Celtics coach Doc Rivers, former president Bill Clinton and NBA star Kobe Bryant are among the many to voice support for NBA center Jason Collins.
April 2013
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Tense Portland standoff ends with surrender
Police swarm Alder Street and evacuate residents before the man is arrested after four hours on terrorizing and other charges.
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VIDEO: Can’t be gay and Christian, ESPN’s Broussard says
NBA reporter Chris Broussard says Jason Collins, other homosexuals and fornicators are in ‘open rebellion’ with God.
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LePage: Health law to send U.S. ‘into a spiral’
Speaking to a crowd of business leaders, he also criticizes President Obama and Maine’s wind-energy industry.
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Hospital group criticizes Maine Democrats’ Medicaid expansion plan
Hospitals support expanding Medicaid, but don’t want that issue to slow down payment of the state’s debt to hospitals.
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Plane crash kills seven at Bagram Air Field
The Taliban claims responsibility, but the U.S.-led coalition says there was no militant activity in the area at the time.
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New England fishermen rally for relief from cuts
As of May 1, fishermen who chase bottom-dwelling groundfish face cuts that fishermen say will destroy the industry.
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Groups launching Maine ad campaign for Medicaid expansion
Maine has yet to accept federal funding to expand the government-sponsored health coverage to nearly 70,000 uninsured Mainers.
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Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s friend ‘Misha’ identified as R.I. man
The man, who supposedly tutored bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, says, ‘I wasn’t his teacher.’
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S&P 500 reaches new high, led by tech
A pair of better economic reports gave investors some encouragement. Wages and spending rose last month, and pending home sales hit their highest level in three years.