Bob Poitier of Minot receives a high-five Sunday from Jeff Hilt, the overall winner of the snowshoe race, as he crossed the finish line of the Baxter Outdoors Packed Powder Duathlon at Lost Valley Ski Area. The race could be run as a two team duathlon, as a cross-country ski-only race or a single-person duathlon. […]
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Sloth selfie
Jan Bielau-Nivus of Rome takes a selfie Sunday afternoon with “Flash,” the sloth being held by handler Catalina Vargas at the Foundation for Animal Rescue and Education’s First Natural History Exhibition at the Ramada Inn in Lewiston. Bielau-Nivus, a sloth enthusiast, was excited to take a photograph with a real sloth. Bielau-Nivus said she loves that […]
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On Football: Patriots run game bringing balance to offensive attack
New England was fifth in NFL in rushing yards in 2018, the highest ranking in Bill Belichick’s tenure.
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'We all got played:' Anonymous tweets fueled the controversy over MAGA hat teens
Dan Lavoie, a political strategist in New York, first saw the video on Saturday, like thousands of other people who logged on to social media that day. A group of rowdy high school boys, many wearing Make America Great Again hats, had faced off with a Native American elder near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington […]
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Shutdown may make a mess of travel plans
Christopher Elliott Special to The Washington Post Ask travelers about the partial government shutdown, and you may get a dismissive answer. After all, most flights are still running on time, many national parks remain open and passports are being processed. “Shutdown?” says Chris Luth, a sales manager based in Ozark, Missouri. “What shutdown?” Luth says […]
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Not very good public service
Due to a problem with my vehicle, I had to catch a “City Link” bus to the Post Office downtown from L-A Harley. It was cold and windy that day (Jan. 15). I needed to catch the 2:15 p.m. bus on my return home, so, being a bit early, I waited at the Dunkin Donuts […]
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Disappointed in them all
I am leaving the Democratic Party. I have had enough of the blame-shifting and no movement on the shutdown. Democrats are unwilling to negotiate at all. Republicans have at least tried to find common ground. Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi have now gone so far away from the real issue that they have to stay […]
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Without America, Economic Forum lacks focus, energy
DAVOS — The atmosphere at the 2019 World Economic Forum reflects the global picture perhaps more genuinely than in years past, and the painting is not very pretty. The mood here is subdued, cautious and apprehensive. There’s not much talk of a global slowdown, but no one is confident about a growth story either. There […]
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Travelers bound for Britain face new Brexit uncertainty
Christopher Elliott Special to The Washington Post Teri-Lee Lawler-Baack is a little nervous after the British Parliament’s recent vote on Brexit, which set the stage for a potentially chaotic “no deal” departure from the European Union on March 29. She’s not the only one. “I’m holding my breath,” says Lawler-Baack, a retired investment adviser from […]
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Seeing the whole picture
If a picture is worth a thousand words, what happens when the picture shows only part of the story or, worse, shows the wrong picture? In the past 10 days, we have seen pictures that generated way more than 1,000 words apiece yet remain unclear. People often saw in the pictures what they wanted to […]