The postponement is a significant setback for Michael Dell and the company’s board, which has spent months trying to persuade shareholders to approve the $24.4 billion buyout proposal.
July 2013
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N.H. family sues over injuries from fireworks
The suit says the homeowners failed to maintain safe conditions the day of a fireworks explosion that the fire marshal ruled accidental.
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Weather service: 7,500 lightning strikes in Maine, N.H.
That figure doesn’t include far northern Maine, which experienced some of the heaviest thunderstorms Wednesday night.
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Two men arrested in Chelsea on kidnapping charges
Ricardo David Perry, 18, from East Stroudsburg, Pa., and Eugene Charleston, 19, of Bridgeport, Conn., are facing charges after allegedly kidnapping a man and holding him against his will inside a Hankerson Road home.
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Class-action suit initiated against Maine company in train crash
Residents of a devastated Quebec town are seeking compensation for victims of the disaster, which killed 50 people.
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Congressman ‘stunned’ that woman isn’t his daughter
In February, U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen of Tennessee received media attention after he sent Twitter messages to the 24-year-old Texas woman during the president’s State of the Union address.
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Relief from worst U.S. heat on the horizon, but not until weekend
Humid air and drought conditions make the heat especially hard to bear in some areas.
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Bangor aviation-services company plans $5M hangar upgrade
C&L Aerospace provides services to the commercial and military aviation sectors.
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Obama talks up health care rebates, lower premiums
At a White House event, he draws attention to $500 million in rebates going to nearly 9 million people under a provision of the law.
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Potential witness against Bulger is found dead
Authorities are conducting an autopsy on Stephen Rakes, who was a vocal critic of James ‘Whitey’ Bulger leading up to the trial.