A poker room in the Grand View House in Rumford Falls, was raided and eleven men arrested, including Ultric Chartrand and his son, John Chartrand of Lewiston. Several of the members of the party escaped the officers. The cases will be heard in court. The raid was made by two police, one deputy sheriff and […]

“Wintersong”(Arista/Nettwerk)There’s something about the holidays that brings singers, good and bad, out of the woodwork to share their favorite Christmas tunes.Most should keep quiet, but Sarah McLachlan’s offering is a winner.“Wintersong,” her first studio LP since 2003’s “Afterglow,” is suited for listening to while the snow falls outside and the hot chocolate is still warm. […]

ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) – A leading Kazakh writer has nominated actor Sacha Baron Cohen for a national award for popularizing Kazakhstan.Novelist Sapabek Asip-uly called on the Kazakh Club of Art Patrons to give Cohen its annual award, according to a letter published by the Vremya newspaper Thursday.Cohen’s fictional Kazakh character Borat “has managed to spark […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Two men who say they were insulted by actor-comedian Michael Richards during his racist rant at a comedy club want a personal apology and maybe some money, their lawyer said Friday.The men, Frank McBride and Kyle Doss, said they were part of a group of about 20 people who had gathered […]

NEW YORK (AP) – The first call came from the Midwest. Before long, the phone was ringing, and ringing, and ringing again: Satellite radio. Fox News. Extra.Yada, yada, yada.For Kenny Kramer, role model for the “Seinfeld” character who shared his surname, each call was a reminder of the intersection between his real life and his […]

Welcome to Sophomore Slumpology 101.You know what we’re talking about. A TV show that sizzles in its first season … then starts to fizzle in the second.A recent case in point: “Desperate Housewives.”Remember the madcap Wisteria hysteria during the sly suburban soap opera’s amazing first season in 2004- 05? Pumped up on rave reviews and […]

Many complaints have been made concerning the Lewiston street lights and the irregularity in which some of the lights are kept burning. In the upper section of the city the lights are even more uncertain than the weather and many a night some of the principal streets have been in darkness to the inconvenience of […]

LONDON (AP) – Pseudo Picassos, counterfeit Chagalls and other fakes are on display in London this week, part of an effort by Scotland Yard to warn dealers about forged art that it says fuels crime gangs around the world.While the exhibit at the Victoria and Albert Museum looks like any other art gallery, the chatter […]

Fans on both sides of the Wii and PlayStation 3 argument should stop complaining about which system is better. For once, they’re both right: Each system has its share of excellent games – and a few stinkers, too. The lowdown on some initial offerings that are exclusive to each of these next-generation systems, for those […]

NEW YORK (AP) – P.J. Franklin is a twentysomething gal who’s one of the guys.But not as a poor substitute for romance. Someone that appealing has no need to compromise.Instead, the go-her-own-way heroine of the TBS sitcom “My Boys” is just respecting her druthers. For P.J., the dependable joys of weekly poker games, pub-hopping, sports […]