Friday’s police blotter
2013
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Portland names new deputy city manager
Sheila Hill-Christian of Richmond, Va., will fill a post left vacant by one of two assistant city managers.
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‘Promised Land’ … a warm, fuzzy story with a cold center
Behold. Hydraulic fracturing, “fracking,” is the new cause celebre, a movement drawing star power. Actors Mark Ruffalo, Robert Redford, Amy Ryan and the star of Gus Van Sant’s new anti-fracking film “Promised Land,” John Krasinkski, along with America’s socially active movie star, Matt Damon, are out on the stump fighting for the cause.
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Silva sentenced to 43 years in Readfield killing, robbery
AUGUSTA — For robbing and killing the Readfield man who sheltered him and his girlfriend and setting that home ablaze as a cover-up, David B. Silva Jr. will spend the next 43 years in prison.
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LePage speaks to Democrats through a video on YouTube
In the latest of several YouTube videos he has taped, LePage says giving targeted tax breaks to businesses can stimulate the economy.
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Women’s history pioneer Gerda Lerner dies at 92
The author was a founding member of the National Organization for Women and is credited with creating the nation’s first graduate program in women’s history, in the 1970s in New York.
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Gay marriage supporters in Illinois look to next session
A Senate committee voted 8-5 late Thursday in favor of a bill that would allow gay marriage. But with key supporters absent, Senate Democrats delayed a full floor vote.
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Mass. pharmacy blames cleaning company for meningitis outbreak
Attorneys for New England Compounding Center sent a letter to UniFirst Corp. demanding that it take legal responsibility for claims against the pharmacy.
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Maine boxer Gamache pleads not guilty to drug charges
Steven Gamache is the son of former World Boxing Association world champion Joey Gamache.