Chemists taround Europe are feeding samples of bodily tissue and dirt collected in Syria into sophisticated machines, waiting for those three numbers to read out in a bar graph on a computer screen.
September 2013
Posted inBusiness
Car prices hit record as buyers load up on options
It’s a buying pattern that began around two years ago with low interest rates that let buyers choose pricier cars.
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Posted inNation & World, News
Decline in U.S. births appears to be leveling off
The number of babies born last year – a little shy of 4 million – is only a few hundred less than the number in 2011.
Posted inNation & World
Fact Checker: Obama and the ‘red line’ on Syria’s chemical weapons
How can the president say he did not create a ‘red line’ when his statement last year about a ‘red line’ is one of the most famous statements of his presidency?
Posted inNation & World
Survey: House shows opposition to Syria attack
Still, the situation is very fluid. Nearly half of the 433-member House and a third of the 100-member Senate remain undecided.
Posted inNews
Waterville man arrested twice in two days, faces drug charge
Jason Stephenson, 37, of Waterville, faces four charges, including possession of the hallucinogenic drug bath salts, after he was arrested twice in two days.
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Obama goes home without a coalition
The president says he will argue for a military strike on Syria in an address Tuesday.
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Police seize $20,000 worth of drugs at Kennebunk home
Three men are arrested at ‘the Baskin-Robbins of drug houses.’
Posted inNews
US orders diplomats out of Lebanon
Concerned about potential for violence, govt. issues new travel warning, urges American citizens to leave
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World leaders push big companies to pay more taxes
G-20 leaders reportedly have signed on to a new tax plan that would make it harder for companies to hide profits in tax havens and force them to pay tax in the countries where they make money.