I’m pleased that the French and the Greeks voted against the austerity measures enacted by the European Union. I think the assumption is wrong that austerity and cutbacks in social programs rescue failing economies. Our governor tells people who are on welfare to get off their duffs and get jobs, but jobs are scarce. It […]
2012
Posted inNation & World, News
Sensor links mind, thoughts to robot arm
The success of a paralyzed woman with a robotic arm that obeys brain waves raises scientists’ optimism.
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Posted inSports
SOFTBALL: Cony blasts Oxford Hills
AUGUSTA — Sonja Morse took a no-hitter into the seventh inning and Nicole Rugan belted a two-run home run to lead the Cony softball team past Oxford Hills 9-2 in a Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class A game Wednesday.
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RFK Jr.’s wife found dead
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s estranged wife, who had fought drug and alcohol problems, was found dead in her home on Wednesday.
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Study: Coffee drinkers live longer
The study of 400,000 people is the largest ever done on the issue, and the results should reassure any coffee lovers who think it’s a guilty pleasure.
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Maine to get $75K from Skechers ruling
Maine’s attorney general says the state will get nearly $75,000 as a part of a settlement between the FTC and Skechers USA.
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Paralyzed woman uses her mind to control robot arm
Using only her thoughts, a Massachusetts woman paralyzed for 15 years directed a robotic arm to pick up a bottle of coffee and bring it to her lips, in the latest advance in harnessing brain waves to help disabled people.
Posted inBusiness, News
Lawyers: Criminal probe targets Maine egg magnate
Lawyers for Jack DeCoster, whose egg empire stretched from Maine to Iowa, say a federal grand jury has been meeting to determine whether fraud or other crimes were committed in the production and testing of eggs.
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Vt. becomes 1st state to ban ‘fracking’
‘Fracking’, or hydraulic fracturing, is a hotly debated drilling technique used to get at natural gas.
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Romney giving up on home state of Massachusetts
If Romney defeats Obama while losing Massachusetts, he would be the first presidential candidate elected without carrying his home state since before the Civil War.