(CNN) Two members of the funk-rock band Tower of Power are recovering after being hit by a train, the group’s representative said.
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Jeannette Cunningham, Greely Alpine skiing: A junior, Cunningham won Western Maine Conference giant slalom races Monday and Tuesday at Shawnee Peak in consecutive four-school meets. Each of her four runs was fastest in the field.
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Olivia Harper, Morse swimming: The freshman won the 200-yard freestyle and swam on two winning relays to help the unbeaten Shipbuilders defeat Lewiston, 114-55. Earlier this season, Harper set a school record of 58.73 seconds in the 100 backstroke.
Reade Carmichael, Falmouth hockey: The sophomore scored in overtime to beat York/Traip Academy, 3-2. She also had two goals and an assist in a 7-0 win over Biddeford/Thornton Academy.
Catherine Reid, Maine Girls’ Academy basketball: The sophomore had 17 points, seven rebounds and eight steals in a 46-41 overtime upset of previously unbeaten Marshwood.
Sam Rusak, Scarborough track: A senior, Rusak took second in the pole vault (15 feet) at the Dartmouth Relays as well as fifth in the hurdles (8.21). He was also on the 800 relay team that finished third to help the Red Storm finish seventh overall.
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Leo Amabile, Massabesic wrestling: At the Spartan Wrestling Tournament, the senior pinned all four of his opponents to win the 113-pound weight class and was named most outstanding wrestler.
Brenden Whitten, Kennebunk hockey: The senior forward had a hat trick and an assist to lead Kennebunk past Greely, 5-1. Whitten scored in all three periods to help the Rams improve to 7-1.
Finn Bowe, Cape Elizabeth basketball: A junior guard, Bowe was a key contributor in three wins. He scored 26 points, including 15 in a second-half comeback, to help top Marshwood, 63-54, then scored 23 with three 3-pointers and eight rebounds in a 48-42 overtime victory at York. He also had a game-high 15 points in a 53-32 win against Fryeburg Academy.
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BALTIMORE (AP) — Robert Spencer said he often saw children playing on the porch of the home across the street from his in their northeast Baltimore neighborhood. When he looked out the window early Thursday morning, the home was in flames.
Spencer ran toward the fire, but it was so big and hot he couldn’t help them. Six of the family’s nine children were killed, while their mother and three of her other children were able to escape but were injured, a fire official said.
“I heard the kids crying. My daughter heard them. They said: ‘Help, help,’ and you know, couldn’t save them, couldn’t save them,” Spencer said. “There was just too much fire there.”
All six bodies were recovered from the home Thursday, fire department spokesman Chief Roman Clark said.
Clark said the children killed were two boys, ages 9 months and 2 years; 3-year-old twin girls; and two girls, ages 10 and 11.
Investigators are searching for clues about what caused the fire.
Firefighters encountered heavy flames coming from all three floors of the home when they answered the call about 12:30 a.m. Thursday, and they attacked the blaze from outside, Clark said. The third floor collapsed and the second floor partially collapsed. The fire was so hot that it melted parts of a car that had been parked in front of the house.
The children’s mother and two boys, ages 4 and 5, were in critical condition Thursday at a hospital. Clark said an 8-year-old girl who helped rescue her younger brothers was in “good shape.”
William Malone said all nine are his children with Katie Malone, who’s a staff member for Rep. Elijah Cummings’ district office.
William Malone told The Associated Press he wasn’t home at the time of the fire because he was at work for a restaurant. He said one of the three children taken to the hospital after the blaze has since been released.
“I’m still in shock to be honest,” said Malone, who was reached by phone at a relative’s home. He said he doesn’t know what may have caused the fire. Clark said William Malone told him he had recently changed the batteries in a smoke detector in the house.
Cummings said Katie Malone has worked as a special assistant in his Catonsville office for nearly 11 years.
“My staff is a family and this unimaginable tragedy is shocking and heartbreaking to us all. I again ask for your prayers,” Cummings said in a statement.
Michael Johnson, 55, who lives a block away and can see the house from his home, described it as a complete inferno.
“Fire was coming out of every window, and as they sprayed it, it seemed like the fire was fighting back or something. It just kept coming and coming and coming. Fire was actually coming out of the sides of the house. I’ve never seen anything like that in my life,” Johnson said.
Johnson, who didn’t know the family, added that he was praying for the people inside.
“It was just so intense,” he said. “I didn’t think anyone would be able to survive it at all.”
WJZ-TV showed two small children sitting up as they were wheeled away on a stretcher and a woman on a stretcher with an oxygen mask over her face. Images from the scene show firefighters dousing the charred shell of the first two stories of the home between two other large three story single-family homes.
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Associated Press writers Sarah Brumfield in Washington and Alanna Durkin Richer in Richmond, Virginia, contributed to this report. Associated Press researcher Rhonda Shafner contributed from New York.
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Sky has said it will not air a TV programme about Michael Jackson after his daughter said she was «incredibly offended» by the portrayal of him.
The episode — part of a series called Urban Myths — had been due to air on Sky Arts.
Sky released a statement on Friday saying they had pulled one episode after concerns were raised by Paris Jackson.
The broadcaster said it «never intended to cause any offence».
Statement from Sky:
«We have taken the decision not to broadcast Elizabeth, Michael and Marlon, a half-hour episode from the Sky Arts Urban Myths series, in light of the concerns expressed by Michael Jackson’s immediate family.
«We set out to take a light-hearted look at reportedly true events and never intended to cause any offence. Joseph Fiennes fully supports our decision. »
The stories had been described as «slightly tongue-in-cheek, mischievous and deliberately ambiguous» by Sky Arts on its website.
The episode told the story of Jackson taking a road trip from New York to Los Angeles with Elizabeth Taylor and Marlon Brando after the 9/11 terror attacks.
Actor Joseph Fiennes had said he was shocked to be given the part of Michael Jackson last year.
On Thursday, Jackson’s daughter Paris said on Twitter that trailer footage from the episode made her «want to vomit».
«It angers me to see how obviously intentional it was for them to be this insulting, not just towards my father, but my godmother [Elizabeth Taylor] as well,» she said.
«Where is the respect? They worked through blood sweat and tears for ages to create such profound and remarkable legacies. Shameful portrayal. »
More than 20,000 people also signed a petition to boycott the half-hour episode.
The petition particularly objected to Fiennes’s casting as Jackson instead of a black actor.
«It’s easy to see why the story would make a compelling film — but it’s harder to understand why the actor best known for his role in Shakespeare In Love was the first choice to play one of the world’s most iconic black musicians,» the petition said.
Michael Jackson died in 2009 aged 50 .
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