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Supreme Court of the United States contemplates same-sex marriage

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 21:05:50 GMT

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Catalina Camia. "Sen. Mark Warner announces gay marriage support" — USA Today, March 25, 2013
Aaron Blake and Scott Clement. "Is support for gay marriage over-sold?" — The Washington Post, March 25, 2013
Rebekah Metzler. "Supreme Court Readies for Gay Marriage Cases" — U.S. News and World Report, March 25, 2013
Kristene Quan. "Support, Telling Shareholder to Sell Stake If He Doesn’t Like Views" — Time Magazine, March 25, 2013
Peter Henderson. "Insight: Silent or supportive, conservatives give gay marriage momentum" — Reuters, March 25, 2013

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Reports of at least fourteen dead this week due to gun-related suicides in the United States

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 08:53:18 GMT

Correction — February 6, 2013

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"Radcliff man who died after exchanging gunfire with police killed himself, police say" — The Courier-Journal, February 1, 2013
Carrie Wells and Jessica Anderson. "Man committed suicide at Timonium gun range, police say" — Baltimore Sun, February 1, 2013
Bob Jones. "Surveillance video shows Marine, burglary suspect trying to get into Granger Twp home before suicide" — ABC 5, February 1, 2013
Robert Long. "Why isn’t suicide prevention part of Maine’s public safety debate?" — Bangor Daily News, February 1, 2013
Dave Gilson. "10 Pro-Gun Myths, Shot Down" — PressTV, February 1, 2013
Andrea Chang. "After Jody Sherman death, tech community seeks dialogue on suicide" — Los Angeles Times, February 1, 2013
"Greensburg Police Lt.'s Death Ruled Suicide" — Eagle Country 99.3 FM, January 31, 2013
Greg Jaffe,. "VA study finds more veterans committing suicide" — Washington Post, January 31, 2013
Benett Kessler. "Report of attempted suicide in visitors center parking lot in Lee Vining" — Sierra Wave: Eastern Sierra News, January 31, 2013
Associated Press. "Suspected Phoenix gunman found dead of apparent suicide" — Oregon Live, January 31, 2013
Patrick Clark. "After Suicide of Jody Sherman, A Call to Talk About the Emotional Strain of Life at Startups" — BeatBeat, January 31, 2013
Times staff writer. "Neighbors heard shots during apparent murder-suicide in Oxnard" — Los Angeles Times, January 31, 2013
Catherine Kavanaugh. "Royal Oak gun range changes policy to stop walk-in suicides" — Daily Tribune, January 31, 2013
Associated Press. "100 lbs. of pot worth $495k in Nevada suicide case" — Watertown Daily Times, January 31, 2013
Eric Anderson. "Elmont Couple Found Dead After Murder-Suicide" — Long Island Media, Inc., January 30, 2013
Charles County Sheriff's Office. "Attempt Murder/Suicide In Waldorf" — thebaynet, January 30, 2013
"As a result of National Rifle Association and other private-sector (safety-education) programs, fatal firearms accidents are at the lowest level in 100 years." — PolitiFact, January 30, 2013
Jenny Manning. "Renton Man Found Dead At Heritage Park Of Apparent Self-Inflicted Gun Shot" — Renton Patch, January 30, 2013
Mike Frassinelli and Brendan Kuty. "18 days before apparent murder-suicide, Facebook post portrayed Parsippany lovers" — Star-Ledger, January 29, 2013
"Assistant U.S. Attorney Alston Badger’s death ruled suicide" — The Post and Courier, January 29, 2013
"Stephen King says since Australia passed tough gun laws, "homicides by firearm have declined almost 60 percent."" — PolitiFact, January 25, 2013
"Washington, D.C., had some of the strictest gun laws in the country. And when they passed them, violence skyrocketed." — PolitiFact, January 17, 2013

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Voters in Maine and Maryland vote for marriage equality

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 10:22:16 GMT

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Gay rights supporters in Minnesota earlier in the year protesting against the vote by the Minnesota House to put marriage to the popular vote.
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Erik Eckholm. "In Maine, a Historic Victory at the Ballot Box for Same-Sex Marriage" — New York Times, November 7, 2012
Alana Semuels. "Voters OK gay marriage in Maine, Maryland" — Los Angeles Times, November 7, 2012
Alana Semuels. "Same-sex marriage measures passing in Maryland and Maine" — Los Angeles Times, November 6, 2012

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Maine Senator Olympia Snowe announces she won't seek reelection

