Report: Hernandez heavy drug user, carried gun everywhere
Aaron Hernandez was a heavy drug user during his days with the New England Patriots and his behavior angered head coach Bill Belichick to the point that his job was in jeopardy, according to Rolling...
View ArticleUMass faces tough test in opener at Wisconsin
If Gary Andersen can repeat at Wisconsin what he accomplished in his last head coaching job, Saturday’s season opening non-conference game against visiting Massachusetts will be only the beginning of...
View ArticleRail safety advocate calls DOT-111 the ‘Ford Pinto’ of rail cars
WASHINGTON — The head of a rail safety group Wednesday compared a widely used train tank car to the recalled Ford Pinto in urging U.S. regulators to require upgrades that would prevent accidents like a...
View ArticleAccident Injury Compensation Claims Australia
Accidents compensation awarded to hit and run victims with the help of a car accident injury lawyer or injury solicitors Accident injury compensation lawyers stepping up to then plate with hit and run...
View ArticleBelfast rally and vigil held on 50th anniversary of ‘I Have a Dream’ speech
BELFAST, Maine — They still have a dream. Amid the ringing of church bells and passionate calls to keep on fighting for social and economic justice, more than 100 people gathered in Belfast on...
View ArticleAssault complaints up at Maine psych hospital
AUGUSTA, Maine — In the last year, Capitol Police have been called to the state’s Riverview Psychiatric Center 242 times – 83 times for assault complaints, according to Chief Russell Gauvin. The...
View ArticleRepublicans absent from March on Washington commemoration
The only senator to speak was Angus King, who recalled attending the original 1963 march as a young college student.
View ArticleSuspect in fatal Belfast shooting found at Rockport hospital, arrested on...
BELFAST, Maine — State, local and county police converged on Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockport shortly before 7 a.m. Thursday after a man suspected of shooting two people, one fatally, was located at...
View ArticleFor J.D. Salinger — with love & scandal
Among the Salinger-obsessed, this much-hyped book is already being treated like the literary equivalent of the Pentagon Papers.
View ArticleAuburn police arrest 3 oil train protesters who say they ‘don’t want another...
AUBURN, Maine — The way Jessie Dowling sees it, getting arrested is the very least she can do. “We need to put our bodies on the line,” the 32-year-old Unity woman said, just before being led into a...
View ArticleMazda crossover puts function before form, beautifully
I am here to honor the CX-9 for doing what it does so exceptionally well — the mundane stuff of providing seven comfortable, easily accessible seats.
View ArticleTeen hears smoke detector, alerts families to fire that destroys home
LIVERMORE FALLS, Maine — A 16-year-old girl is being credited with saving the lives of her mother and a family they were staying with fire ripped through a mobile home at 160 Pine Ridge Loop early...
View ArticleBDC leads the Best Mobile Application Development Companies To Find Potential...
The rapidly evolving mobile and tablet landscape has set into action a burgeoning App economy that is on the threshold of exponential growth in coming future. Adding further impetus to its growth is...
View ArticleTop Shot: The excellent reality show that could teach liberals about gun culture
Thursday night marks the season finale of the History Channel television program Top Shot. “What is Top Shot?,” you ask, if you are like most people in America. Well, it’s a competitive marksmanship...
View ArticleVeteran Congressional candidate says Obama wrong on Syria
As the war drums continue to beat louder and louder, dissent to the President’s war hungry intentions grow. This time, it’s not the anti-war left that has been Missing-In-Action since the 2008 election...
View ArticleSuspect arrested in Poland invasion; second man sought
POLAND, Maine — The Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Department arrested a Lewiston man Tuesday on charges stemming from a home invasion on Julie Street early Saturday morning. Corey Brume, 20, was...
View ArticleWoman, 73 injured in Turnpike crash
FALMOUTH, Maine — Police say a Westbrook woman was lucky she avoided serious injury Wednesday after colliding with a truck as she merged onto the Maine Turnpike from the breakdown lane. According to a...
View ArticleStrike on Syria could trigger retaliatory attacks, terrorism, cyberwar
WASHINGTON — It’s a truism often repeated in the Pentagon and across the U.S. security establishment: In war, the enemy gets a vote. A U.S.-led cruise missile attack on Syria in response to its alleged...
View ArticlePratt and Whitney moves closer to $1b jet engine contract expected to benefit...
NORTH BERWICK, Maine — Pratt & Whitney has reached an in-principle agreement with the U.S. Department of Defense on a contract to build its sixth batch of engines for the F-35 Lightning II...
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