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  • No deal in sight to rescue Maine health bill

    mshepherd@mainetoday.com State House Bureau AUGUSTA - Gov. Paul Le-Page's office hinted Wednesday that he will veto a bill backed by Democrats to link his hospital debt repayment plan to expansion of the health care program for low-income ...

  • Maine womans summer trip Cover One Direction

    rrouthier@mainetoday.com Staff Writer Kylie Keene is a blogger and aspiring journalist with one hot summer assignment – cover the boy band One Direction as it plays to throngs of screaming girls at sold out shows across the ...

  • PUC looking at Electricity Maine for possible false ads

    tturkel@mainetoday.com Staff Writer Maine's Public Utilities Commission is trying to determine whether the state's largest competitive electricity provider has used false or misleading advertising to attract and keep customers. Among other things, the agency is looking into whether Electricity Maine LLC developed radio ads that gave the impression that its rates for homes and small ...

  • Maine man faces child porn charges for texts with East TN girl

    A Maine man is now facing child pornography charges after TBI officials say he exchanged inappropriate texts with an East Tennessee girl. TBI says 39-year-old Jermany Scott Claus requested nude images of a girl in Athens. The victim sent several photos to him through text messages. Police in Maine seized electronics and images of the girl from Claus' home in Kittery, Maine, which is ...

  • Portland-area police chiefs oppose bill to allow Mainers to carry concealed weapons without permit

    A group of southern Maine police chiefs gathered Tuesday morning to oppose a bill that would allow most Mainers to carry concealed weapons without filing for a ...


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Lola Montès [DVD]

Lola Montès [DVD]

As a swan song for the great German director Max Ophuls, Lola Monts is a fitting testament to the enormity of his vision even as it proved to be a controversial punctuation mark on the end of his impressive career, which spanned three decades and two continents. After his triumphant ... ...

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  • New Maine shipyard leader will be aboard soon

    - The next commander of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is about to take charge. After 3½ years at the helm, Capt. L. Bryant Fuller will step down in a ceremony Friday. He is to be relieved by Capt. William Greene, who serves as the military deputy for shipyard operations at the Naval Sea Systems Command. Greene, a native of Ann Arbor, Mich., has served in numerous engineering and combat ...

  • Maine man charged in death of missing teen girl

    BANGOR, Maine — A 20-year-old Orono man was charged Tuesday with murder in connection with the death of Nichole Cable, a 15-year-old girl from Glenburn. Police discovered a body they believe is Cable’s on Monday night in a wooded area of Old ...

  • Dispute leaves thousands in Maine without phone service

    USA Telephone has been planning to end its service next month, but Fairpoint shuts down the transmission lines USA used because the company stopped paying to use ...

  • Judge seals affidavit of Maine man in teens death

    This June 2012 photo provided by the Penobscot County Jail via Maine State Police shows Kyle Dube, of Orono, Maine. Dube, 20, was charged Tuesday, May 21, 2013 with murder in the death of Nichole Cable, who was last seen May 12, 2013. Police say a body found in the woods on Monday night is likely that of the high school student. (AP Photo/Penobscot County Jail via Maine State ...

  • New warden appointed ast Maine State Prison in Warren

    In this March 2011 file photo, Joseph Ponte speaks with Rodney Bouffard, then-Superintendent of the Long Creek Youth Development Center in South Portland at the facility. Ponte has named Bouffard warden of the Maine State ...

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