DEXTER — U.S. Army Capt. Jay Brainard was mourned, honored and buried Saturday, three weeks after the helicopter he was piloting crashed while on patrol in Afghanistan.
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Marchers in Portland parade gleefully plug gay marriage
PORTLAND — The Southern Maine Pride Parade and Festival on Saturday featured major plugs for this fall’s referendum on gay marriage.
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CLASS D SOFTBALL: Dube leads PVHS by Richmond
BREWER — Saturday morning’s Class D softball state championship game between Penobscot Valley and Richmond was a sublime game. Ultimately, it was decided by a sublime pitcher.
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DANA MILBANK: To GOP dismay, JPMorgan head touts Simpson-Bowles debt proposal
JPMorgan Chase boss Jamie Dimon has been a scourge of the Obama administration in recent months, but when he appeared on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Republicans found the head of the country’s largest bank to be alarmingly off-message.
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COMMENTARY: The Olympics and the rise of the humble ball
When the caldron is lit in London this summer and the XXX Olympics begins, one familiar participant will play a more active role than any other, taking center stage at 23 individual events.
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Title IX has opened doors to many arenas
In 1972, there were 294,000 girls participating in high school sports. Now, there are more than 3 million per year.
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OUR OPINION: Holding bonds hostage not good for our economy
Most of us will never serve in the Legislature, but now we’ll know how it feels. At least how it feels to be a legislator in the age of Gov. Paul LePage.
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TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Sports memories of Dad
If I had the game now, it would seem so antiquated. A hand-held electronic baseball game. A series of red lights blinked when you chose a pitch, Quickly for a fastball. Fast, then slow, for a changeup. If you pushed the button marked “curveball,” a light just off the plate would blink as the pitch approached.
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LIZ SOARES: We need to face reality, not get caught up on ‘zombie apocalypse’
Warnings of a “zombie apocalypse” have been circulating for several years now, but when Miami police found a naked man chewing off the face of another unclothed gent — well, it really seemed as if the rise of the undead was upon us.
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Interesting races in central Maine include Senate 25
AUGUSTA — A state senator elected just four months ago faces a challenge from an aggressive campaigner.