NEW YORK — The NHL and the players’ association swapped proposals Wednesday in an effort to head off a lockout scheduled to start this weekend.
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U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens was seen as a rising star
WASHINGTON — At the height of Libya’s civil war, Chris Stevens dashed off to the rebel stronghold of Benghazi by cargo boat to help shape an assortment of Libyan politicians and militias into the cohesive unit that would defeat Moammar Gadhafi. A year-and-a-half later, the 52-year-old ambassador died as Islamists attacked a U.S. consulate in the same city.
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Obama administration investigating Libya attacks
President Barack Obama declared in a White House appearance that the U.S. would “work with the Libyan government to bring to justice” those who killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.
Posted inOpinion
MAINE COMPASS: The wealthy snicker as we fight to survive
The decision by the Republican National Convention not to seat the Ron Paul delegates from Maine hit home for me.
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Portland Harbor’s first female pilot dies
CAPE ELIZABETH — Skowhegan native Capt. Susan Clark, an accomplished shipmaster who became the first female pilot for Portland Harbor and the first woman to join the elite Portland Marine Society, was 48 when she died last week.
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ANOTHER VIEW: Tipping’s interpretation of meeting reflects bias
The column by Mike Tipping, “LePage actions offer examples of meaning of ‘corrupt'” on Sept. 4, gets it wrong and illustrates the bias of the author.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
OUR OPINION: Case for fairness must resonate throughout state
Mainers United for Marriage’s campaign manager, Matt McTighe, struck the right note of caution Monday in what was otherwise an enthusiastic rally in support of this year’s same-sex marriage referendum.
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PATRIOTS BEAT: Belichick, Brady send reminder that it’s only 1 game
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Amazingly, it took nearly 12 minutes for anyone to ask Tom Brady about the status of possibly the most famous nose in New England Patriots history.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Republicans have no unease about invading our bodies
To the Republicans, as reflected in their legislation initiatives and their party platform, corporations have achieved “personhood,” as have the few cells that comprise a fertilized egg. While they offer protections to the corporations and the egg, however, they offer no such protections to women and actual children. Republicans don’t tell us that in Maine […]
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Republicans have no unease about invading our bodies
To the Republicans, as reflected in their legislation initiatives and their party platform, corporations have achieved “personhood,” as have the few cells that comprise a fertilized egg.