The death toll climbs to more than 1,500 from the massive earthquake and tsunami.
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Good Samaritan driver revives squirrel after car scare
CPR? TLC? Something brings a rodent back from the brink.
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Wind power can raise local temperatures, Harvard study finds
While researchers point to short-term detrimental effects to the environment, they maintain that wind is preferable to fossil fuels in the long run.
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Prison sentence caps long downfall for rap mogul ‘Suge’ Knight
Marion ‘Suge’ Knight is sentenced to 28 years for mowing down and killing a California businessman.
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‘Jersey Shore’ star ‘The Situation’ hopes to get off with probation
Michael Sorrentino will be sentenced Friday on tax charges.
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Documentary looks at 40 years of Waterville’s Railroad Square Cinema
The short documentary will screen for free during a 40th anniversary celebration Friday.
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Young Americans see online bullying as a serious problem
A news poll also finds that about half of both young people and their parents view social media as having a mostly negative effect.
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Violinist, professor, pastor, journalist among 25 ‘genius grant’ winners
The Chicago-based John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has awarded the fellowships each year since 1981 to people who have shown outstanding talent.
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Technology uncovers a 150-year-old railroad mystery at the bottom of Springvale pond
A rail flat car that disappeared into the peat bog in 1871 has been located with the help of technology normally used to locate underground utilities.
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OFF RADAR: Broadening the audience
‘Where You Happen to Be’ and ‘Leaves Surface Like Skin’ both help to crack the door open a little wider for people who are discovering poetry