LAUREL, Md. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft has gone into orbit around an ancient asteroid, setting a pair of records. The Osiris-Rex spacecraft entered orbit Monday around the asteroid Bennu, 70 million miles (110 million kilometers) from Earth. It’s the smallest celestial body ever to be orbited by a spacecraft. Bennu is just 1,600 feet […]
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Donna R. (Garland) Brewer
Donna R. (Garland) Brewer of Freeport died on Dec. 27, 2018
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Broncos fire Vance Joseph after 11-21 mark over 2 years
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Vance Joseph was fired as coach of the Denver Broncos on Monday after back-to-back double-digit losing seasons. Joseph met with general manager John Elway after completing a 6-10 season and was dismissed with two years and about $6 million left on his contract. “I spoke with Vance this morning and thanked him […]
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Serena Williams pulls US level at Hopman Cup
PERTH, Australia — Serena Williams overcame a sluggish start to power past Maria Sakkari in straight-sets at the Hopman Cup on Monday in her first competitive match since melting down in the U.S. Open final. The 37-year-old was rusty and down an early break but did enough to record a comfortable 7-6 (3), 6-2 victory […]
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Playoff-bound Eagles get scare with chest injury to Foles
The Philadelphia Eagles were down to their third-string quarterback at the end of their playoff-clinching victory over the Washington Redskins on Sunday. Nick Foles left the game with a chest injury in the fourth quarter. Foles started the Eagles’ last three games of the season, all of them victories that got the defending Super Bowl […]
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Trump-Pelosi showdown over shutdown first battle of new era
WASHINGTON — Nancy Pelosi often quotes Abraham Lincoln saying public sentiment is everything. It’s a theory that will be put to the test when the new House Democratic majority gavels in this week and votes to end the government shutdown without money for President Donald Trump’s border wall with Mexico. The high-stakes move to reopen […]
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Lost in the shuffle? 7 new playoff teams since 2017
While the Kansas City Chiefs, New Orleans Saints and Los Angeles Rams were mesmerizing pro football fans with their outlandish offensive onslaughts, something else might have gone unnoticed. More teams that failed to make the playoffs in 2017 are in this season than there are repeaters. Yep, seven of the 12 qualifiers didn’t make it […]
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State police investigating after 2 bodies found in South Paris apartment
Maine State Police were investigating the discovery of two bodies Tuesday night at a apartment in the Oxford County town of South Paris. State police spokesman Steve McCausland said in a media release that a man and a woman were found dead at about 8 p.m. in an apartment at Market Square on Main Street. […]
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Ravens win AFC North, Eagles, Colts get wild cards
The playoff chase went down to the final minutes of the season Sunday, when Baltimore squeezed in as AFC North winner, and defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia got some help to secure an NFC wild card. That left Pittsburgh and Minnesota out. Kansas City (12-4) grabbed the AFC’s top seed, followed by New England (11-5), […]
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Patricia L. Dion
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. and WELLS — Patricia L. (Rodrigue) Dion, 83 of Wells, Maine, passed away Dec. 25, 2018 at her home in St. Petersburg after a long battle with cancer. She was the wife of the late Jean L. Dion, who died Aug. 22, 2014. Pat was born in Sanford, Maine, on August 26, 1935 […]
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