SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea’s missile and nuclear tests, its carefully scripted propaganda bluster, even its military threats: Far from the scattershot workings of a madman, most of this fits the playbook of a small, proud country well used to stoking tensions to get concessions it would otherwise not receive from surrounding big […]
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North Korea frees U.S. college student; family says he’s in coma
WASHINGTON (AP) — North Korea has released an American college student who was serving a 15-year prison term with hard labor for alleged anti-state acts, U.S. and North Korean officials said Tuesday. Otto Warmbier’s parents said he was in a coma and being medically evacuated. The announcement on Warmbier’s release came as former NBA player […]
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Military note: U.S. Air Force Airman Erin N. Combs graduates basic training
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas — U.S. Air Force Airman Erin N. Combs graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete […]
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Donald Trump to visit Ohio and Carrier plant in Indiana
NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump is poised to take a victory lap on Thursday, appearing first in Indiana to salute workers at a factory where he says he saved hundreds of jobs from moving to Mexico and then in Ohio on the first stop of a “Thank You Tour” to honor the supporters in […]
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Police find at least 8 people dead in rural Ohio
PIKETON, Ohio — Eight people were found dead Friday at four crime scenes in rural Ohio, and at least most of them were shot to death, authorities said. No arrests had been announced, and it’s unclear if the killer or killers are among the dead. Seven of the victims, including two children, were slain in […]
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Harry Aponas
1924 – 2015 LEWISTON — Harry Aponas, 90, died Friday, Oct. 23, at Marshwood Center. He was born in Garfield Heights, raised in Greene and later settled in Leavittsburg, Ohio. He spent two years in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II and married Frances in 1956. He later retired from Copperweld Steel […]
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Paul E. Derenburger
1950 – 2015 OXFORD — Paul Edward Derenburger, 65, of Oxford passed away Monday, Sept. 14, at home surrounded by family after a long courageous battle with cancer. He was born Sept. 8, 1950, in Newton Township, Ohio, to Anna and Hollis Irvin Derenburger. He married Elizabeth Plummer on Dec. 18, 1971, and had three […]
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Margaret Vaillancourt
1951 – 2015 WALES — Margaret “Jeanine” (Gomes) Vaillancourt died on Monday, Sept. 7, as a result of a motorcycle accident, which also took the life of her husband, Patrick. Jeanine was born on March 27, 1951, in Newark, Ohio, to Charles Raymond Reece and Dorothy Jean (Loar). She was one of eight children and […]
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Dorothy S. Cyr
1930 – 2015 NORWAY — Dorothy S. Cyr, 85, of South Paris, passed away Saturday, Aug. 29, at Stephens Memorial Hospital. Dorothy was born in Portland on March 1, 1930, a daughter of Burton A. and Ruth E. (Carroll) Shaw. She attended Norway schools and graduated from Norway High School. She later graduated from Lesley […]
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Virginia K. Johnson
1927 – 2015 PORTLAND — Virginia K. Johnson, 87, of Rangeley and formerly of Yarmouth, Mass., died Tuesday, Aug. 4, at Maine Medical Center in Portland after a brief illness. She was born in Springfield, Ohio, to William White Kiefer and Virginia Paine Kiefer. As a child, she lived with her family in Forest Hills, […]