Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me. back issues from February 2006:
Cecile Lacasse Paraskevakos
Feb 01, 2006 ... LEWISTON - Cecile Lacasse Paraskevakos, 91, of Lewiston, passedaway at the d'Youville Pavilion on Jan. 30. She was born in Lewiston, on Nov. 18, 1914, a daughter of the lateArthur and Zelire (Vachon) Lacasse. She attended Lewiston schools andthen went on to work in the shoe shops ....
Calendar
Feb 01, 2006 ... Today Feb. 1: AUBURN, L/A Arts will present "Moolaade," African film, at7 p.m. at Central Maine Community College Kirk Hall Auditorium, 1250Turner St. $7 782-7228 Feb. 1: LEWISTON, Alan Schwartz, Sterling professor of law at YaleLaw School, iwll speak on "The Economics ...
Looking Back
Feb 01, 2006 ... Men are to fly. That is settled. A score of inventors say so, andthey are in a position to know. Moreover, they have done it. That isthe reassuring part of the whole matter. The thing is alreadyaccomplished. But of all the American inventors - and for that matter of all ...
Scorpio: Leave some time for intimacy in the evening hours
Feb 01, 2006 ... CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Lola Forsberg, 7; Lee ThompsonYoung, 22; Lisa Marie Presley, 38; Pauly Shore, 38. Happy Birthday: The sooner you are upfront about who you are, whatyou are capable of doing and how much effort you are willing to putinto your future, the sooner you will ...
Sleeplessness has been problem for months
Feb 01, 2006 ... DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I had aortic valve replacement in March 2005. Iam 74. I take low-dose aspirin, metoprolol, Coumadin and an oraldiabetes pill. My blood pressure and blood sugar are well-controlled. My problem? Sleeplessness. I haven't had a good night'ssleep in months. I'm up all hours ...
No. 2 Duke brings ACC home for BC
Feb 01, 2006 ... BOSTON (AP) - Some folks around Chestnut Hill insist it will bejust another basketball game when second-ranked Duke visits No. 15Boston College on Wednesday night. Craig Smith doesn't even pretend. "Nothing can match Duke. It's going to be pretty crazy," Smithsaid Tuesday ...
U.S. wants to buy more Tamiflu, maker says
Feb 01, 2006 ... WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration is intent this year ondramatically increasing the nation's stockpile of Tamiflu, a drugthat can lessen the severity of bird flu, the company's presidenttold lawmakers Tuesday. George Abercrombie, president and CEO of Hoffmann-La Roche ...
Wizards 84, Pacers 79
Feb 01, 2006 ... WASHINGTON (AP) - Gilbert Arenas scored 20 points, and AntawnJamison had 19 points and 18 rebounds Tuesday night to lead theWashington Wizards to an 84-79 victory over the Indiana Pacers, wholost their sixth straight game in a mostly ineffective debut for PejaStojakovic. Caron ...
Lakers 130, Knicks 97
Feb 01, 2006 ... NEW YORK (AP) - Kobe Bryant is back in Wilt Chamberlain's companyagain. Bryant scored 40 points, despite making only one field goal in thesecond half, to cap off his sensational month and lead the LosAngeles Lakers over the frustrated New York Knicks 130-97 ...
Hornets to return to Oklahoma City for most of 2006-07
Feb 01, 2006 ... OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The Hornets will play most of their games inOklahoma City next season with New Orleans still recovering fromHurricane Katrina. The NBA announced Tuesday that the Hornets will play 35 games inOklahoma City and six in New Orleans in 2006-07. NBA ...
Check It Out
Feb 01, 2006 ... Items submitted to Check it Out must be events that benefitnonprofit organizations and be open to the public. Submissions shouldbe received at least seven days in advance of the event.Farmingtonarea Rangeley, Wednesday, Feb. 1: Ladies breakfast starts at 7 a.m. atBMC Diner. All ...
Mavericks 98, Bulls 94
Feb 01, 2006 ... DALLAS (AP) - Dirk Nowitzki scored 21 points, the most importantan open 3-pointer that helped prevent a major second-half meltdown,sending the Dallas Mavericks past the Chicago Bulls 98-94 Tuesdaynight and stretching their season-best winning streak to ninestraight. Dallas moved ...
