The idea of a federally sponsored ‘war on coal’ mobilizes a community undergoing seismic shifts.
October 2012
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Doctor-assisted suicide on ballot in Massachusetts
BOSTON – Leaders on opposite sides of Massachusetts’ right to die debate are fighting for the same reason: Both have watched loved ones receive fatal diagnoses. Dr. Marcia Angell supports the initiative. Her father shot himself to death rather than die from metastatic prostate cancer in 1988. She believes he would have lived longer and […]
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Unions shift weight to state, local races
They want to wrest power from Republicans in state legislatures to quell right-to-work efforts.
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Somerset County commissioner race features old rivals
SKOWHEGAN — Gerald York, the incumbent Somerset County commissioner for District 1, will face a familiar foe in the upcoming elections.
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Clerks rip clothes off shoplifting suspect in NYC
A 7-Eleven spokeswoman says the chain found the video horrifying.
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Song a ‘regular guy’s perspective’ on scandal
‘I Wish I Knew’ grabs the public’s attention with a video on YouTube and air play on local radio.
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Gadhafi’s ex-spokesman arrested
Moussa Ibrahim, the international face of the regime in its final months, is captured trying to flee Bani Walid.
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Amtrak train hits 111 mph in test run
The milestone is reached on a stretch of track between the central Illinois cities of Dwight and Pontiac.
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Stephen King shocks Canadian students
The Maine author makes a surprise visit to a high school in Sussex, New Brunswick.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Maranacook falls in finale
READFIELD — Sooner rather than later, the Poland Regional High School football team will reach the playoffs. But for the second year in a row, the Knights had to be happy in the role of spoiler, preventing their final opponent of the season from clinching a home game in the first round of the playoffs.