The president is stepping up his call for universal background checks as well as his demands for Congress to at least vote on an assault weapons ban and limits on large-capacity magazines.
April 2013
Posted inNation & World, News
Stanford to join Harvard, MIT in online education
Stanford already has a platform for delivering open online courses, but the university has decided to suspend work on it in favor of the software developed by the two East Coast universities.
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Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
It’s official: Sanford facing Colbert Busch in S.C.
Republican former Gov. Mark Sanford faces Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch, the sister of political satirist Stephen Colbert, in a special congressional election on May 7.
Posted inNews
Will Zumba instructor sell her steamy story?
From the start, the case against Alexis Wright read like the TV Guide synopsis for one of those steamy Lifetime made-for-television movies.
Posted inNews, Politics
A rare Republican, Sen. Collins remains optimistic
Her nuanced positions attract critics on the right and the left, but recent polling indicates that Collins is popular among Maine voters in both parties.
Posted inNews
2 Fla. residents arrested on oxycodone charges in Maine
The MDEA says it began investigating the pair nearly six months ago and arrested them after an undercover agent bought drugs from them at an Ellsworth motel.
Posted inNation & World, News
N. Korea refuses to let S. Koreans enter joint factory
The move to block South Koreans from going to their jobs at the Kaesong industrial complex is the latest sign of deepening tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
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Grace Christian Academy announces third-quarter honors
WEST GARDINER — Grace Christian Academy has announced its third-quarter honor roll for the 2012-13 school year.
Posted inCommunity
College students named to dean’s list
IRVING, Texas — Mary Couture of Sidney, Maine, a senior English major at the University of Dallas, has been named to the fall 2012 semester dean’s list.