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  • Maine Senate votes to repeal mandate for east-west highway study

    - The Maine Senate has given final approval to a bill that repeals a requirement for a feasibility study on the proposed east-west highway. The Senate's final approval Tuesday sent the bill, L.D. 985, ...

  • Maine man appears in court in missing teens death

    A 15-year-old girl found dead in woods north of Bangor knew the man charged with killing her, her best friend said, contrary to early reports that before her disappearance she'd headed outside her Glenburn home to see someone she recently met on ...

  • Maine May Be Next State To Offer Universal Preschool

    President Obama's proposal to make preschool universally accessible is being pushed on the federal level, six states in the country - Florida, Georgia, Oklahoma, Illinois, New York, and West Virginia - are already working on such ...

  • Rule on lobbying for ex-Maine lawmakers enacted

    AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - Maine lawmakers who look to take up lobbying after their state service would be subject to new rules in a bill approved by the Legislature is signed by the ...

  • Maine lawmakers refuse to repeal health care law

    The Senate on Tuesday agreed with the House and voted to kill a bill that labeled the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 a violation of the United States Constitution, and null and void in ...


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Overlord [DVD]

Overlord [DVD]

The use of stock footage has been a staple of the movies, especially war movies, since the beginnings of the cinema, but in Overlord, whose title is a reference to the code name for the Allied invasion of Europe, Stuart Cooper raises it to an art form. After cull ... ...

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  • LePage to veto Maine hospital repayment bill

    AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - Gov. Paul LePage’s office says he will veto a bill moving through the Legislature to pay off a $484 million debt to Maine hospitals because of an amendment Democrats attached to it that would expand ...

  • New England economy seen improving but unevenly

    By STEPHEN SINGERAP Business Writer HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A group of economists says New England is recovering from the worst recession in decades, with the strongest gains in Massachusetts and Vermont, while Rhode Island and Maine lag. The New England Economic Partnership said Wednesday that external factors such as Europe's recession and federal spending cuts made in Washington are ...

  • Maine casino sale awaits state approval

    AUGUSTA, Maine - Maine's Gambling Control Board has ruled that the Oxford Casino won't be asked to apply for a new operator's license if a sale to the company that owns the home of the Kentucky Derby is approved.Oxford Casino owners announced the $160 million sale in March to Churchill Downs Incorporated Properties, the parent company of Churchill Downs Racetrack.Oxford Casino ...

  • Somerset County sues state Corrections Board

    SKOWHEGAN, Maine (AP) - Somerset County has sued the state prisons board in an attempt to get payment of more than $280,000 the county says it is owed for operations at the county ...

  • 2 more Maine municipalities deemed business-friendly

    - Two more Maine municipalities have been designated as "business-friendly" by the state. The Department of Economic and Community Development says Presque Isle and Richmond have made the grade to be certified as business-friendly communities. Twenty Maine towns and cities have earned the designation since the program was launched a little over a year ago. Those deemed as ...

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