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 06:22:35 GMT

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

United States

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AP. "Maine Sen. Snowe announces she’s not seeking re-election" — The Washington Post, February 28, 2012
Michael A. Memoli. "Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe, GOP moderate, won't seek reelection" — Chicago Tribune, February 28, 2012
Chris Cillizza and Aaron Blake. "Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe to retire in blow to GOP" — The Washington Post, February 28, 2012
David Catanese. "Olympia Snowe's retirement a boon for Democrats" — Politico, February 28, 2012

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Gay couple elected prom king and queen in Maine's Sanford High School

Sat, 04 Jun 2011 09:38:10 GMT

Friday, June 3, 2011

Maine

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Ellen W. Todd. "Sanford High School crowns school's first gay prom king and queen" — Sanford News, June 2, 2011
Lisa Derrick. "Proms Get Better: LGBT Teens Recognized as Kings and Queens" — La Figa, June 2, 2011
"Activities Calendar" — Sanford School Department, June 2011
"Gay Teens Crowned Prom King And Queen" — WMTW, May 27, 2011

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Over 200 skiers trapped as lift breaks at Maine resort

Tue, 28 Dec 2010 20:31:55 GMT

Maine

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"Efforts to free trapped, injured skiers under way at Maine resort" — CNN, December 28, 2010
Lee Kamlet. "Skiers Plummet When Maine Ski Lift Derails" — ABC News, December 28, 2010

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December blizzard slams Northeastern United States

Tue, 28 Dec 2010 00:59:51 GMT

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

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Snow covered Journal Square in Jersey City, New Jersey.
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The United States' first major blizzard of the winter season has left much of the New England region covered in snow. Stretching from Virginia to Maine, the storm, packing winds of over 50 miles per hour (80.5 kilometres per hour), dropped more than two feet of snow in some areas.

Residents prepared for what would be one of the worst nor'easters in quite some time. The storm contained similar conditions to a category 2 hurricane. Wellfleet, Massachusetts saw an 80 miles per hour wind gust, the strongest recorded throughout the storm. Connecticut, New York and Maine all recorded wind gusts of over 60 miles per hour and gusts of over 70 miles per hour blasted Cape Cod.

A total of 32 inches (81.3 centimetres) fell in Rahway, part of the hardest-hit state in the storm's path. Most New Jersey cities received over a foot of snow, while Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, and Maryland all had snow totals topping out at around 1 foot (30.48 centimetres) with Massachusetts topping out at a foot and a half.

On Monday, travel proved difficult, with flights from Philadelphia, Newark, New York City, Hartford, Boston, Portland, and Washington, D.C. canceled. Drivers also ran into problems on major highways as accidents were unavoidable on the slick roads.

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December 2010 North American blizzard

Associated Press. "Along Coast, Storm's Stranded Tell Their Stories" — Weather.com, 27 December 2010
Andrew Freedman. "Blizzard blasts coastal cities from Va. to Mass." — Washington Post, 27 December 2010
"Storm Summary Message" — NOAA, 27 December 2010
"Passengers stranded at OIA as Northeast blizzard cripples air travel" — Orlando Sentinel, 27 December 2010

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Several injured at campground in Maine as storm topples trees

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 09:41:04 GMT

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Maine

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Associated Press. "6 injured, 1 critical injured after Maine storm" — Boston Herald, August 10, 2010
"Girl critically injured in Lebanon campground wind storm" — Foster's Daily Democrat, August 10, 2010
Dennis Hoey. "Six people injured when thunderstorm blows through Lebanon campground" — The Portland Press herald, August 9, 2010

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Televangelist Pat Robertson compares same-sex marriage to child molestation, pedophilia

Fri, 08 May 2009 01:34:09 GMT

Friday, May 8, 2009

United States

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Matt Corley. "Pat Robertson: Gay marriage is ‘the beginning in a long downward slide’ to legalized child molestation." — Center for American Progress, May 7, 2009
Paul Strand. "D.C. Gay Marriage Vote Worries Pastors" — Christian Broadcasting Network, May 7, 2009
"D.C. Council approves gay marriage bill" — MSNBC, May 5, 2009

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Maine resident arrested in Florida for death threats to Bush, Obama

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:42:21 GMT

Friday, August 8, 2008

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Barack Obama in Kuwait in 2008.
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On Thursday, a man was charged with threatening to assassinate United States (U.S.) Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

The suspect, Raymond Hunter Geisel, was arrested on Saturday by the U.S. Secret Service in Miami, Florida. Geisel, 22 years old, was found to have in his possession weapons as well as military type gear. He is being held without bail in Miami's downtown detention center.

