Patients are paying a private lab to breed mice that carry bits of their tumors so treatments can be tried first on the customized rodents,
2014
Posted inSports
Penguins star Crosby diagnosed with the mumps
The NHL is dealing with a widespread outbreak of the virus, with players from Anaheim, Minnesota, the New York Rangers and the New Jersey Devils among those affected.
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Posted inNation & World, News
Ex-CIA interrogation chief warns of betrayal
Jose Rodriguez says the Senate Intelligence Committee’s report on coercive tactics betrays intelligence officials and will erode their trust in future presidential administrations.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Lower lobster catch in 2014 means prices edge upward
Fishermen say this year is more typical than the last two boom years
Posted inNation & World, News
Japan’s ruling coalition wins big in lower house elections
The resounding win firms up Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s hold on power.
Posted inSports
Hirscher beats Neureuther to win World Cup slalom
Marcel Hirscher overcomes a first-leg deficit for his 26th career victory.
Posted inMaine, News
LePage says ‘Mainers have spoken and we have listened’
The governor says in his weekly radio address that his focus during his final four-year term will be welfare reform, spending reform, lowering energy costs and reducing the size of government.
Posted inBusiness
OPEC chief urges oil investment despite low prices
U.S. oil prices are $57.81 a barrel – their lowest since May of 2009.
Posted inNation & World, News
US man illegally in North Korea says he’s not detained
Arturo Pierre Martinez of Texas is seeking asylum in Venezuela.
Posted inBusiness
OPEC chief urges oil investment despite low prices
U.S. oil prices are $57.81 a barrel – their lowest since May of 2009.