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1 New Woodrow Wilson bio presents a complex figure Entertainment
Wilson's comment was prophetic. After a productive first term highlighted by a wave of progressive legislation, he shifted his focus to America's entry into World War I. But his idealistic vision for world peace fell apart when Congress refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles or allow the U.S.
11/6/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
2 AP Interview: Snowe seeks bipartisan health bill Nation and World
Snowe, R-Maine, said she's working with Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to establish that kind of a framework in the bill expected to emerge next month from the Senate Finance Committee.
6/29/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
3 Quest for Mideast peace drives camp in 17th season Nation and World
For the 17th year in a row, Israeli and Palestinian teenagers have come together at a summer camp in the western Maine woods to make new friendships, understand each other's dreams and fears, and possibly lay a groundwork for peace in the Middle East.
6/29/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
4 New owner: Maine papers poised to be profitable Local News
The new owner of the Portland Press Herald said Tuesday he plans to sell three downtown properties within six months and eliminate up to 100 jobs in the future, but believes the company is poised to become profitable despite the economic downturn. Richard Connor's MaineToday Media Inc.
6/16/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
5 Seattle Times completes sale of Maine properties Local News
The financially struggling Seattle Times Co. on Monday sold its Blethen Maine newspapers, including the Portland Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram, to an investor group led by a Pennsylvania publisher. Terms of Monday's sale were not disclosed.
6/15/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
6 Seattle Times completes sale of Maine properties Business
The financially struggling Seattle Times Co. on Monday sold its Blethen Maine newspapers, including the Portland Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram, to an investor group led by a Pennsylvania publisher. Terms of Monday's sale were not disclosed.
6/15/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
7 Seattle Times completes sale of Maine properties Local News
The financially struggling Seattle Times Co. on Monday sold its Blethen Maine newspapers, including the Portland Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram, to an investor group led by a Pennsylvania publisher. Terms of Monday's sale were not disclosed.
6/15/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
8 Skiing in US down 5.5 percent this year Business
Preliminary figures show there were 57.1 million visits to ski slopes across the country during the past winter, a 5.5 percent decline from the record 60.5 million visits the year before.
5/15/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
9 L.L. Bean to lay off more than 200 employees Nation and World
In a letter to its 5,400 full- and part-time workers, the Freeport-based retailer said voluntary retirement incentives announced in February have helped reduce the number of layoffs but were not sufficient to eliminate the need for job cuts.
4/24/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
10 Judge frees Maine woman who killed abusive husband Nation and World
A woman who killed her abusive husband by stabbing him more than 25 times was sentenced Friday to seven months of jail time served and allowed to go free after a judge said she had already suffered enough.
4/17/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
11 Maine newspaper expects frugality gamble to pay off Nation and World
LEWISTON, Maine — Since hard times have put frugal back in fashion, Lewiston's daily newspaper is taking on the mission of helping readers save money — and it's backing up its words with a money-back guarantee.
2/8/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
12 Farmers' Almanac predicts frigid winter Nation and World
LEWISTON, Maine — People worried about the high cost of keeping warm this winter will draw little comfort from the Farmers' Almanac, which predicts below-average temperatures for most of the U.S.
8/25/2008 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
13 Glenn Close's best-known roles belie new venture Entertainment
PORTLAND, Maine — Glenn Close's signature characters have boiled a bunny, plotted the skinning of Dalmatian puppies and, more recently, helped arrange the killing of a pet dog to leverage a balky witness. She suggests that her new business venture is a form of penance.
5/12/2008 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
14 Maine shipyard christens destroyer named for Vietnam POW Nation and World
The Navy's newest guided missile destroyer was christened Saturday with the name of a fighter pilot who spent 7 1/2 years in captivity in North Vietnam, received the Medal of Honor and served as presidential candidate Ross Perot's running mate.
5/10/2008 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
15 Glenn Close's best-known roles belie love of dogs Entertainment
Glenn Close's signature characters have boiled a bunny, plotted the skinning of Dalmatian puppies and, more recently, helped arrange the killing of a pet dog to leverage a balky witness. She suggests that her new business venture is a form of penance.
5/9/2008 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
16 Emaciated student: My hosts starved me Nation and World
HALLOWELL, Maine — Jonathan McCullum was in perfect health at 155 pounds when he left last summer to spend the school year as an exchange student in Egypt.
2/28/2008 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
17 Farmers' Almanac forecast: Milder winter for West Nation and World
LEWISTON, Maine — Residents of the West can look forward to a milder winter this year, the Farmers' Almanac forecast suggests. But for those in the East, it might be a good idea to keep boots, long johns and snow shovels handy.
8/27/2007 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
18 Maine shipbuilding colony remembered Nation and World
PHIPPSBURG, Maine — It was established the same year as Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America, but Maine's short-lived Popham Colony has gotten scant attention.
8/26/2007 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
19 New Maine law expands protection orders to pets Nation and World
PORTLAND, Maine — Spurred by growing evidence of a link between domestic violence and animal abuse, Maine has enacted a first-in-the-nation law that allows judges to include pets in protection orders for spouses and partners leaving abusive relationships.
4/11/2006 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
20 Colgate buys Tom's of Maine Business
PORTLAND, Maine — Colgate-Palmolive announced Tuesday it's buying Tom's of Maine, the leading maker of natural toothpaste, which used to tweak big toothpaste makers for putting artificial additives like saccharin in their products.
3/21/2006 | seattletimes.com | find similar results