Deaths of Former UMaine Football Player, Girlfriend Widely Reported

The shooting deaths of Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher, a former University of Maine football player, and his girlfriend Kasandra Perkins in Kansas City, Mo., was widely reported nationally and internationally over the weekend. Authorities said Belcher, 25, killed his girlfriend and then himself. Among the organizations reporting the story were Reuters news service, NBC News, New England Cable Network, Maine Sunday Telegram, and a majority of local and statewide news outlets.

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