The nearly 22 months it took to close the deal reflected concerns from rivals and government regulators that Microsoft could use its growing collection of games to lessen competition.
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Posted inScarborough Leader, Southern Maine Weeklies
Autumn & Ales Race rescheduled for Oct. 21 due to Hurricane Lee
The rescheduled race has 400 registered runners registered for the race.
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Posted inBusiness
Congress Street Starbucks, set in landmark building, to close
The shop is located in the Hay Building at the junction of Congress and Free streets.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Some want to grant temporary House speaker more power as gridlock stalls Congress
Rep. Patrick McHenry is presiding over the House as speaker pro tempore following the unprecedented ouster of Kevin McCarthy.
Posted inTimes Record, Times Record Opinion
The Maine Idea: In the absence of peace, war becomes inevitable
The war in Gaza briefly pushed all other national news off the front page. Front and center is the horror of a well-armed terrorist group, Hamas, attacking Israel during Yom Kippur – just as Egypt and Syria attacked 50 years ago. Its atrocities, even in an age of seemingly casual violence, have shocked the world. […]
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Just a Little Old: The Boebertization of the Republican Party
You’ve probably heard the news about the latest scandal involving one of the GOP’s MAGA stars, a camera-hungry firebrand by the name of Lauren Boebert, a congresswoman from Colorado. To recap: Boebert was recently with her boyfriend at a family-friendly Beetlejuice concert where she was vaping, yelling loudly, taking photos and, the topper, groping her […]
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Gordon L. Weil: Nobel Prizes signal rise of women
Among this year’s Nobel Prizes, four of the six awards went to a woman – two of them without a male counterpart. The world’s top prizes recognized the role of women in a rare year of multiple women winners. They won outright the Peace and Economic Sciences prizes and shared with men in Physics and […]
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
LC Van Savage: Airports and other places
Have you ever gone to an airport only to find that your plane has been delayed? By lots of hours? Of course you have. So have I. It’s kind of a Rite of Passage or something, I think, no pun. But at the risk of sounding a bit disingenuous I’ll confess here that unless I […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Inside Gray: Oct. 13
Fall Fun Weekend at Wildlife Park Educators and biologists from the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and park staff will lead presentations on nocturnal creatures from bats to owls and more during a Fall Fun Weekend at Maine Wildlife Park Oct. 21-22. Biologist Cory Stearns and MDIFW Education Supervisor Laura Rogers will speak […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: U.S. must protect Israel from Hamas and innocent Palestinians from Israel
Israel’s response to Hamas’ terrorist attacks will have a huge impact on the Palestinian population, at least half of whom are under 19.
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