TodayFeb. 9: BRUNSWICK, Paul Faulstich of the Hydrogen Energy Center, will speak on “Hydrogen Energy: For Maine and the World,” at 5:30 p.m. at the Green Store, 4 Pleasant St. Free 729-4050Feb. 9: GORHAM, “A Matter of Dignity,” will be shown at 7 p.m. at USM Bailey Hall.Feb. 9: LEWISTON, “Sharing Poetry,” will be held […]

NEW YORK (AP) – Several potential witnesses in the unsolved slaying of Busta Rhymes’ bodyguard – including the rapper himself – have made no effort to help identify the killer, police said Wednesday.“Let’s put it this way: They’re not knocking on our door to talk to us,” Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly told reporters at New […]

NEW YORK (AP) – Bill Nye is no longer the Single Guy.Nye, who hosted the educational PBS series “Bill Nye, the Science Guy” during its nine-year run, married his fiance Blair Tindall last Friday, it was announced Tuesday.The 50-year-old, bow-tied Nye and Tindall, author of “Mozart in the Jungle” and a former concert oboist, exchanged […]

NEW YORK (AP) – “Late Night” host Conan O’Brien has joked that no one watches his talk show. That’s certainly not the case in Finland, where he has become an unlikely cultural icon – and soon a visiting one.The quirky, self-deprecating NBC host, along with a camera crew, will visit the Nordic country next week. […]

LONDON (AP) – Pete Doherty, the troubled former boyfriend of Kate Moss, has been sentenced to 12 months of community service for possessing drugs.Doherty, the 26-year-old front man of the group Babyshambles, pleaded guilty to the charges on Jan. 27.He spoke only to confirm his name and address, and appeared disoriented during the hearing Wednesday […]

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) – The house where Bob Marley once lived has been designated a protected national heritage site by the Jamaican government.An official ceremony to mark the designation took place Tuesday at the home, now a museum that showcases the recording studio Marley built as well as memorabilia that once belonged to the reggae […]

NEW YORK (AP) – CBS’ “The Young and the Restless” earned a leading 18 Daytime Emmy nominations on Wednesday, including best soap opera, although no one from its cast was nominated in the lead acting categories.Ellen DeGeneres, whose hit daytime series won best talk show the last two years and who was also named best […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Blame it on love and the paparazzi.That’s Britney Spears’ explanation for why she was driving with her infant son on her lap rather than in his car seat.Several photos published Tuesday showed Spears driving her SUV with her son, Sean Preston, perched on her lap rather than strapped into a car […]

NEW YORK (AP) – Nobody turns off the microphone on Mick Jagger without a fight.Censorship of their songs during the Super Bowl halftime show was “absolutely ridiculous and completely unnecessary,” the Rolling Stones said through a spokeswoman on Tuesday.The NFL, which produced the show seen on ABC Sunday night, silenced Jagger’s microphone during sexually suggestive […]

An annual spectacle of the fish and game department, Augusta, Saturday was the presence of a number of beaver skins, which had been brought there for the purpose of sale, and some of which were very handsome specimens. The skins came from Somerset county, and the beavers which wore them were taken by wardens under […]