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FBI says Cape man threatened NPR hosts John Crosby is scheduled for trial in May, accused of e-mailing death threats and illegally possessing a gun. By JOHN RICHARDSON Staff Writer
A Cape Elizabeth man faces a federal trial in May on charges that he e-mailed death threats aimed at the hosts of a popular National Public Radio program. John Crosby, 38, is being held in the Cumberland County Jail. According to court documents, he sent dozens of email messages to NPR that included bizarre accusations, profanity and slurs about Jews and 2009 police photo women. The mesJohn Crosby sages allegFaces federal trial edly contained threats to torture and kill Melissa Block and Guy Raz, hosts of NPR’s “All Things Considered” news program. Crosby is a 2009 graduate of the University of Southern Maine and is described as a Cape Elizabeth resident, although he has no permanent address, according to court documents. A filing by U.S. Attorney Thomas Delahanty II refers to an “unknown psychiatric condition” as an argument for keeping Crosby in jail. When FBI agents arrested Crosby in January in USM’s Glickman Library, he told them, “I have been trying to get your attention for a while,” and asked if they had read all of his e-mails, according to an affidavit. A search of his car after the arrest turned up a shotgun and
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The resolution allows a no-fly zone and other actions, short of a ground offensive, to protect citizens from Gadhafi’s forces.
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William Hanaman apologizes to the family of the woman he stabbed to death, but stops short of taking responsibility By EDWARD D. MURPHY Staff Writer
PORTLAND — William Hanaman was so emotional Thursday in Cumberland County Superior Court that when a judge gave him a chance to speak before being sentenced for murder, the hearing had to be recessed so he could compose himself. When the session resumed, Hanaman addressed Marion Shea’s family and, his voice cracking repeatedly, expressed his sorrow and asked for forgiveness. But when it came to taking responsibility for stabbing his girlfriend 17 times in November 2009, Hanaman’s emotions took him only so far. “It was not in my heart to take her life,” he said. “She was doing a good enough job destroying her life. She didn’t need me.” That failure to accept responsibility, and Hanaman’s insistence that he “blacked out” and can’t remember the fatal altercation, were the main reasons cited by Justice Thomas D. Warren for a prison
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TOBRUK, Libya — The U.N. Security Council on Thursday authorized “all necessary measures” to stop Moammar Gadhafi in Libya – including strikes by sea and air – hours after he vowed in harrowing terms to launch a final assault and crush the weeks-old rebellion against him. The resolution, approved with the backing of the United States, France and Britain, imposed a no-fly zone over Libya and authorized force short of a ground offensive to protect its people from Gadhafi’s forces. The U.N. action bans all flights in Libyan airspace in order to protect civilians. It was unclear how the West might proceed, but U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said earlier in the day that a no-fly zone would require bombing tar-
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William Hanaman breaks down Thursday in court, top photo, after asking for forgiveness from the family of Marion Shea, the woman he was convicted of murdering in November 2009. Above, Hanaman listens as Justice Thomas D. Warren hands down a sentence of 40 years. A jury found Hanaman guilty in December.
down and didn’t appear to react. sentence of 40 years. The sentence satisfied Shea’s For Hanaman, who is 53 and in poor health, 40 years is “an effective relatives, who said they lost somelife sentence,” said his lawyer, Rob- one who tried to stay connected to ert Levine. When the sentence was announced, Hanaman had his head Please see HANAMAN, Page A9
Turnpike’s board hires ex-lawmaker to restore trust Respected Republican Peter Mills is taking the helm at a critical time. By TOM BELL
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Survivors of last week’s quake and tsunami huddle around an open fire Thursday in Japan’s Miyagi Prefecture.
TOKYO — Japanese officials took a series of early steps today to bring the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant under control, but a week into the crisis it was becoming apparent that they were confronting a problem that would not be resolved quickly. A top U.S. nuclear official warned that the emergency could continue for weeks, and President Obama tried to reassure the American public about the safety of nuclear power plants in the United States. The moves reflected widening worries in Japan and the U.S. about the
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failure so far to contain radiation leaks from nuclear plants damaged in last Friday’s 9.0-magnitude earthquake and the devastating tsunami that followed. Tokyo Electric Power Co., which owns the facility, said a risky mission using helicopters and water cannons Thursday to dump tons of water on the most troubled reactor had succeeded in reducing radiation levels. But Graham Andrew of the International Atomic Energy Agency cautioned at a news
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PORTLAND — Aiming to restore public trust, the Maine Turnpike Authority has turned to a former legislator and gubernatorial candidate, Peter Mills, to be its interim executive director. The authority’s board of directors voted unanimously Thursday to appoint Mills, a moderate Republican who served in the Legislature for 16 years and is respected by lawmakers in both parties. Mills, 67, will replace Paul Violette, who was executive director for 23 years until he resigned last week amid questions about the authority’s spending practices. Mills’ appointment comes at a critical time for the authority, which operates and maintains the 106-mile toll road. Gov. Paul LePage and some lawmakers have suggested that Maine might be better off if the turnpike authority – and its $100 million a year in toll revenue – were folded into the Department of Transportation.
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