The Obama administration seems to have tried every trick in the book to jumpstart the economy and increase jobs. From cutting taxes to keeping interest rates low, bank bailouts, stimulus plans and now a doomed jobs bill, nothing seems to be working. The tea party-led Republicans are even a bigger failure with their fixation on […]
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Chaz Bono extends concept of family values
History is rarely made on reality TV, but it has this season on “Dancing with the Stars.”
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COMMENTARY: Snakes lurk in grass and on the Internet
Among my favorite personal axioms is the following: “All progress isn’t.” The evidence is everywhere.
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COMMENTARY: Chaz Bono extends concept of family values
History is rarely made on reality TV, but it has this season on “Dancing with the Stars.”
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CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: Punch-out in the desert
On Tuesday night, seismologists at the Las Vegas Oceanographic Institute reported the first recorded movement of a hair on Mitt Romney’s head.
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MAINE COMPASS: Stately, old YMCA was irreplaceable house of memories
This last couple of weeks, I find myself taking a different route through Augusta to avoid the corner of Winthrop and State streets. It is just too hard to pass by the sad pile of rubble where the stately YMCA used to stand.
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HIGH SCHOOL FIELD HOCKEY: Skowhegan, Messalonskee to play for Eastern A title
Skowhegan and Messalonskee will meet in the Eastern A field hockey final for the fourth straight year after each won their semifinal games Saturday.
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Remains may be those of missing Maine woman
Relatives of a Lewiston man find a body while cleaning out a storage unit.
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HIGH SCHOOL FIELD HOCKEY: Winthrop advances to regional final
WINTHROP — Shauna Carlson, Lauren Kaiser and Mary Claire Blanchard all scored goals as the Winthrop field hockey team beat Central 3-0 in an Eastern Maine Class C semifinal game Saturday.
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FIELD HOCKEY: Nokomis advances
NEWPORT — Brittany Dunton scored two goals and Kendra Underhill added 11 saves to lead the Nokomis Regional High School field hockey team past Winslow 2-1 in an Eastern B semifinal game Saturday.