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  • Maine views mixed as Boy Scouts end gay ban

    jhall@pressherald.com Staff Writer Parents and leaders of Boy Scouts in Maine had differing views Thursday on Boy Scouts of America's decision to allow openly gay youths to participate in ...

  • Fugitive rapist found in Maine is punished

    - Gary Alan Irving, the convicted rapist who eluded police for 34 years after fleeing to Maine, was finally sentenced Thursday, and his attorney said Irving doesn't even remember committing the ...

  • Maine keeps E-ZPass heavy-user discount program

    – The Maine Turnpike Authority's directors voted unanimously Thursday to keep the current E-ZPass volume-based discount program indefinitely, maintaining a popular program that gives discounts to daily ...

  • Maine Medicaid bill meets its fate passed vetoed

    - Democrats in the Legislature knew that their signature policy achievement – a combination bill to expand public health insurance for the poor and pay off Maine's $186 million debt to its hospitals – was likely ...

  • Newspapers seek to unseal affidavit in Maine girls murder

    – An objection to a judge's decision to seal a police affidavit in the killing of 15-year-old Nichole Cable has been filed by a lawyer for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, and The Associated ...


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The Rocky Horror Picture Show [Blu-Ray]

The Rocky Horror Picture Show [Blu-Ray]

There had never been--and, since its release, never has been--a movie like The Rocky Horror Picture Show. In terms of both the successfully over-the-top mixture of horror, camp, rocknroll, science fiction, sexual transgression, and purposefully bad B-movie dialog ... ...

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  • Maine bill to lower power costs up for vote

    – A legislative committee is expected to vote Friday on an ambitious proposal aimed at lowering Maine's high electricity and heating ...

  • In Maine wet holiday weather may curb some traffic

    This October 2012 file photo shows heavy traffic on Broadway in South Portland. Predictions of rain every day but Monday, and cool temperatures too, could put a damper on Memorial Day travel this ...

  • Maine panel rejects two LePage education bills

    Select images available for purchase in theMaine Today Photo Store The votes by the Education Committee were no surprise: Democrats and teachers union officials have long opposed the governor's education policy. L.D. 1529, a governor's bill sponsored by Sen. Garrett Mason, R-Lisbon Falls, would eliminate the current limit of 10 public charter schools in Maine and allow public money to ...

  • Maine officials warn of vacation scams

    AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - Maine Attorney General Janet Mills is advising consumers to be leery of vacation deals popping up this time of the year. Mills says if the deal sounds too good to be true, it probably ...

  • Memorial ceremony set in Maine State House

    Brig. Gen. James Campbell, Adjutant General of Maine, says the ceremony will be held Friday afternoon. Memorial Day is Monday, but state government will be ...

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