The song had been a “Monday Night Football” staple since 1989 and survived the game’s switch of networks from ABC to cable a few years ago.
October 2011
Maine food pantries, soup kitchens lose funding
Maine’s U.S. representatives call on FEMA to restore some of the money.
Prince Harry due in U.S. for combat training
The prince, who is a British Army captain, will fly Apache helicopters in the remote California desert near the Mexican border.
Census: Housing bust worst since Great Depression
WASHINGTON — New census figures show homeownership over the past decade saw the biggest drop since the Great Depression. The analysis released today by the Census Bureau found the homeownership rate fell to 65.1 percent in 2010, from 66.2 percent in 2000. That drop-off of 1.1 percentage points after the housing bust is the […]
Obama cites Westbrook bridge in jobs bill pitch
“In Maine, there is a bridge that is in such bad shape that pieces of it were literally falling off the other day.”
Combative Obama jabs at GOP on jobs bill
He endorses a new proposal by Senate Democrats to tax millionaires to pay for his jobs program and says, “This is not a game.”
Brunswick toddler found drinking near passed-out dad
Brunswick police say a 2-year-old is found drinking Steel Reserve lager near his unresponsive father at the city’s homeless shelter.
White House to host Maine school nutrition directors
The nutrition directors of five Maine school districts are invited.
Obama acknowledges Wall Street protests as a sign
The president says the protests express frustrations about “he biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression.”
Senate moves toward final vote on China currency
The bill is intended to impose enough trade penalties against China to offset the economic advantage China gains from keeping the yuan below market values.