CAIRO – A key Egyptian opposition leader Wednesday called for talks with President Mohammed Morsi, ultraconservative Islamists and military officials to quell days of rioting that have killed more than 50 people and left the country edging toward anarchy. The proposal by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mohamed ElBaradei, a leader in the National Salvation Front, […]
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Movie Preview: Stallone back with a BANG
The director of the likes of ’48 Hrs.’ and ‘Red Heat’ returns to form with guns blazing in ‘Bullet to the Head.’
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Chemist pleads not guilty in Mass. evidence scandal
Her alleged tampering of evidence may imperil thousands of drug cases in Massachusetts.
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Mass. gov picks ex-aide as interim U.S. Senator
William “Mo” Cowan, 43, says he would return to the private sector after a special election is held to fill the seat left vacant by John Kerry.
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Maine mom pleads not guilty to murder-for-hire plot
The 46-year-old mother of 13 is charged with offering a friend up to $10,000 to kill her longtime husband.
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Maine mom pleads not guilty to murder-for-hire plot
The 46-year-old mother of 13 is charged with offering a friend up to $10,000 to kill her longtime husband.
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Clinton says she doesn’t see ‘getting back into politics’
She will face strong pressure from Democrats to join the field of contenders for the presidency in 2016.
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EDITORIAL – Leadership, not edicts, needed more than ever
It is doubtful that Gov. Paul LePage’s plan to eliminate municipal revenue sharing will survive the budget process. More likely, legislators will find some mix of spending cuts and revenue increases that is not so demanding of average taxpayers. It will take creativity and flexibility on the part of the lawmakers, two traits the governor […]
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MY SIDE OF SOPO – City taxpayers need a lemon law
In a recent Gallup poll, members of Congress and car salespeople were ranked at the bottom of 22 professions, when it came to perceived honesty and ethical standards. Americans gave these two professions relatively equivalent grades – abysmal ones. In August of 2010, in response to my email about the school superintendent making misleading and […]
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MY SIDE OF SOPO – City taxpayers need a lemon law
In a recent Gallup poll, members of Congress and car salespeople were ranked at the bottom of 22 professions, when it came to perceived honesty and ethical standards. Americans gave these two professions relatively equivalent grades – abysmal ones. In August of 2010, in response to my email about the school superintendent making misleading and […]