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PublishedJuly 11, 2011
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Obama should give Congress exit plan for Libya
A U.S. Senate committee, on a bipartisan vote, has approved President Barack Obama's use of military force in Libya. It is expected the full Senate will follow suit.
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PublishedJuly 10, 2011
OUR OPINION: In spite of slow start, Legislature had solid session
If it seemed as though members of the Maine Legislature had a lot of bills to consider during their recently concluded session, it's because they did. Legislators introduced a mind-numbing total of 1,587 bills, eventually passing about 600 of them.
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PublishedJuly 8, 2011
OUR OPINION: Anthony verdict was ‘not guilty,’ not ‘innocent’
It was as if there was a national gasp of disbelief, followed by a roar of anger, when the "not guilty" verdict for Casey Anthony hit the airwaves.
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PublishedJuly 7, 2011
OUR OPINION: State workers’ group rates hospitals by care
One of the oddities of the medical care puzzle is that not all types of health care are created equal.
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PublishedJuly 6, 2011
OUR OPINION: Simpler tax code would boost federal revenue
The Internal Revenue Service is worried: Too many Americans are under-reporting their income, either deliberately or by making mistakes on their tax returns.
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PublishedJuly 5, 2011
OUR OPINION: School funding power play adds to divisive views
The saying goes "to the victor goes the spoils," and that's apparently how Senate President Kevin Raye read the results of the last election.
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PublishedJuly 4, 2011
Declaration of Independence
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
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PublishedJuly 3, 2011
Stranded tourists get rare look at Washington Monument
Two-dozen visitors to the Washington Monument got a rare treat in advance of the July Fourth weekend.
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PublishedJuly 3, 2011
OUR OPINION: Legislature had rocky start, but also some success
It was a great exit line. Not as pithy as The Terminator's "I'll be back," to be sure, but good-natured and hinting at the possibility of impending mayhem just the same.
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PublishedJuly 2, 2011
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Eight myths to chill an old-school Republican’s soul
When Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., quit the (no longer) bipartisan deficit-reduction talks last week, it was not exactly a "Profiles in Courage" moment.
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