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  • 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 ...

  • Path unclear if LePage vetoes Maine hospital bill

    AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- Even though Gov. Paul LePage's office made it clear Wednesday he'll veto a bill to pay off a $484 million debt to Maine hospitals because of an amendment to expand Medicaid, Democrats professed hope the Republican governor will relent and considered passage a ...

  • N.H.’s Shea-Porter introduces pipeline amendment

    US Representative Carol Shea-Porter of New Hampshire has introduced an amendment that would protect pipeline activity between Portland, Maine, and Montreal. The amendment introduced Tuesday would protect environmental interests from being affected by pending legislation to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry 800,000 barrels of oil a day from Alberta across six US states to the ...

  • TBI charges Maine man in child pornography case

    Jermany Scott Claus, 39, was booked into custody of the U.S. Marshals Service in Portland, Maine, following a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation probe launched earlier this week, according to a TBI news release ...


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Sin City is a brilliant paradox: It looks like nothing youve ever seen before, but its assembled out of parts so familiar they are clichs. The foreboding darkness and jagged shadows of film noir, the indestructible hero of comic books, the corrupt police officers and vicious crimina ... ...

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  • Change of command at Maine shipyard Friday

    Vice Adm. Kevin M. McCoy, commander of Naval Sea Systems Command, will preside over the change of command ceremony and give the keynote speech ...

  • Maine home sales jump 14 percent in April

    SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - The Maine Association of Realtors says sales of existing single-family homes in Maine jumped 14 percent in April compared to a year earlier, and the median sales price increased 4 ...

  • Maine pipeline eyes plan to ship Canada oil sands crude

    Wed May 22, 2013 1:12pm EDT * Maine pipeline plan hinges on flows to Montreal * Recent spills inflame Canadian oil debate * Towns oppose oil sands, line passes through tourist zone By Dave Sherwood SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine, May 22 (Reuters) - The little-known operator of a pipeline linking Montreal and Maine is studying how to make the line the first route to get Canadian oil sands crude to an ...

  • 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 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 ...

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