I’ve got a gripe. Why aren’t Sun Journal editorials syndicated?I’m still e-mailing “Channeling Paine For The Crisis,” because no one outside of Maine has read it. It is a moral, patriotic, and economic necessity to get articles like that out to the nation. If Cafferty, Zakaria, Olbermann, Maddow, were to quote the Sun Journal, Maine […]
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Night Life
Some events require tickets or are subject to other limitations. If in doubt, we recommend you contact the venue. Night Life listings must be e-mailed to [email protected] and received no later than Thursday. Tonight Sunday Night Dance Party with Steve Colella, 8 p.m., Mixers, Sabattus Open blues jam with Kevin Kimball, guest musicians welcome, 3 […]
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fark and snark
By Rich Copley McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) Fark.com was born 10 years ago in a dial-up world, when a cell phone was only a phone and twittering sounded kind of naughty. Today, the way Fark -readers consume and read the clever news aggregation Web site has changed radically. And, by the way, there are a lot […]
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Talk of the Town
Talk of the Town Conficker It sounds like the noise issued when you swear and sneeze at the same time. Go on, try it. But it’s nothing so fun. The Conficker, if you haven’t heard, is a computer worm that doomsayers predicted would unleash its squirmy evil across the Internet on April 1. Corporations would […]
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tweet
Date: 4/1/2009 2:00 PM BC-PLG-WORKTWEETS:TB _ lifestyle (700 words)/747 Cisco Fatty’ incident provides cautionary tale to those who tweet about work (NOT INCLUDED IN YOUR MCT NEWS SERVICE SUBSCRIPTION. See purchase information below.) (PHOTO) By Wailin Wong Chicago Tribune (MCT) It’s common on Facebook: Scroll down the list of updates, and you’ll see gripes about […]
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There is no place like home
Editor’s note: In 1999, Claudia Topplep was a German exchange student at Auburn’s Edward Little High School who vowed to one day come back and live in Maine. Today, a four-part series continues — in Claudia’s own words — about the effort by her and her husband, Rene, to live in America. For the two […]
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Sound Affects: Music reviews and ratings
PopMatters.com (MCT) The Yeah Yeah Yeahs: “It’s Blitz!” (Interscope) (rating: 8) Ripping off New Order? Stealing from the B-52s? Reveling in synth-washes and disco beats? The Yeah Yeah Yeahs finally give in and made their “pop” album — but on their own terms. Lead single “Zero” makes this abundantly clear: rapid guitar stutters meet thumbing […]
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woman arm yourselves
BC-LR-MAGLOVE:MCT – lifestyle (600 words) Magazine scene: Women’s Health helps cheat-proof’ your marriage (NOT INCLUDED IN YOUR MCT NEWS SERVICE SUBSCRIPTION. To subscribe to Love & Relationships, see purchase information below.) By Sally Dadisman McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT) HAPPILY NEVER AFTER Your newlywed days are supposed to be the best of a marriage: eyes for […]
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Wee Mii
LEWISTON — At first, I had reservations about throwing hands with a lady and I said so to the tiny me on the television screen. A moment later, the tiny lady was throwing body shots at my face and groin and, brother, it was on. For five minutes that felt like an hour, we duked […]
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Simpsons
Date: 3/31/2009 3:00 PM BC-NXT-SIMPSONS:TB _ whats next (550 words)/595 The Simpsons’ still relevant? (NOT INCLUDED IN YOUR MCT NEWS SERVICE SUBSCRIPTION. To subscribe to What’s Next, see purchase information below.) (PHOTO) By Jimmy Greenfield Chicago Tribune (MCT) Nobody I know talks about “The Simpsons” anymore. I’ve got it on a TiVo season pass, but […]