Mandela discharged from hospital, returns home

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September 1, 2013

Mandela discharged from hospital, returns home

Nelson Mandela, 95, is still in critical condition and will receive intensive care at home.
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September 1, 2013

David Frost, 74, noted for post-Watergate Nixon interviews

The veteran broadcast journalist wrote a dozen books, won numerous awards and was knighted.
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September 1, 2013

Washington Notebook: Clinic head says ‘doughnut hole’ may last under Obamacare

A sizable population will be left without health insurance, Caroline Teschke of the Portland Community Free Clinic says.
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September 1, 2013

Bill Nemitz: Syrian images hang over peace protest

Karen St. Peter had no cardboard sign as she fell in just after noon Saturday with the 50 or so anti-war demonstrators in Portland’s Monument Square. Just a T-shirt emblazoned with the small words “Imagine Peace.” An ordained interfaith minister from Westbrook, St. Peter had agonized over whether to come at all. The pictures of […]
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September 1, 2013

Twenty-year friendship ends after wedding

Dear Annie: Last year, my best friend of 20 years married someone who comes from a very wealthy background. The wedding was beautiful. I spent hundreds of dollars on travel to get an expensive bridesmaid dress, attend the bachelorette party and go to the wedding. I tolerated the typical "let's talk my wedding to death," while my relationship with my boyfriend was ending.

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September 1, 2013

ESSAY: Who was the ‘real’ Rosie the Riveter?

Rosie the Riveter was not just one woman. She was Geraldine Doyle, who found work as a metal presser in the American Broach & Machine Co. of Ann Arbor, Mich. She was Rose Will Monroe, a Ford employee who built B-24 and B-29 bombers at the Willow Run Assembly Plant near Ypsilanti, Mich. She was Rosalind P. Walter, from Long Island, who worked as a riveter on the night shift on a Corsair fighter airplane and who inspired the 1942 hit song "Rosie the Riveter."
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September 1, 2013

Roommates with problems create problems

My roommate and I are already having problems, and we haven't even moved in yet. We've contacted each other via Facebook, but we haven't really talked much. We only messaged each other to discuss who is bringing what. She offered that someone could bring a TV and the other could bring a fridge and microwave. Since I figured I would have more use for the fridge, I offered to bring it, and the microwave, too. She said she would bring the TV, and even though I knew I wouldn't use a TV, I didn't think much of it. Now she's contacted me, asking if we can split the cost of cable. I don't want to pay for cable, because I know I'll hardly use it. I watch TV shows online, and even then I hope to spend most of my time studying or spending time getting to know people outside my dorm, not spending all my time watching TV. I don't know what to tell her because we agreed she would bring a TV, and what's the point of a TV without cable? I didn't really think about this when we agreed to it. I don't know how to tell her that I won't pay for it when she probably has already bought the TV and is expecting that we have cable in our room.
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September 1, 2013

Nantel,Foster

BIDDEFORD -- Bob and Tracy Nantel of Biddeford and Lucille and Tom Bunnell of Sanford are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Jennifer Nantel of Biddeford, to Colby Foster, son of James and Joan Foster of Vassalboro.
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September 1, 2013

Williams,Judkins

READFIELD -- Brigette and Curtis Williams of Readfield have announced the engagement of their daughter, Danielle Mary Williams of Readfield to Christopher Robert Judkins of Skowhegan, son of Robert and Jacquelyn Judkins of Mount Vernon.
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September 1, 2013

THEODORA KALIKOW: Endless possibilities for students, teachers in new education reality

The new students come to college this weekend. Families are doing frantic last-minute packing. On campus, we're sprucing everything up. Faculty members are doing final planning for all their new students. Everybody's getting ready for the real start of the New Year!