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Robert Carbonneau

1928 – 2015 BURBANK, Calif. — Robert Carbonneau, 86, of Burbank, Calif., passed away on Monday, May 18, in Burbank. He was born in Detroit on July 30, 1928, the son of Antonio and Eva (Blanche) Carbonneau of Lewiston, immigrants of Quebec, Canada. His brother was Marc Corb. He grew up in Lewiston, attending St. […]

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Bernier helps Leafs to win over Wings in Winter Classic

Light snow swirled down in the Big House, making it tough to push the puck through piles of the white stuff on a sheet of ice where football is usually played. Teeth-chattering temperatures and a brisk wind were factors, too, that made the NHL’s Winter Classic much more of an event than a game. Tyler […]

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ALCS Game 5: Sox hold off Tigers for 3-2 series lead

DETROIT (AP) — Mike Napoli’s majestic homer began a rare early Boston breakthrough, Junichi Tazawa again bested Miguel Cabrera in a crucial spot and the Red Sox moved within one win of reaching the World Series by edging the Detroit Tigers 4-3 on Thursday night. Boston returns to Fenway Park with a 3-2 lead in […]

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Napoli’s homer stands up for Red Sox

DETROIT (AP) — Once again this October, one run was enough.The Boston Red Sox scored it — and now they lead an AL championship series that seemed to be slipping away last weekend.John Lackey edged Justin Verlander in the latest duel of these pitching-rich playoffs, and Boston’s bullpen shut down Detroit’s big boppers with the […]

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Palmyra man arrested in Detroit death

BANGOR — Maine State Police have charged a 22-year-old Palmyra man in connection with the death of a Detroit man last week. Detectives arrested Jason Cote and charged him with murder, Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland said Wednesday night. The state medical examiner’s office has concluded that Ricky Cole, 47, died from […]

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Arrest made in death of Maine man

DETROIT (AP) — Police say an arrest has been made in the death of a Maine man last week. Maine public safety spokesman Steve McCausland said Wednesday that 22-year-old Jason Cote was arrested and charged with murder in the death of 47-year-old Ricky Cole of Detroit, Maine. McCausland said in a news release the state […]

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Police identify Detroit man found dead Thursday; medical examiner still working on autopsy

DETROIT — Police have identified the man whose body was found in a mobile home early Thursday, but authorities are still investigating how he died, a spokesman for the state medical examiner’s office said Friday. “They’re still working on it,” spokesman Mark Belserene said Friday afternoon. State police believe the man is Ricky Cole, 47, […]

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Police identify 47-year-old man found dead in Detroit

DETROIT — The medical examiner is still trying to determine how a middle-age man whose body was found in a mobile home early Thursday morning died, according to Mark Belserene, a spokesman for the state medical examiner’s office. “They’re still working on it,” he said at about 12:30 p.m. Friday. “We might have something later […]

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Detroit: once-mighty Motor City files for bankruptcy

DETROIT (AP) — Once the very symbol of American industrial might, Detroit became the biggest U.S. city to file for bankruptcy Thursday, its finances ravaged and its neighborhoods hollowed out by a long, slow decline in population and auto manufacturing. The filing, which had been feared for months, put the city on an uncertain course […]

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State police investigate suspicious death at Detroit home

DETROIT — A man was found dead in a house in Somerset County on Thursday morning, and police are calling it suspicious. Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland said the man’s body was found by members of the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office and Pittsfield police. Lt. Chris Coleman of the Major Crimes Unit said […]