On Jan. 5, 1066, Edward the Confessor, King of England since 1042, died after a reign of nearly 24 years. Ten years ago Attacks across Iraq killed more than 120 Iraqis and 11 U.S. service members. A building used as a hostel by pilgrims in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, collapsed, killing 76 people. Christian broadcaster Pat […]
2016
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Yet another reason to refrain from judging others
Overtly looking down on others based on differences of race, religion, gender, ethnicity, sexuality or physical appearance is justifiably condemned by decent people everywhere, and by quite a few otherwise indecent ones as well. The general contempt with which society shuns ISIS, the Ku Klux Klan, and other over-the-top intolerant types illustrates this. But snobbery […]
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2016: A look ahead
If we learned anything from 2015, it’s that 2016 will be nothing like what we imagine it will. Suffice it to say that in my look ahead to 2015 last year, I did not predict that Donald Trump would lead in the quest for the Republican presidential nomination. If I had called that one, I’d […]
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Editorial Roundup
The Caledonian Record (Vt.), Dec. 30, 2015 On Monday Cuyahoga County prosecutor Tim McGinty announced there would be no criminal charges filed against two Cleveland police officers in the fatal shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice. “Simply put, given this perfect storm of human error, mistakes and miscommunications by all involved that day, the evidence did […]
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Iran president criticizes Saudi Arabia for severing ties
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s president said on Tuesday that Saudi Arabia cannot “cover up” its crime of executing a leading Shiite cleric by severing diplomatic relations with the Islamic Republic, even as the kingdom’s allies began limiting their links to his country. President Hassan Rouhani’s comments came as Kuwait announced it had recalled its ambassador […]
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Court to hear Breivik’s rights case in prison
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Oslo District Court says it will hear convicted terrorist and mass killer Anders Behring Breivik’s case against the Norwegian government in the prison where he’s serving a 21-year term. Breivik, who killed 77 people in bomb and gun attacks in 2011, has sued the government for alleged human rights violations for […]
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Woman’s head found in concrete block
VIENNA (AP) — Austrian investigators have found the head of a woman after earlier recovering parts of her body from two suitcases, in an apparent case of murder and suicide. Officials said Tuesday the head was found in a block of concrete in a bag attached to the hand of a male corpse submerged in […]
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Lucille Huot
BIDDEFORD — Sister Lucille Huot, formerly known as Sister St. Paule d’Avila, died at St. Joseph Convent on December 30, 2015, at the age of 92. Sr. Lucille was the seventh child of a family of eight children born to Delphis Huot and Henriette Bourgault Huot. She was born in Biddeford on March 15, 1923. […]
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Gladys Brown Johnson
SACO — Gladys Brown Johnson, 94, passed away Sunday, Jan. 3, 2016, surrounded by her family, who loved her very much. She was born Aug. 22, 1921, in Saco, Maine, on Temple Street, to William G. and Beulah (Kenison) Brown. She attended Saco Schools and Thornton Academy. Gladys met her husband, Walter (Bud), when he […]