Cuba selects 60 players to train for world classic
Feb 01, 2006 ... HAVANA (AP) - Cuba selected 60 players to train for the WorldBaseball Classic, with pitcher Pedro Luis Lazo among 26 pitchers onthe roster. All the players are "technically excellent and versatile," saidCuban Baseball Federation president Carlos Rodriguez. Pitchers include ...
Sierra agrees to minor league contract with Twins
Feb 01, 2006 ... MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Ruben Sierra agreed Tuesday to a minor leaguecontract with the Minnesota Twins and was invited to spring training. Sierra, a 40-year-old switch-hitter who is usually a designatedhitter, batted .229 with four home runs and 29 RBIs in 61 games withthe New York ...
Nets 91, Pistons 84
Feb 01, 2006 ... EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) - Jason Kidd had 23 points and 12rebounds to lead the New Jersey Nets past Detroit 91-84 Tuesdaynight, snapping the Pistons' NBA-best 11-game winning streak. Richard Jefferson and Nenad Krstic each scored 19 for New Jersey(23-20), which snapped a ...
Global phone service gives busy signals
Feb 01, 2006 ... Dear Sun Spots: I have www.onesuite.com service for internationalcalls. It was fine last year for calls to South America. This year Ionly get busy signals when I call my daughter in Paris. I called thehot line and only once got a person who said he would fix it, butdidn't. I have called ...
Rowland leaves prison to testify in Connecticut
Feb 01, 2006 ... HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - As authorities continue investigatingpublic corruption, former Gov. John G. Rowland was transferred fromprison to answer questions from federal prosecutors on Tuesday. "Rowland appeared today pursuant to a lawfully issued subpoena andresponded to questions," ...
Band manager to plead guilty in nightclub fire
Feb 01, 2006 ... PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The former manager of the heavy metal rockgroup Great White agreed Tuesday to plead guilty to 100 counts ofinvoluntary manslaughter stemming from the deadly 2003 nightclubfire. Superior Court Judge Francis Darigan said Daniel Biechele willserve no more ...
Jags interview Tice, hire Duffner
Feb 01, 2006 ... JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - The Jacksonville Jaguars haveinterviewed former Minnesota Vikings coach Mike Tice for an assistantcoaching position. Tice met with coach Jack Del Rio on Monday. The two playedtogether with the Vikings in the early 1990s. Tice was a tight end;Del Rio a ...
Consumer confidence index soars in January
Feb 01, 2006 ... NEW YORK (AP) - Americans grew more optimistic about the jobmarket in January, sending a widely followed measure of consumerconfidence to its highest level in three and a half years. The reportTuesday from the Conference Board showed, however, that consumers arestill uneasy about the ...
Google doesn't satisfy market
Feb 01, 2006 ... SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google Inc.'s fourth-quarter profit nearlydoubled, but fell well below the high expectations for the onlinesearch engine leader. The Mountain View, Calif-based company said Tuesday that it earned$372.2 million, or $1.22 per share, for the final three months ...
James has no desire to dunk
Feb 01, 2006; ... CLEVELAND - The NBA can keep renewing its request year after year,the answer always will be the same from LeBron James. James said Tuesday that he doesn't ever plan on taking part in theannual Slam Dunk Contest, despite pleas from the league, fans andsponsors. Simply put, he says ...
3 teens shot near school
Feb 01, 2006 ... CHICAGO (AP) - Three students were shot Tuesday across the streetfrom their high school and one was in critical condition, officialssaid. The shootings happened shortly before 8 a.m. near Carl Schurz HighSchool. Investigators interviewed people in the case but no chargeswere ...
Suns 123, 76ers 99
Feb 01, 2006 ... PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Boris Diaw had 14 points, 11 rebounds and 13assists for his first career triple-double, leading the Phoenix Sunsto a 123-99 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday night. Raja Bell scored 21 points, Steve Nash had 17 and Shawn Marion had15 points and 12 ...
Fed raises interest rate
Feb 01, 2006 ... WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Reserve, in the last major piece ofbusiness for retiring chairman Alan Greenspan, pushed borrowing coststo the highest point in nearly five years Tuesday and hinted thatanother rate increase was possible. At Greenspan's final meeting, the Fed boosted ...
Steelers' Big Ben stands tall in pocket
Feb 01, 2006 ... DETROIT (AP) - They came in waves from all directions,occasionally blindsiding him from angles he couldn't haveanticipated. Other times they blitzed up the middle, challenging himface-to-face and daring him to stand up to the pressure. No matter what their strategy was, Ben ...
