Saturday, 6/27/09
NEWS:
Windsor Welcomes the World
Windsor -- In a country 6,030 miles from the Upper Valley, with a population just more than half that of New York City -- where a now-dead former Soviet bureaucrat headed an authoritarian regime that shut the world out for 15 years -- a handful of government officials in Turkmenistan crowded around a table Tuesday evening and chatted about Windsor. See full story
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NEWS:
Police Seeking Jackson's Doctor
Los Angeles -- Police investigating Michael Jackson's death looked into his medical treatment yesterday, seeking to interview one of the pop king's doctors and seizing a car that they said may contain drugs or other evidence. See full story
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SPORTS:
Cancer Survivor Takes On the Century Ride
Lebanon -- Benjamin Grass came from Colorado to attend Dartmouth Medical School. Never once did he think his trip east would include becoming a medical subject. See full story
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CLOSE-UP:
No Chair at This Dentist's Office
Gomer, an 8-year-old Belgian draft horse, looks about as placid and simple as his name would suggest. See full story
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EDITORIAL:
Rain Check At Wimbledon
Running for Cover at Centre Court
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One could call Wimbledon a tennis tournament, but that would be like calling the Kentucky Derby a horse race or the Super Bowl a football game. There's a bit more to it than top-seeded players in pursuit of prize money. Wimbledon, like Ascot and Henley, is a quintessentially English sporting event. Indeed, it is a cultural touchstone, a place where royalty mingle with the hoi polloi, where concession stands serve fresh strawberries and cream, and where, as sure as God is an Englishman, it rains. See full story
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For complete story, see today's Valley News
NEWS: Car Accident Kills Lebanon Woman
Tunbridge -- An elderly Lebanon woman died and her husband was seriously injured when their vehicle turned into the path of an oncoming car on Route 110 Thursday afternoon, Vermont State Police said.
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NEWS: Principal of Strafford's Newton School, 60, Dies Unexpectedly
Strafford -- The community of Strafford is stunned by the loss of its school principal, Paul Lowe, 60, who died suddenly Thursday night at his home in Worcester, Vt.
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NEWS: Dartmouth Vigil Honors Iran Dead
Two weeks after the disputed re-election of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Amir Golnabi has more questions than answers.
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NEWS: Obama Wins Key Vote on Energy Bill
Washington -- In a triumph for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed sweeping legislation yesterday that calls for the nation's first limits on pollution linked to global warming and aims to usher in a new era of cleaner, yet more costly energy.
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