LEWISTON — Donald Dale LeBlanc, 70, of Temple, died Sunday, Dec. 10, at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, with family and friends by his side, after suffering a heart attack on Saturday. He was born in Claremont, New Hampshire, on Jan. 6, 1947, the son of Frank and Francina (Labounty) LeBlanc. He was married to […]
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Florida Wal-Mart employees charged with fatally crushing shoplifting suspect
It was the middle of the night on Feb. 7, at a Florida Wal-Mart Supercenter, when a man attempted to steal $380.74 worth of DVDs, police said. Pushing a shopping cart stacked high with them, the man tried to leave the store, but when employees noticed — and then confronted him — the man ran, […]
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Armed Wal-Mart worker takes hostages, killed by police
AMARILLO, Texas — Officers fatally shot an armed man inside a Wal-Mart store in Amarillo on Tuesday after he took two people hostage, including a manager with whom he had a work-related dispute, according to police. Amarillo police identified the suspect as 54-year-old store employee Mohammad Moghaddam and said neither hostage was injured. Police said […]
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Wal-Mart to launch own mobile pay system
NEW YORK (AP) — The mobile payment wars are heating up. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer, said it’s launching its own mobile payment system that will allow shoppers to pay with any major credit or debit card or its own store gift card through its existing smartphone app at the cash register. It […]
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Veterans saluted at Farmington, Wilton ceremonies
FARMINGTON — “This day is about our veterans, and honoring our veterans,” said Rep. Russell Black, R-Wilton, at the Veterans Day ceremony in Wilton on Wednesday. In Wilton and Farmington, ceremonies were held thanking veterans for their sacrifices for America. Black read a letter from U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, at the Wilton ceremony, noting that […]
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Greg N. Davis
1965 – 2015 LEWISTON — Greg N. Davis, 49, of Lewiston died unexpectedly on Wednesday, Oct. 14, at Central Maine Medical Center. He was born in Lewiston on Oct. 19, 1965, the son of Kendall and Anita (Bradeen) Davis. He had grown up in Monmouth and had later attended Sanford schools. He was employed as […]
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Donald D. Bullis
1948 – 2015 AUBURN — Donald Densmore Bullis, 67, of Oxford passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 14, at the Hospice House in Auburn, surrounded by his family and friends. He was born on June 22, 1948, to the late Donald G. and Arlett M. Bullis in Lynn, Mass. At the age of 16, the family […]
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Wal-Mart to stop selling AR-15s and similar weapons
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Wal-Mart will stop selling the AR-15 rifle and other semi-automatic weapons at its stores because fewer people are buying them, a spokesman said Wednesday. The AR-15 rifles and other modern sporting rifles were being sold at less than a third of the company’s 4,600 U.S. stores. Company spokesman Kory Lundberg […]