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2012
BOOKS: ‘Heads in Beds’ promises keys to hotel industry kingdom
At its heart, this engaging, gentle biography is a tale of how a particular slice of the other half lived — in today’s parlance, that’s the 2 percent — in the mid-20th century. With its focus on class, events of the day and love affairs, it’s a one-woman “Downton Abbey” for the Yankee political class.
Waterville, Clinton police logs, Dec. 12 and 13
Unwanted persons, harassment, threatening
Golden Globe nominations announced
The 70th annual Golden Globe Awards will be presented Jan. 13.
Leading conservative says Obama will win tax fight
South Carolina Republican Jim DeMint calls it “a political trophy” within Obama’s grasp.
Senate weighs bill to outlaw cyberstalking software
The bill would close a legal loophole that allows cyberstalking apps to operate secretly on a cellphone and transmit the user’s location without a person’s knowledge.
7 arrested in connection with NH meth lab
Police find a 4-year-old boy inside the home as they enter with search warrants.
Software pioneer in Miami after deportation from Guatemala
Police in Belize still want to question John McAfee in connection with the death of a U.S. expatriate who lived near him on an island off Belize’s coast.
Residents of Maine town complain of ‘disgusting’ odors
One Plymouth resident says the smells coming from a company that processes sludge prevents her from doing anything outside during the summer.
Dozens sue, but meningitis compensation uncertain
At least 50 federal lawsuits in nine states that have been filed against the New England Compounding Center, and more are being filed in state courts every day.