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Collecting Stories of War's Atrocitiesnew
Thirty-six years after the original Winter Soldier Investigation into atrocities in Vietnam, a group of Iraq veterans who oppose this war are doing it again.
Portland Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
12-07-2007 |
War
Who Killed Edward Okeny?new
Edward Okeny was found on the street with an empty wallet and a fractured skull. The Portland police hadn't sought help from the public, instead hoping that a grievously injured man would emerge from a coma and explain everything.
Portland Phoenix |
Rick Wormwood |
12-07-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
FairPoint Deal Specifics Get Weirdernew
A FairPoint exec says it's "misleading" to say that the company wouldn't give workers raises for seven years. But the company expects 4 percent of all workers -- including new hires -- to leave after the first year, leaving plenty of cash to pay for raises.
Portland Phoenix |
Jeff Inglis |
11-21-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Congressional Inaction: Killing Billsnew
The Farm Bill, a five-year federal spending bill that allots money for nutrition and hunger-prevention programs, industrial agriculture, and smaller farming operations, was blocked last Friday, and remained in limbo as Congress went into Thanksgiving recess.
Portland Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
11-21-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
No Raises For Seven Yearsnew
That's just one way FairPoint plans to pay for its buyout of Verizon's Northern New England operations. (Another way? Assuming gasoline prices will stay constant through 2015.)
Portland Phoenix |
Jeff Inglis |
11-15-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Government Secrecy is Fine with Maine's Attorney Generalnew
A man widely believed to be interested in becoming Maine's next governor, Democratic Attorney General Steven Rowe, is refusing to defend the state's Freedom of Access Act from a court ruling that would destroy the state's open-government law almost entirely.
Portland Phoenix |
Jeff Inglis |
10-11-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Comics for Christnew
Evangelicals are speaking in bubbles -- and fighting God's war on pop culture.
Portland Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
10-11-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Congressman to Protesters: Go Directly to Jailnew
Maine's First District US Representative Tom Allen, a Democrat, has activists arrested when they demonstrate at his offices; Senator Susan Collins, a Republican, lets them stay.
Portland Phoenix |
Jeff Inglis |
10-04-2007 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Prudish Publication Makes Its Debutnew
Eliza is more than just another Cosmo knock-off: it’s a response to today’s female fashion choices, which the Mormon publishers perceives as provocative, skimpy, and tacky.
Portland Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
10-04-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Cartoon: Blackwater Target Guidenew
For Blackwater's hired guns, it's wall-to-wall bad guys.
Portland Phoenix |
David Kish |
10-04-2007 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Stabbed in the Backnew
Maine prison officials reward a samaritan inmate by endangering his life.
Portland Phoenix |
Lance Tapley |
09-13-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Enjoy the Air Show -- You Paid For Itnew
Let's move beyond the $320 million in aircraft you have bought, and the roughly $12 million in annual salaries you're paying for the people whose entire, year-round, full-time jobs are to use those aircraft to show off the military prowess of the United States by, um, flying really really fast very close to the ground.
Portland Phoenix |
Jeff Inglis |
09-13-2007 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Maine Same-Sex Couples Move Closer to Marriagenew
Until last week, gays and lesbians could adopt in Maine, but only as single parents . A state supreme court ruling now allows couples to adopt together, taking another step forward in the move toward full family rights in Maine.
Portland Phoenix |
Tony Giampetruzzi |
09-06-2007 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Internet Disconnectnew
As Verizon unloads its landlines in rural parts of the country, local officials are missing an opportunity for real economic development: fiber-optics.
Portland Phoenix |
Jeff Inglis |
08-23-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
The Psychology of Returning From Warnew
You want the troops out of Iraq? Next, we have to get Iraq out of the troops.
Portland Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
07-13-2007 |
War
