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Bernard Lown honored at Friday ceremony unveiling new portrait

Jun. 7—LEWISTON — Weeks after the U.S. Mint featured Lewiston native Bernard Lown on a new dollar coin, friends and family of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate gathered Friday to honor him during the unveiling of a new portrait. “What an extraordinary man,” artist Robert Shetterly of Brooksville said. Lewiston Mayor Carl Sheline called Lown […]

New records shed small light on state dollars spent for Rokita discipline, Bernard cases

An example of redacted legal invoices for services provided to Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita‘s office. (Screenshot of records provided by the Indiana Attorney General’s Office) New, partially-unredacted public records offer a glimpse into public dollars so far spent to defend Attorney General Todd Rokita’s law license. Payments related to the attorney general’s disciplinary case […]

Dollar coin honoring Lewiston’s Dr. Bernard Lown to be issued Thursday

May 15—The U.S. Mint plans to release a new dollar coin at noon Thursday honoring Lewiston High School graduate Dr. Bernard Lown, the inventor of the defibrillator and a Nobel Peace Prize honoree for his work with Physicians for Social Responsibility. The coin, which bears Lown’s image along with a defibrillator, is part of the […]

Lord Of The Rings star Elijah Wood remembers ‘our king’ Bernard Hill

Lord Of The Rings star Elijah Wood has paid tribute to “our king” Bernard Hill after the actor’s death aged 79. Hill played King Theoden in the Oscar-winning fantasy franchise directed by Sir Peter Jackson, opposite Wood’s Frodo Baggins. He was also well known for playing Captain Edward Smith in the box office juggernaut Titanic, […]

Titanic and The Lord Of The Rings trilogy star Bernard Hill dies

Bernard Hill, best known for his roles in Titanic and The Lord Of The Rings trilogy, has died, his agent said. Hill also starred in drama series Boys From The Blackstuff, and the 2015 BBC adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s novel Wolf Hall. His agent Lou Coulson told the PA news agency that he died in […]

LVMH Shuffles Top Executives as Bernard Arnault Sharpens Succession Plan

PARIS — In the latest chapter of a generational changing of the guard, LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton announced that Toni Belloni, one of Bernard Arnault’s most trusted lieutenants, will relinquish his key duties at the French luxury conglomerate and hand over his responsibilities to Stéphane Bianchi. After more than 23 years working alongside Arnault, […]