IN THE LIBERAL remake of “Casablanca,” the police captain comes upon the scene of the shooting and orders his men to “round up the usual weapons.”
September 2013
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Constitution Day set for Monday at UMF
FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington celebrates Constitution Day 2013 with its seventh annual review of cases considered by the U.S. Supreme Court. Presented by Jim Melcher, UMF professor of political science and adviser for the UMF pre-law program, the event features a docket of U.S. Supreme Court cases that discuss last term’s highlights and this term’s coming attractions. Free and open to the public, this event will be presented at 11:45 a.m. Monday in Lincoln Auditorium, UMF Roberts Learning Center.
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MAINE COMPASS: Newspaper propagates false information about Maine-based company
IN THE ARTICLE that you published on Sept 10 headlined “Winslow Lab’s Illegal Shipments May Have Helped Syria,” you state that “a Maine company may have helped Syrian dictator Bashar Assad build his biological-weapons.”
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Economic disparity a bigger threat than war
Prior to the president’s speech last week, Brian Williams reported statistics that I believe bodes worse for our freedom and national security than anything we might anticipate from the Middle East caldron of continuous calamity.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Brunswick runs by Cony
BRUNSWICK — Brunswick used its relentless ground game to score on seven of its eight possession Friday night to become the Pine Tree Conference Class A’s lone unbeaten team.
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MLB: Red Sox beat Blue Jays to clinch AL East
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox clinched the AL East title on Friday night, getting seven strong innings from Jon Lester to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-3 and eliminate Tampa Bay from the division race.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: Santiago lifts MCI
ELLSWORTH — The Maine Central Institute football team continued its strong start to the season with a convincing 56-18 victory over Ellsworth/Sumner in an Eastern D game Friday night.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Messalonskee wins slugfest with Mt. Blue
OAKLAND — Maine high school football has always had a lot of blowouts, and the potential for upsets. Hopefully, Maine high school football will always have games like Friday night’s two-sided slugfest between Messalonskee and visiting Mt. Blue. The game featured over 900 yards in offense and 13 touchdowns. It wasn’t decided until Messalonskee’s Devin Warren intercepted Mt. Blue gunslinger Andrew Pratt’s final pass as time ran out, and Messalonskee had a 49-41 victory.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Lawrence bounces back, beats Brewer
FAIRFIELD — The Lawrence football team bounced back from a rare regular-season defeat last week with a dominating performance against Brewer, earning a 48-6 win Friday night at Keyes Field.