OK, political groupies, travel back through time to the campaigns of yesteryear. You can even wallpaper your bedroom with (long dead) politicians touting their virtues — and sometimes sliming their opponents.
2012
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BOOKS: BIRDSEYE: In praise of curiosity
The author who told us more than we ever thought there was to know about cod (“Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World”) and salt (“Salt: A World History”) is back with a more traditional biography.
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MLB: Red Sox bring World Series trophies to Togus
TOGUS — Wilbert Kelly remembers the day in October 1975 when patients on his floor at the VA hospital voted whether to watch the Boston Red Sox battle the Cincinnati Reds in the World Series.
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Obama requesting help to pay for Afghan army
The problem with the U.S. exit strategy is that someone has to pay for the Afghan army after 2014 – to the tune of $4.1 billion a year.
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Millinocket pharmacy robber gets 12 years in prison
Nicholas Skoby, 30, is also ordered to pay Rite-Aid $250 in restitution for the prescription painkillers and other drugs he took.
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Plan for Vt. windmills riles Canadian neighbors
Some residents of a Quebec town are upset about plans to erect two industrial-size wind turbines just south of the border.
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Minorities now surpass whites in US births
New 2011 census estimates highlight sweeping changes in the nation’s racial makeup and the prolonged impact of a weak economy.
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Leading insurer pays $109M for dog bite claims
State Farm Insurance, one of the nation’s largest home insurers, paid about 3,800 dog bite claims nationwide last year.
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Crews assess damage after Navy ship collision
The accident between the amphibious assault vessel USS Essex and the oiler USNS Yukon occurred about 120 miles off the coast of Southern California.
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RFK Jr.’s estranged wife hanged herself
The 52-year-old mother of four is found dead at the family property in suburban New York City.