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PublishedJanuary 27, 2013
OUR OPINION: Wind farm deal opens door for a new industry
The Maine Public Utilities Commission should be congratulated for a forward-looking decision last week that opened the door to an emerging industry for Maine.
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PublishedJanuary 25, 2013
OUR OPINION: Governor’s latest outburst puts Maine in bad light
By now, Gov. Paul LePage knows how to get our attention.
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PublishedJanuary 25, 2013
VIEW FROM AWAY: Banks cyber attacks show new level of skill
These have not been been easy days for cyber security experts at some of the nation's leading banks. A barrage of attacks on bank networks has intensified since September, clogging websites with traffic, slowing or crashing them. The banks have not lost data, but their online services have been interrupted.
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PublishedJanuary 24, 2013
Foundation shares common-sense ways to grade teachers fairly
For years, educators have argued about the best ways to grade teachers' performance in the classroom. Some skeptics doubted it was possible to fairly evaluate teachers, partly because some teachers had brighter students while others faced classes filled with struggling kids.
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PublishedJanuary 24, 2013
Enact LePage ideaabout fifth yearof high school
A key economic development challenge for state government is providing Maine workers with the kind of education they need to fill the more technical jobs that will be created and that exist now, unfilled.
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PublishedJanuary 24, 2013
Rising suicide threat of troops needs battle plan
While the United States's foreign wars wind down, the body count at home keeps rising. The Department of Defense said last week there were 349 suicides by active-duty members of the armed services in 2012, as opposed to 311 combat deaths.
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PublishedJanuary 23, 2013
Te’o hoax was swallowed hook, line and sinker
The lie behind the love story was exposed last week, after reporters for the sports website Deadspin asked the questions that should have been answered months ago.
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PublishedJanuary 22, 2013
Obama message less hopeful, more realistic
This was not supposed to be as big a moment as the last one. President Barack Obama's second inaugural would be witnessed by a smaller crowd than his first. It would not be as historic because it would be the second time an African American took the presidential oath, not the first.
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PublishedJanuary 21, 2013
VIEW FROM AWAY: US ready to leave Afghanistan to Afghans
President Barack Obama is accelerating one of his biggest and riskiest foreign pledges: a withdrawal from Afghanistan that will hand the fighting to Afghan troops by spring instead of summer with nearly all U.S. forces gone by the end of this year.
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PublishedJanuary 21, 2013
VIEW FROM AWAY: Wal-Mart’s hiring of veterans no publicity stunt
Like any successful company, Wal-Mart knows a public relations coup when it sees one.
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