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Merle Paquereau

SACO — Merle J. Paquereau, 98, of Middle St, Wardwell Home passed away Nov. 4, 2016 at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough.She was born in West Springfield, Massach-usetts, May 5, 1918, the daughter of David and Maryann McCulley Johnston.Merle graduated from the High School of Commerce and the Springfield Business Institute.She was employed […]

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Janet Reno, former US attorney general, has died

MIAMI (AP) — Janet Reno, the first woman to serve as U.S. attorney general and the epicenter of several political storms during the Clinton administration, including the seizure of Elian Gonzalez, died early Monday. She was 78.Reno died from complications of Parkinson’s disease, her goddaughter Gabrielle D’Alemberte said. D’Alemberte said Reno spent her final days […]

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Sussman who? Maine liberals move on after megadonor’s exit

AUGUSTA — The loss of a liberal megadonor’s millions of dollars in contributions this election season led Maine Democrats fighting to regain control of the state Senate to increasingly lean on a national Democratic Party group targeting state races in the state legislature where Republicans control the Senate and Democrats the House. Maine Democrats’ $2 […]

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Clinton focuses on healing, Trump on emails in final hours

MANCHESTER, N.H. — With the cloud of an FBI investigation lifted, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump struck strikingly different tones as they moved into the final hours of a volatile, nearly two-year-long presidential campaign. After days of full-throated attacks on Trump’s qualifications and temperament, Clinton cast herself as the candidate of “healing and reconciliation” — […]