Egypt sends Morsi to trial as new constitution advances
CAIRO — Egypt’s army-backed authorities referred deposed President Mohamed Morsi to trial on Sunday on charges of inciting murder and violence, in an escalation of the crackdown on his Muslim...
View ArticleRadiation readings spike at water tank at Japan’s ruined Fukushima nuclear plant
TOKYO — Radiation near a tank holding highly contaminated water at Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant has spiked 18-fold, the plant’s operator said on Sunday, highlighting the struggle to bring...
View ArticleThree Maine men arrested in Mass. for possession of ‘molly,’ heroin
BROCKTON, Mass. — Three Maine men were arrested on narcotics and warrant charges in Brockton last night by state and local police after one of them admitted to being in possession of 16 grams of the...
View ArticleCollege roundup: Noddin’s goal in overtime lifts Husson past UNE
BANGOR, Maine — Husson University’s Liz Noddin tucked away the final goal about two minutes into the extra overtime for a 3-2 field hockey victory over the University of New England Sunday. The Eagles...
View ArticleBoothbay Harbor’s Logan fifth in world rowing championships final
CHUNGJU, South Korea — Two-time Olympic gold medalist Elle Logan of Boothbay Harbor finished fifth Sunday in the final of the women’s single sculls at the 2013 World Rowing Championships. Logan...
View ArticleLocal sports results for Aug. 31-Sept. 1, 2013
Results HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL Friday’s Exhibition Results Foxcroft Acad. 24, Orono 0 Hampden Acad. 46, Brewer 8 Lawrence 13, Bangor 6 Thornton Acad. 29, Brunswick 7 BOYS SOCCER Friday’s Results Easton...
View ArticleHigh school boys, girls soccer teams attract high participation numbers in Maine
As the 2013-14 high school sports season gets underway in full this week, I thought it would be interesting to look at some numbers. How many young men and women are playing sports these days? In...
View ArticleDeferred disposition: a ‘carrot and stick’ approach to justice
BELFAST, Maine — One July night this summer in the small town of Waldo, a man was drinking and tried to ride off on his motorcycle when his family tried to stop him, according to police and...
View ArticleA chance for Maine to lead on indigenous human rights
In August, the Maine Indian Tribal State Commission sent a 14-page letter accompanied by more than 400 pages of addenda to James Anaya, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous...
View ArticleLibraries bring world to MDI — 1st event is this Saturday, Sept. 7 in...
BAR HARBOR — Three local libraries are bringing the world to MDI. Earlier this year, the libraries submitted a joint grant application to participate in a Maine Humanities Council (MHC) program that...
View Article$100 million plan for more efficient state prison controversial
WINDHAM, Maine — Inside this fenced-in, fortress-like prison building, guards never stop watching from behind tinted windows. While officers walk through the crowded holding area where the Maine...
View ArticlePortland native’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book will be HBO miniseries
Filming is set to begin next week on a miniseries based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning book written by Bates graduate and Portland native Elizabeth Strout. The Massachusetts Film Office announced Thursday...
View ArticleNew Lee Academy headmaster looks to maintain school’s progress, improve F grade
LEE, Maine — When Bruce Lindberg became Lee Academy’s headmaster in 2005, the school’s board of trustees gave him a grim task, he says. Find new revenue sources, board members said, or you will be our...
View ArticleDoctors get good and bad safety news on diabetes drugs
AMSTERDAM — Diabetes pills known as DPP-4 therapies got a mixed safety report on Monday as studies showed they did not raise the risk of heart attacks but might be linked to heart failure, where the...
View ArticleObama confronts skeptical Congress to make case for Syria strike
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and his top aides launched a full-scale political offensive on Sunday to persuade a skeptical Congress to approve a military strike against Syria, but faced a...
View ArticleIn era of Big Data, electronic security may be impossible
Over the past two weeks we have seen the following computer system crashes: A three-hour network shutdown on Aug. 22 that paralyzed the NASDAQ stock exchange, crippled others, and caused a one-third...
View ArticleSenators who fought tobacco companies take aim at energy drinks
WASHINGTON — They are all “veterans of the tobacco wars,” as Sen. Richard J. Durbin of Illinois put it. Over the years, they have sponsored legislation to ban smoking on airplanes, led efforts to...
View ArticleJetport artists offer departing tourists one last piece of Maine
Instead of a generic postcard or keychain, tourists find mementos Maine and converse with the person who made it.
View ArticleAfghan Taliban target U.S. army base as attacks mount
KABUL — Taliban fighters attacked part of a U.S. military outpost in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar on Monday, officials said, less than a week after targeting a Polish base in a nearby...
View ArticleWhere in the woods am I?
“It has to be a mountain,” I said to Derek a few days ago when planning our hike. I hadn’t hiked a mountain in a month (though I’d explored some trails on even terrain), and I was missing that feeling...
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