The heat, caused by a shift in the jet stream, isn’t expected to break until Monday or Tuesday.
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Western U.S. broils in triple-digit temperatures
The heat, caused by a shift in the jet stream, isn’t expected to break until Monday or Tuesday.
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Ave Maria Gift Shop closing after 65 years
Owner of Portland shop says churches and individuals may have to go out of state for religious items.
Posted inCurrent, The Forecaster
China’s credit crunch could squeeze entrepreneurs, weaken recovery
BEIJING – Like a boxer slimming down for a fight, Li Zhongjian is shrinking his 20-year-old business manufacturing cigarette lighters to brace for a credit crunch he sees looming over China’s entrepreneurs. Li’s workforce in the southeastern city of Wenzhou has shrunk by half to 300 this year and he isn’t replacing employees who leave. […]
Posted inCurrent, The Forecaster
New school snack rules a piece of cake for Maine
Regulations announced this week are catching up to what Maine was already doing, school officials say.
Posted inCurrent, The Forecaster
Blackberry maker posts big loss, shares plunge
RIM also announced that it will stop developing new versions of its slow-selling tablet computer called the Playbook.
Posted inCurrent, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Maine protesters arrested for trying to block oil train to Canada
The group, who opposes fracking methods allegedly used to collect the oil, erected a makeshift wooden scaffold on the tracks to block the train’s path.
Posted inCurrent, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Nelson Mandela’s health improves
The report comes amid a growing sense in South Africa that Mandela is nearing the end of his life.
Posted inCurrent, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Don McLean rocks the Fourth in Portland
The Maine resident will perform ‘American Pie’ and ‘Vincent’ with the Portland Symphony Orchestra in a program that also includes Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture and patriotic standards.
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Off Beat: Postcards from the cutting edge
Artists will leap from their comfort zones into sometimes uncharted territory in the second PortFringe.