Also on this page: What Ted Cruz believes LYNCHBURG, Va. — Sen. Ted Cruz opened the first major campaign of the 2016 presidential season Monday with a kickoff speech courting cultural conservatives and declaring that he will devote himself to “reigniting the promise of America.” One of several Republican hopefuls to rise from the tea […]
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Ben Carson announces presidential exploratory committee
WASHINGTON — Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson has created an exploratory committee to run for president, becoming the first high-profile Republican candidate to formally enter the 2016 presidential contest. Carson, the only African-American expected to enter the race, rose to national prominence after criticizing President Barack Obama’s health care law at the 2013 National Prayer breakfast. […]
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Romney says he won’t run for president in 2016
WASHINGTON (AP) — After a three-week flirtation with another run for president, Mitt Romney said definitively on Friday that he will not seek the White House in 2016. The Republican Party’s 2012 nominee plans to tell supporters about his plans to pass on another national campaign during a conference call. He first let his staff […]
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Obama taking less vacation, but too much for some
CHILMARK, Mass. — President Barack Obama has spent less time away from the White House than his predecessors. But his two-week break on the resort island of Martha’s Vineyard and hours on the golf course have his detractors teeing up as they highlight the slew of foreign policy crises currently facing the United States. The […]
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University of Maine at Augusta president leaving
AUGUSTA — The president of the University of Maine at Augusta is leaving to take a job in California, University of Maine System Chancellor James Page said Monday. Allyson Handley is stepping down to become the executive director of the National University’s Sanford Education Center, which will educate nonprofit leaders and teachers. Handley will stay […]
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UMaine hires Hunter as its first female president
AUGUSTA (AP) — The University of Maine will have its first female president, university system Chancellor James Page announced Tuesday. Susan Hunter, who has spent most of her career at the University of Maine, will serve a two-year appointment leading the nearly 11,250-student Orono campus beginning July 7. The executive committee of the system’s Board […]
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Search for new USM president launched
BANGOR (AP) — The search for a new president for the University of Southern Maine has been launched. University of Maine System trustees Chairman Samuel Collins and Chancellor James Page announced Sunday that a presidential search committee will be formed this summer. The committee will search for a new president to replace Theo Kalikow. Kalikow, […]
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Bowdoin College president to resign next year
PORTLAND (AP) — Bowdoin College President Barry Mills will resign in June 2015. The Brunswick, Maine, college announced the resignation on Monday. The 63-year-old Mills is in his 13th year as president of the college. Mills said in a statement that he is not retiring from work and will seek another “professional challenge.” He is […]
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UMF president on death hoax: ‘I simply want to provide the assurance of my presence’
FARMINGTON — A hoax email sent Monday evening to University of Maine Farmington students and staff claimed the university’s president, Kathryn Foster, had died at her home Monday afternoon. In fact, Foster was alive and well in Machias, conducting university business at the University of Maine System’s Board of Trustees two-day meeting. The email, sent […]
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Iraq seeking new U.S. aid after pushing out troops
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly two years after pushing out the U.S. military, Iraq is asking for more American weapons, training and manpower to help fight a bloody resurgence of al-Qaida that has unleashed a level of violence comparable to the darkest days of the nation’s sectarian conflict. The request will be discussed during a White […]