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Maine Man Convicted in 1980 Murder of 16-Year-Old Girl

Matthew McDonald

A judge found Philip Scott Fournier guilty of murder in a jury-waived trial for the killing of Joyce McLain in East Millinocket, Maine.

The victim was 16 years old in August 1980 when her body was found naked except for socks and sneakers with her hands bound behind her back and a jagged wound in the back of her head.

Incoming Harvard President Attacked As ‘White Male’
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Incoming Harvard President Attacked As ‘White Male’

Ira Stoll

Harvard University had only just announced its next president before he came under attack — not for anything he did, but for who he is.

That is, in the eyes of his critics, at least, a "white male."

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