard line. It was […]
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Lisbon stunned
PORTLAND The Lisbon High School football team has been traveling up and down the Midcoast the past couple weeks and it’s been riding a highly emotional roller coaster. Seven days after defeating Winthrop/Monmouth on a pair of miraculous last-second plays in the Class D South regional final, the Greyhounds were right in the middle of […]
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Darkness forces PGA playoff to today
ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. The largest PGA Tour playoff of the year at the RSM Classic didn’t finish before darkness Sunday, and it won’t include Billy Horschel when it resumes. Horschel, the highest-ranked player in the five-man playoff at Sea Island, burned the edge of the cup with his birdie putt at No. 18 on […]
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Jimmie Johnson makes history
HOMESTEAD, Fla. Jimmie Johnson had the commemorative helmet and a photographer chronicling his every move. He had even planned to run a symbolic seven miles the night before his shot at a seventh championship. He’s adamant he didn’t know something special was coming. Johnson was the worst of the championship contenders in a winner-take-all season […]
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Solid opening for Bowdoin squads
BRUNSWICK The Bowdoin College women’s basketball team ran away with a 90-40 win over Central Maine Community College on Friday on the opening night of the Marcia Graef Classic at Morrell Gymnasium. The contest served as an exhibition contest against a non-NCAA sanctioned school for the Polar Bears. The Mustangs dropped their first contest of […]