Islanders' Colley taken to hospital with neck injury
Feb 01, 2006 ... UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) - New York Islanders forward Kevin Colley wastaken to a hospital with a neck injury Tuesday night after he crashedheadfirst into the boards while tangled up with Washington defensemanJamie Heward. Colley went to check Heward, who slid his stick between ...
Islanders 5, Capitals 3
Feb 01, 2006 ... UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) - Jason Blake scored a power-play goal with4:43 left and then added an empty-netter to lead New York to a 5-3victory over the Washington Capitals that stretched the Islanders'winning streak to a season-high three games on Tuesday night. Blake took a cross-ice ...
Hurricanes 8, Canadiens 2
Feb 01, 2006 ... MONTREAL (AP) - Erik Cole scored three goals and tied a careerhigh with four points, and Eric Staal had two goals and an assist tolead the Carolina Hurricanes to a 8-2 win over the Montreal Canadienson Tuesday night. Martin Gerber made 32 saves, and Kevyn Adams and Craig Adams ...
Garcia still chasing Tiger
Feb 01, 2006 ... SAN DIEGO (AP) - Sergio Garcia squeezed his eyes shut and gouged a6-iron out of the tree, then sprinted down the 16th fairway atMedinah in youthful pursuit of Tiger Woods. That was the summer of '99 at the PGA Championship. More than six years later, Garcia is still running ...
LT Jones sits back, enjoys the show
Feb 01, 2006 ... DETROIT (AP) - Walter Jones had to climb into the stands at FordField on Tuesday to find validation that he was among the NFL'selite. The six-time Pro Bowl left tackle, the key to Seattle's attemptsto corral the blitzing Pittsburgh defense in Sunday's Super Bowl,trudged off the ...
Sabres 5, Thrashers 2
Feb 01, 2006 ... ATLANTA (AP) - Jason Pominville scored a short-handed goal thatput Buffalo ahead, Ryan Miller turned away 35 shots, and the Sabresdefeated Atlanta 5-2 Tuesday night, extending the Thrashers' losingstreak to a season-high six in a row. Atlanta led 2-1 after the first period, but the ...
Lightning 3, Maple Leafs 2, SO
Feb 01, 2006 ... TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Vincent Lecavalier and Brad Richards scored ina shootout, leading the Tampa Bay Lightning past the Toronto MapleLeafs 3-2 on Tuesday night. Richards and Ryan Craig scored for the Lightning in regulation andSean Burke had 25 saves. The Lightning have won six of ...
Japanese consumers suspicious of U.S. beef
Feb 01, 2006 ... WASHINGTON (AP) - Japanese lawmakers told Agriculture SecretaryMike Johanns on Tuesday that a shipment of American beef containingbones prohibited because of the risk of mad cow disease had causeddeep suspicion among consumers in Japan. "It was a very heated discussion," Takashi ...
Two coaches who demand perfection
Feb 01, 2006 ... DETROIT (AP) - It's an 8-year-old snapshot of Bill Cowher thatendures: the Pittsburgh coach brandishing a fist at Jacksonville'sChris Hudson as he races past the Steelers bench en route to a game-clinching touchdown. "Intense" is the word it conjures - a word most often used ...
Slain Mass. woman's husband goes from home to unknown destination
Feb 01, 2006 ... BOSTON (AP) - A native of England whose wife and daughter werefound shot to death in their Hopkinton home left his parents' homenorth of London on Tuesday for an unknown destination. Massachusetts authorities investigating the deaths said they didnot expect Neil Entwistle would ...
Judge: Asperger's is disability
Feb 01, 2006 ... PORTLAND (AP) - A York County girl who suffers from Asperger'ssyndrome is entitled to special education services even though shecompletes her homework, behaves well in class and scores well ontests, a federal judge ruled. U.S District Judge D. Brock Hornby ordered School ...
Maine pulls from energy talks, citing proposed hike in rates
Feb 01, 2006 ... PORTLAND (AP) - Maine utility regulators said Tuesday they havewithdrawn from settlement talks for a proposed electric rate plan forNew England, saying they cannot accept increases that would giveenergy companies an unjustified windfall. "With electricity supply prices at historic ...
