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‘Maine Justice’ returns in latest episode of ‘Saturday Night Live’
“Maine Justice” returned to the airwaves last night in the latest episode of “Saturday Night Live,” both confusing and delighting actual Mainers, judging from the response on Twitter and Facebook. Opening with a photograph of Bangor and reportedly airing on WLBZ channel 2, the sketch takes place during an episode ...
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Cults, ‘Cults’ (Columbia)
The success of NYC indie-pop duo Cults is proof that the Internet’s rise hasn’t been totally bad for music. OK, it’s been an unmitigated disaster for the music industry, which has seen sales plummet over the past decade thanks to illegal downloading. But for music fans, the Web has been ...
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Lady Gaga, ‘Born This Way’ (Interscope)
Underneath all the meat dresses and dangerously inappropriate footwear, there’s something charmingly old-fashioned and traditional about Lady Gaga. While everyone else is content with niche popularity, which is pretty much all that most artists can obtain in the 21st century, Gaga strives for the pop icon status that Madonna and ...
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Sound Advice: Radiohead
BDN staffers write about new albums from across the musical spectrum “The King of Limbs” (XL Recordings) It’s amusing that Radiohead’s latest album has entered the world burdened with the same breathless hype that accompanied the surprise online release of its previous record, 2007’s “In Rainbows.” That record clearly was ...
House Speaker Boehner signals compromise in budget talks
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Despite fresh pressure from tea party conservatives, House Speaker John Boehner said Thursday that Republicans “can’t impose our will” on the White House and Senate Democrats on legislation to cut tens of billions of dollars in federal spending. At a news conference, Boehner, R-Ohio, denied Democratic suggestions ...
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Hampden firm pokes holes in traditional boat mooring, leaving room for lobsters, crabs and other sea life
Jeffrey Nugent says his brother Ted Nugent is wrong on background checks
Maine protects a woman’s right to choose
Funding isn’t everything: Education reform takes innovation, cooperation
Strengthening the schools Maine already has
Marcus Davis wins mixed martial arts main event at NEF VII
Promise of land brought Theriault family to ‘Acadie’ in 1630s
How do I teach my kids it’s not OK to be bullied, even by family?
From a mountaintop…of sorts
Custom guitar played by two members of the Beatles sells for $408,000 at auction