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Who's Afraid of the Mangy Maine Monster?

Beware of dog … or wolf … or whatever. Ever since they found it dead along the power lines, residents of Turner, Maine, have been speculating if the animal was indeed the dog-eating, kid-scaring, straight-out-of-a-horror movie mystery beast that’s been terrorizing them for years. The curious came to photograph the …

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Despite Decline, Herpes Virus Still Epidemic

Nearly 25 years after a news magazine declared that an epidemic of genital herpes threatened to undo the sexual revolution, a new study finds an encouraging decline in the percentage of people infected with the herpes virus. Back in 1982, a Time cover story headlined “The New Scarlet Letter” sounded …

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Maryland Senate Hopeful Gains Backing of Hip-Hop Mogul, Calls for Wage Hike

BALTIMORE – Republican Michael Steele called Thursday for a higher minimum wage and more federal action to fight poverty at a fundraiser headlined by hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons. Steele, Maryland’s lieutenant governor, told a crowd of about 300 at a posh evening reception that the government should put more focus …

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