Roundup of diverse local stories from around the region
A Libyan rape allegation case ends with deportation to Benghazi as Iman al Obedi is moved from Doha. a Pittsburgh ATM frees a trapped hand. Berwick students dine at Hooters during a Baltimore field trip. a Bangor Home Depot duck guards seven eggs. Queenie the water skiing elephant dies at 59 in Valdosta with tributes from longtime trainer and performer.
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Benghazi
U.N
Muammar Gaddafi
Qatar
Sybella Wilkes
United Nations’ Refugee Organization
Iman al-Obeidi
Wilkes
al-Obeidi
Doha
Tripoli
Rixos
al- Obeidi
Berwick
Pennsylvania
Baltimore
Hooters
National Aquarium
Bloomsburg Press Enterprise
Wayne Brookhart
Bangor
Maine
Home Depot
Brenda Hatch
Bangor Daily News
Atlanta
Queenie
Valdosta
Bob Montgomery
Liz Dane
Concord
N.H
Protests Spread in Syria as Power and Water Fail Across Rastan
In Rastan and surrounding towns, electricity and water were cut as security forces pressed a six day crackdown. Activists say 15 people died and the total in Rastan and Talbiseh reached 72, with Russia backing Assad and Western calls for restraint growing louder.
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Beirut
Syria
Bashar Assad
Assad
Rastan
Russia
Washington
Hillary Rodham Clinton
China
U.S
Talbiseh
Teir Maaleh
Romney enters 2012 race in New Hampshire
Mitt Romney formally announced his bid in Stratham New Hampshire as rivals like Sarah Palin Rudy Giuliani and rumblings about Rick Perry Chris Christie and Michele Bachmann challenge his front runner status Debates and visits by potential opponents intensify the GOP race while Romney targets fiscal social evangelical and libertarian wings of the party.
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Stratham
N.H
Mitt Romney
Romney
New Hampshire
Sarah Palin
Rudy Giuliani
Massachusetts
Texas
Rick Perry
New Jersey
Chris Christie
Michele Bachmann
Minnesota
GOP
Barack Obama
Bachmann
America
United States
Obama
John McCain
Poll shows voters unimpressed with GOP candidates so far
A Pew poll from late May finds only about one in four registered voters rate the leading Republican candidates as excellent or good. Romney campaigns in New Hampshire as Palin tours the region. Obama leads a generic Republican by 48 to 37. The survey notes ideological splits and limited name recognition for Herman Cain and Gary Johnson, with 25 percent saying they would be less likely to support a Mormon candidate.
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Los Angeles
New Hampshire
Pew Research Center For the People & the Press
Mitt Romney
Sarah Palin
Pew
Barack Obama
George W. Bush
Bush
Obama
GOP
New Mexico
Gary Johnson
Herman Cain
Cain
Sible
Romney
Utah
Jon Huntsman
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