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Family Restaurant Gives $2 Million Back to Community

February 21, 2019
There are plenty of seafood restaurants in Augusta Maine, but there aren’t many quite as remarkable as the Red Barn. Bill and Florence Benedict opened the Red Barn in 1977, and their Facebook page says all 10 of their children have worked at the restaurant since then. But what really…
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Kissing Sailor from Iconic WWII Photo Dies

February 19, 2019
George Mendonsa, the subject of one of the most iconic photographs of the 20th century, died on February 17, 2019, according to reports from ABC News, the New York Times, and the BBC. He was 95. The photograph, called “V-J in Times Square,” shows a U.S. Navy sailor…
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FDA Approves New Treatment for Severe Endometriosis Pain

July 25, 2018
A new treatment for pain caused by endometriosis was approved yesterday by United States regulators at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). It is the first new medication for endometriosis that has been released in more than a decade. Endometriosis, which affects 1 in 10 women of reproductive age, occurs…
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