Articles by Anthony Ronzio
Man trying to dribble soccer ball to Brazil dies after being hit by car
By Jonathan Kaminsky, Reuters on May 15, 2013, at 6:53 a.m.
OLYMPIA, Washington, May 14 (Reuters) — A man less than two weeks into a planned journey to dribble a soccer ball from his home city of Seattle to Brazil, the host nation for the 2014 World Cup, died on Tuesday after being struck by a car in Oregon, police and ...
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Once a beacon, Obama under fire over civil liberties
By Joan Biskupic and David Ingram, Reuters on May 15, 2013, at 6:41 a.m.
WASHINGTON — He may have been the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review and taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago. He may have written a book extolling constitutional values in a democracy. And he may have run for president on a civil liberties banner, pledging to ...
Oscar-winner Angelina Jolie has double mastectomy to elude breast cancer
By Paul Casciato, Reuters on May 14, 2013, at 7:02 a.m.
LONDON — Hollywood star Angelina Jolie has had a double mastectomy to reduce her chances of getting breast cancer and says she hopes her story will inspire other women fighting the life-threatening disease. Jolie wrote in the New York Times on Tuesday the operation has made it easier for her ...
Maine astronaut to make ‘hastily choreographed’ spacewalk
By Joel Achenbach, Washington Post on May 11, 2013, at 5:40 a.m.
Two astronauts, including one from York, Maine, will make an unscheduled and hastily choreographed spacewalk early Saturday to try to troubleshoot a leak in a cooling system on the international space station. The orbital laboratory and the six astronauts aboard are not in peril. But one of its eight solar-powered ...
Editor’s Note: BDN rescinds request for records of concealed weapon permit holders
The Bangor Daily News has rescinded its request for records about concealed weapon permit holders in the state of Maine. We have informed the agencies who received our request to disregard it. We’ve informed the agencies who have responded that their records will be destroyed. We are disappointed with the ...
Editor’s Note: BDN’s request for information on concealed weapons permits
By Anthony Ronzio, BDN staff on Feb. 14, 2013, at 1:31 p.m.
On Wednesday, the Bangor Daily News requested data from Maine police agencies regarding concealed weapons permits in Maine. I’d like to explain our thinking, and clarify our intent. The BDN requested the records of concealed weapons permits as part of long-term reporting projects on domestic violence, sexual assault and drug ...
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