“The kindest person you’d ever meet”“A very sweet man”“One of the most caring people I ever met” That’s how those who knew him describe Brunswick firefighter Harold E. Emerson, 73, a captain of the department’s call force, who died Monday after a long battle with prostate cancer. Emerson served on the Brunswick Fire Department for […]

The Times Record reser ves this space to correct errors appearing in our news columns. We ask readers who are aware of factual errors to telephone Managing Editor Robert Long at 729-3311. A report on page A1 of Tuesday’s edition listed an incorrect date for when the Topsham Board of Selectmen is next scheduled to […]

SONORA, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky State Police say three people were killed and another seriously injured in a shooting on a rural road about 50 miles south of Louisville. Trooper Norman Chaffins at the Elizabethtown post says troopers got a call at 11:33 a.m. CST Tuesday about a shooting, then found the bodies. Chaffins said […]

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — As big as a car and as well-equipped as a laboratory, NASA’s newest Mars rover blows away its predecessors in size and skill. Nicknamed Curiosity and scheduled for launch on Saturday, the rover has a 7-foot arm tipped with a jackhammer and a laser to break through the Martian red […]

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The government paid nearly $2,500 for Sarah Palin’s husband to come to the trial of a Tennessee college student who hacked into her email — even though Todd Palin never testified, court records show. In all, the government paid more than $29,000 to fly members of the Palin family and other […]

WASHINGTON No need for a salt shaker on the Thanksgiving table: Unless you really cooked from scratch, there’s lots of sodium already hidden in the menu. Stealth sodium can do a number on your blood pressure. Americans eat way too much salt, and most of it comes inside common processed foods and restaurant meals. The […]

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The company behind Power Balance bracelets donned by basketball stars and celebrities has filed for bankruptcy protection amid a spate of lawsuits. The Laguna Niguel, Calif.-based company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in federal court in Santa Ana on Friday.

MINEOLA, N. Y. ( AP) — Thirteen more current and former high school students from an affluent community on New York’s Long Island were charged Tuesday in a widening college entrance exam cheating scandal, bringing the total to 20. Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice said four of the new defendants are accused of taking […]