Women In Politics

Fundraising showing results
Cash gifts to Maine’s public universities dropped 30 percent last year as the University of Southern Maine finished up fundraising for a major building project.

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Senate urged to repeal ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’
NEW YORK — Elated by a major court victory, gay-rights activists are stepping up pressure on Congress to repeal the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy this month. They want to avoid potentially lengthy appeals and fear their chances for a legislative fix will fade after Election Day.

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Maine WWII veteran receives overdue medals
BINGHAM, Maine (AP) — An 83-year-old Army veteran from Maine is getting some long overdue medals that he earned during World War II but never received.

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POLITICAL INSIDER: Tea Partiers seek cash for Del.
EDITOR’S NOTE — An insider’s view of this year’s elections based on dispatches from around the nation. WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The Tea Party Express is asking supporters to raise $250,000 for its preferred candidate in Delaware’s contentious Senate primary.

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Beach Reads Finished, It’s Time for the Big Books
Publishing’s fall schedule includes books by Bob Woodward, Keith Richards, George W. Bush and Jon Stewart.

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Aussies caught up in New Zealand quake
AUSTRALIAN survivors of the Christchurch earthquake have told how hotels swayed precariously as the earth shook.

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Aussie tourists tell of NZ quake terror
AUSTRALIAN survivors of the Christchurch quake have told how hotels swayed precariously as the earth shook.

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The Idea of Race Flavors DC Revival of 1950s Comedy Sabrina Fair ; Susan Heyward Is Sabrina
Samuel A. Taylor’s romantic comedy Sabrina Fair , better known as the Audrey Hepburn film “Sabrina,” will get a fresh twist at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, DC, Oct. 1-24.

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Senators urged to intervene in deportation case
A Guatemalan man’s supporters cite his accomplishments and contributions to the Portland community as reasons that he should be allowed to stay.

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Plymouth hits the books
PLYMOUTH — Everyone is excited to start school in Plymouth, according to Superintendent Anthony Distasio.

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