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PublishedSeptember 17, 2013
VIEW FROM AWAY: Olympic Committee right to bring back wrestling
After making a mess of things, the International Olympic Committee finally got it right.
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PublishedSeptember 17, 2013
VIEW FROM AWAY: UN, vetoes and all, serves valuable purpose
Many Americans may be infuriated that Russia and China have signaled their readiness to veto any United Nations Security Council resolution that calls for intervention to punish Syria's use of chemical weapons in its brutal civil war.
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PublishedSeptember 17, 2013
OUR OPINION: Poverty, not fraud, state’s real problem
People who think the state could better balance its budget by cracking down on welfare fraud should have been disappointed with Gov. LePage's radio address last week. Despite spending $700,000 a year on eight additional fraud inspectors who fielded about 1,100 leads, the governor reported that only 45 cases of alleged fraud were referred to law enforcement.
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PublishedSeptember 17, 2013
OUR OPINION: Veterans need American Legion to remain strong
Addressing members at Alfred W. Maxwell Jr. Post 40 in Winthrop earlier this month, Daniel Dellinger, the newly elected national commander of the American Legion, spoke on the importance of attracting new members.
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PublishedSeptember 13, 2013
OUR OPINION: Social media rules give new twist to old argument
Social media may be relatively new, but the argument about what employees are allowed to say about employers stretches back more than a century.
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PublishedSeptember 12, 2013
OUR OPINION: Stop quibbling about makeup of jail study panel
When a state panel convenes this month to discuss possible remedies to the beleaguered county jail system, no one from Somerset County will be seated at the table.
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PublishedSeptember 11, 2013
OUR OPINION: New oil tanksshould be made more accessible
By the calendar, it's still officially summer, but recent dips in the temperature have given us a reminder -- as if we need it -- that winter isn't all that far away.
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2013
OUR OPINION: Loss of shelter will be costly in different way
Homeless youths in central Maine lost a significant source of comfort and security with the closing of Halcyon House in Skowhegan because of a funding shortfall.
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2013
OUR OPINION: Rise of temporary jobs could slow recovery
Temporary jobs are becoming a permanent fixture in Maine's employment picture, a trend that could slow down the already sluggish recovery and alter the way we think about work.
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PublishedSeptember 9, 2013
VIEW FROM AWAY: Time Warner Cable, CBS bury the coaxial
The settlement of the bitter contract negotiations between Time Warner Cable and CBS cost cable subscribers in Los Angeles, New York and Dallas a month of darkness on CBS-owned channels, including Showtime. Viewers were denied "Under the Dome," "Ray Donovan" and, in L.A., nine Dodgers games.
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