Geisel was attending a bail bondsman training course when he, according to a Secret Service affidavit, stated "that nigger, if he gets elected, I'll assassinate him myself" to class-mates.

One witness said he additionally threatened current President George W. Bush by stating that "he hated Bush and wanted to put a bullet through his head." In a written statement, Geisel denied making either of the threats, and according to the reports he never took any action to carry out his assassination threats.

Geisel, a native of Bangor, Maine, reportedly had in his 1998 Ford Explorer — as well as in the hotel room at which he was staying — body armor, a 9mm pistol, dozens of ammunition rounds including armor piercing bullets, military-like fatigues, a machete, as well as knives. His SUV was equipped with red and yellow emergency lights.

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In a interview with the Secret Service, Geisel stated that "if he wanted to kill Senator Obama he simply would shoot him with a sniper rifle, but then he claimed that he was just joking," according to reports. Geisel claims that he suffered physical as well as emotional abuse earlier in life, and that he had admitted himself to a mental clinic for treatment of post traumatic stress disorder.

Geisel is being prosecuted exclusively for the threat against candidate Barack Obama, and not for the threat against President Bush. Ed Donovan, a Secret Service spokesman refused to comment on the number of threats to political candidate and government officials, but did go as far as to say that this "might be the first arrest" in regards to this political election.

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Tom Brown. "Man held in Florida for threat to kill Obama and Bush" — Thomson Reuters, August 7, 2008
Curt Anderson. "Man held in Fla. on charge of threatening Obama" — Associated Press, August 7, 2008

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American singer Dan Fogelberg dies at age 56

Sun, 16 Dec 2007 23:32:17 GMT

Sunday, December 16, 2007

Dan Fogelberg 1951-2007.
Image: Henry Diltz.

Dan Fogelberg, the singer/songwriter whose hits included Longer, Leader of the Band, and Power of Gold has died today at the age of 56. The cause of death was announced as prostate cancer.

Fogelberg was born Daniel Grayling Fogelberg on August 13, 1951 in Peoria, Illinois, USA. He recorded other hits like Make Love Stay, which hit number-one on the Adult contemporary charts.

A note on Fogelberg's web site announced his passing. "Dan left us this morning at 6:00 a.m. He fought a brave battle with cancer and died peacefully at home in Maine with his wife Jean at his side," said the note. "His strength, dignity and grace in the face of the daunting challenges of this disease were an inspiration to all who knew him."

Fogelberg is survived by his wife Jean and brothers Marc and Peter.

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"Dan Fogelberg dead at 56" — Reuters, December 16, 2007
Ken Barnes. "Singer/songwriter Dan Fogelberg dies" — USA TODAY, December 16, 2007

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International exhibit of chair art starts in Canada

Mon, 21 Nov 2005 23:34:21 GMT

Monday, November 21, 2005

The international entry mail art show SAT: An Exhibit of Chairs was put on display Friday in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. Held in the Fridge Front Gallery at the Shoppers World Brampton mall, SAT is a diverse collection of artworks focusing on a generally mundane object, the chair.

Works in the show range from realism to abstract, dadaism to surrealism, post-modern to collage.

While some of the entries were submitted directly to Visual Arts Brampton, most came from a previous exhibit. Organized by Pati Bristow, No place to rest, chairs you can't sit on ran at Shopping Trolley Gallery West and Seaman's Library at Foothill College, both in Los Altos Hills, California, earlier in 2005. Guest curator Nicholas Moreau was unaware of the similarly themed exhibit, held so soon before. The theme for SAT was based on that of a 1987 juried art show organized by Visual Arts Brampton at the now-defunct Chinguacousy Library Gallery.

Works in Visual Arts Brampton's showing of the exhibition are from 17 countries including Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Romania, Spain, Uruguay, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America.

This is Visual Arts Brampton's third mail art show. In 1999, Susan Williamson created The Great Canadian Mail Art Show for Artway at Bramalea City Centre; the show was so successful that the Art Gallery of Peel adopted it in 2001. The concept of a mail art show was revived in 2004 by Moreau, held at the new Artway Shoppers World. The Snail Mail World Postcard Art Show has been held annually since.

Visual Arts Brampton's Fridge Front Gallery primarily hosts artwork by youth from its kids classes, and from schools in Brampton and Oakville. In contrast, the nearby Artway Gallery hosts artwork by professional and amateur adult artists from across Peel. VAB has successfully sought permission to create a third display space in Shoppers World, in the Zellers corridor. The space will host shows of mail art and works on paper year-round. The planned "World Art Gallery" will be the first ever permanent display space for mail art.

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