Across Maine, top politicians, activists mourn icon's death
Feb 01, 2006 ... PORTLAND (AP) - Coretta Scott King was remembered by Maine's toppoliticians and civil rights activists Tuesday as an iconic leaderwho carried on her husband's fight for justice and racial equalitywith grace, dignity and determination. "We've lost a great leader," said Gov. John ...
Nova Scotia: U.S. market harmed by illegal lobster
Feb 01, 2006 ... HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) - Nova Scotia is warning the fishingindustry that a failure to curb trade in illegal lobsters will harmthe all-important U.S. market for the crustaceans. Increased American inspections at a Canada-U.S. border crossing inDecember found illegal lobsters from ...
Iraq hostage appears to beg
Feb 01, 2006 ... BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A roadside bomb killed a British soldier insouthern Iraq Tuesday as a new video from kidnappers threatened tokill two German hostages if Germany fails to stop cooperating withthe Iraqi government. In a series of apparent sectarian killings, police found ...
Dems to form ethics panel
Feb 01, 2006 ... AUGUSTA (AP) - Saying their action is prompted by the JackAbramoff influence-peddling case in Washington, Democraticlegislative leaders said Tuesday they will assemble a panel to seewhether adequate safeguards against conflicts of interest are inplace in the State House. "We are ...
Report: TSA practices eyed at Bangor airport
Feb 01, 2006 ... BANGOR (AP) - Transportation Security Administration practices areunder review at the Bangor International Airport, a newspaperreported. An e-mail obtained by the Bangor Daily News indicated that the TSAis investigating claims of substandard management. The e-mail was sent to ...
Saddam's lawyers demand removal of new chief judge
Feb 01, 2006 ... BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Saddam Hussein's defense lawyers aredemanding that the new chief judge be removed before they will endtheir boycott of the trial, which resumes today after a stormysession where the former president was tossed out. Khalil al-Dulaimi and Khamis al-Obeidi said ...
Teen cleared in stabbing due to mental illness
Feb 01, 2006 ... PORTLAND (AP) - A 16-year-old girl who stabbed a 20-year-oldfemale friend was mentally ill and not criminally responsible for heractions, a judge ruled. District Court Judge Peter Goranites ruled Monday after two expertwitnesses testified that the girl believed that she and her ...
N.H. man sold fake computer parts
Feb 01, 2006 ... CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - A 45-year-old Hooksett man faces up to 10years in prison after pleading guilty Tuesday to selling counterfeitcomputer parts to atomic power labs run by the federal government. Officials say Mark Brunelle pleaded guilty to a federal charge oftrafficking in ...
Neville not ready to go home
Feb 01, 2006 ... DETROIT (AP) - Aaron Neville, whose New Orleans home was severelydamaged by Hurricane Katrina, says he isn't returning to his hometownjust yet. "I have asthma and can't inhale that stuff that they have in theair down there," said Neville, who is now living in Tennessee. The ...
Illinois appeals Illiniwek decision to NCAA executive committee
Feb 01, 2006 ... CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - The University of Illinois filed its secondappeal of an NCAA decision that would require the school to drop itsChief Illiniwek athletic mascot and logo before it could host anypostseason competition. The latest appeal, filed Tuesday, seeks to persuade the ...
Man who fled to river may be dead
Feb 01, 2006 ... HINSDALE, N.H. (AP) - Police don't know why a man ran from apolice officer during the weekend and jumped into the freezingConnecticut River. He hasn't been seen since, and officials believehe drowned. Police Chief Wayne Gallagher says an officer was questioning theman after ...
'First lady' of civil rights
Feb 01, 2006 ... Coretta Scott King, widow of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., diesin her sleep at 78. ATLANTA (AP) - Coretta Scott King, who worked to keep herhusband's dream alive with a chin-held-high grace and serenity thatmade her a powerful symbol of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s ...
New Hampshire officials to debate having fish derby
Feb 01, 2006 ... MEREDITH, N.H. (AP) - One of the state's biggest winter sportingevents is on thin ice. Officials of the Great Rotary Ice Fishing Derby meet today to talkabout whether to delay the ice fishing derby that's scheduled for theweekend of February tenth. Rick Ippolito, of the ...
Catholics oppose confessional bill
Feb 01, 2006 ... CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - The state's Roman Catholic diocese isspeaking out against legislation to require priests to report childabuse they hear about in confession. It's the second time in three years that lawmakers have been askedto consider the bill. Its sponsor, Concord ...
