The move comes as pro-Russia rebels in eastern Ukraine announce they will respect a cease-fire.
June 2014
Kurdish leader meets with Kerry, cites ‘new reality’ in Iraq
The Kurdish region is home to several vast oil fields, which have provided security and economic stability unmatched across the rest of the Iraq.
Tree falls on car in Pa., killing 2 kids in back seat
Police say the male driver, a pregnant woman and the two other children were injured.
OUR OPINION: Electoral reform would help break Congress gridlock
Olympia Snowe’s bipartisan commission is raising the right issues.
‘Entitled’ customers bully by threats, belittling others
I recently took a part-time job with a corporate-managed retail store. This is my first foray into the retail environment. The pay is low, staffing is sparse and the hours fluctuate weekly depending on the bottom line, but I knew that going in so that was not a major problem for me. What I was […]
Warming offset by cooling caused by volcanic ash
M.D. Harmon’s column about global warning (“Global warming’s name keeps changing like the weather,” June 13) is short on science. In Harmon’s universe, the effects of carbon dioxide pollution are just modern fantasies. In one of his opening lines, Harmon is overly optimistic when he asserts that global warming stopped in 1998. Before we write […]
Courts have held right to possess firearms is protected
The June 15 letter from David Mills regarding the Second Amendment is incomplete and thus potentially misleading. Constitutional scholars and the U.S. Supreme Court have concluded that the Second Amendment refers to an individual’s right, unrelated to regulated militias, to possess a firearm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home. The Supreme […]
USM to sell Stone House in Freeport to cut costs
It is not widely used and needs an $8.5 million upgrade, while selling it will save up to $110,000 in annual costs, university officials say.