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Hannah Pingree, Maine ACLU boss in 1st District mix
AUGUSTA — Maine’s former House speaker, the executive director of the ACLU of Maine and a lawmaker from Portland are the latest to enter the race for Maine’s 1st District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Former state House Speaker Hannah Pingree, 35, of North Haven, confirmed Sunday that she spent the weekend gathering signatures […]
Likely Rx ODs concern police
BATH — Bath police believe at least two residents in the small city have died after overdosing on prescription drugs during the first two months of 2012. It’s only the second time Lt. Stan Cielinski can remember such a “bunching” of overdose deaths. While the official cause of death in the cases has not been determined […]
Storms’ death toll climbs
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Fifteen-month-old Angel Babcock seemed to be the miracle survivor of a deadly tornado that killed her parents and two siblings when she arrived Friday night at Kosair Children’s Hospital in Louisville, Ky. Though critically injured when the twister scooped her up and deposited her in a field, Angel was opening her eyes. Hospital […]
Cyprus drops gambling charges against 98-year-old
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ attorney general has dropped gambling charges against about 40 elderly women, including a 98-year-old, whose weekly poker-and-bridge party had been raided by police. The women, mostly in their 70s, had became a local cause celebre after receiving a court summons this week. Interviews with 98-year-old Eftychia Yiasemidou appeared in several […]
Officials: Canada train traveling too fast
TORONTO (AP) — A Canadian Via Rail passenger train was going four times the normal speed when it derailed this week, killing three railroad employees and injuring 45 passengers, investigators said Thursday. The Transportation Safety Board said the train was traveling at 67 mph when it derailed while switching tracks on Sunday west of Toronto. […]
Woman gives birth to 3rd Leap Day baby
PROVO, Utah ( AP) — A Utah woman has tied a record after she gave birth on a third consecutive Leap Day. David and Louise Estes’ daughter Jade was born Wednesday morning in Provo. The birth comes four years after their son Remington was born on Feb. 29, 2008, and eight years after their son […]
Argentina seeks new flights to Falklands
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentine President Cristina Fernandez says she is seeking to negotiate with the United Kingdom to establish three weekly flights from Buenos Aires to the Falkland Islands. No flights currently connect the U. K.- controlled islands and Argentina. Two weekly flights travel from Chile to the islands about 300 miles off […]
Chavez on state TV: ‘I am doing well’
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez made his first live communication with his country’s news media in nearly a week Thursday, saying he was in good shape and recovering quickly from tumor surgery in Cuba. In a five-minute phone conversation broadcast on state television, Chavez said he was active, eating well and even […]