Cliburn rocketed to fame when he won the first International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1958, six months after the Soviets’ launch of Sputnik.
February 2013
Posted inNews, Politics
Scrutiny urged on piping of tar sands through Maine
Members of Congress want federal assurance that heavy crude transports wouldn’t put Maine communities at risk.
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Central Maine schools, highway workers, CMP prepare for storm
Schools in central Maine closed Wednesday or planned early closings, highway workers were rested and ready and Central Maine Power Co. was on watch as the late winter storm approached.
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Conn. grandma kills self, two young grandsons
Family members say 47-year-old Debra Denison had bipolar disorder and a history of mental-health problems.
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Supreme Court justices voice skepticism of voting rights law
The lawsuit from Shelby County, Ala., near Birmingham, says the “dire local conditions” that once justified strict federal oversight of elections no longer exist.
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Police say UNH concert led to 65 arrests
Most of the arrests at a concert by disc jockey Tiesto were for underage drinking and unlawful possession of alcohol.
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Zumba jurors watch video showing naked Wright
The video shows the alleged prostitute putting on a strip tease for men outside her studio window.
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After crash, UMaine players, coaches react on Twitter
Read the reactions from the players and coaches on Twitter.
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Search for boat, missing family ends off Calif.
The Coast Guard on Tuesday called off the search for a boat that reportedly sank in rough seas far off the Central California coast, saying nothing more could be done and that the family’s distress calls might have been a hoax.