Oscar nominations go to 'Brokeback'
Feb 01, 2006 ... LOS ANGELES - Roughly two months of build-up, punditry andspeculation culminated early Tuesday morning, as Ang Lee's "BrokebackMountain" led the field at the nominations for the 78th AcademyAwards. "Brokeback Mountain," the story of two ranch hands (JakeGyllenhaal and Heath ...
Athletes' villages open
Feb 01, 2006 ... TURIN, Italy (AP) - The three Olympic villages that will housesome 5,000 athletes and officials during the Winter Games openedTuesday, 10 days before the Turin Games opening ceremony. IOC member Manuela Di Centa, a former Olympic cross-country skiingchampion, cut the red ribbon for ...
More than 300,000 Olympic tickets still available
Feb 01, 2006 ... TURIN, Italy (AP) - More than 300,000 tickets were still on saleTuesday for the Feb. 10-26 Winter Olympics, although only higherpriced spots remain for events including figure skating, men's Alpineskiing and men's hockey. The Turin organizing committee (TOROC) said new ticket ...
Ex-postal worker kills 5, herself
Feb 01, 2006 ... GOLETA, Calif. (AP) - A former postal worker who had been put onmedical leave for psychological problems shot five people to death ata huge mail-processing center and then killed herself in what wasbelieved to be the nation's deadliest workplace shooting ever carriedout by a ...
Pickup slips, flips
Feb 01, 2006 ... LEWISTON - An Auburn woman was removed through the windshield ofher truck Tuesday morning after the vehicle flipped onto its side onGrove Street. Penny Dick, 41, escaped with bumps and bruises in the 9 a.m.wreck, but for several minutes, she remained hanging from her seatbelt ...
Australian sets freestyle world mark
Feb 01, 2006 ... MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Australian Libby Lenton broke the 100-meter freestyle world record at the Commonwealth Games trialsTuesday, finishing in 53.42 seconds. Lenton's mark was a 10th of a second faster than Australian JodieHenry's previous record of 53.52, which earned her a ...
Warming up to being in the cold
Feb 01, 2006 ... DALLAS - For some scientists, every day is Groundhog Day. Butthese researchers aren't looking for a shadow. They're trying to figure out how groundhogs - or any otherhibernating creatures - annually put themselves into a state of nearbiological standstill. Body temperature ...
Pimlico confident Preakness will be held
Feb 01, 2006 ... BALTIMORE (AP) - The home of the Preakness is eerily quiet thisweek, the result of a quarantine that has raised questions whethertroubled Pimlico Race Course can regroup in time to host the middlejewel of the Triple Crown. An outbreak of equine herpesvirus at the 136-year-old track ...
Bethel's Dumont takes bronze
Feb 01, 2006 ... ASPEN, Colo. (AP) - Doctors told Tanner Hall he might never skiagain after breaking both heels and ankles last year. All it did was make him more determined. Hall won his first race since the accident and got the prize hewanted most, winning the skier superpipe Tuesday night at ...
Boarders seeking another sweep
Feb 01, 2006 ... ASPEN, Colo. (AP) - Shaun White's eyes darted around the roombefore fixing on the gold medal hanging around his neck. "This is awesome. I can't believe it," he said. "I can't wait toget to Torino." Neither can the rest of the U.S. Olympic snowboard team. The Americans ...
Former Wal-Mart exec pleads guilty to fraud, tax charges
Feb 01, 2006 ... FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) - A former Wal-Mart Stores Inc. vicechairman who was a protege of founder Sam Walton pleaded guilty tofraud and tax charges Tuesday, admitting that he stole money, giftcards and merchandise from the world's largest retailer. Tom Coughlin, 57, faces a maximum ...
Anchor, cameraman in U.S.
Feb 01, 2006 ... NEW YORK - ABC newsman Bob Woodruff was back in the United Stateson Tuesday night, recovering in a Maryland hospital from wounds tohis chest, head and face that were no longer deemed life-threateningbut could endanger his anchor career. David Woodruff, the anchor's brother, said ...
Police log
Feb 01, 2006 ... A car driven by Kathleen Griffith, 52, of Windham, skidded on iceand slammed into a utility pole at 8:29 p.m. Monday at Broad Street.Damage to the 2002 Honda driven by Griffith and owned by MelissaShootz of Auburn was estimated at $5,000. Cars driven by Barry D. Morris, age not ...