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  • Murder suspect said to have known Glenburn teen

    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 had headed outside her Glenburn home to see someone she had only recently met on Facebook. Kyle Dube, 20, of Orono, had been friends with the victim, Nichole Cable, for a couple of months, and they had made plans to see ...

  • Convicted rapist faces sentencing 30 years later

    DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) - A man convicted of raping three women in Massachusetts faces sentencing more than three decades after he fled the state and began living a secret life in ...

  • Girls murder suspect silent amid grief in Maine court

    Nichole Cable's mother is being shielded by a coat as her family leaves Penobscot County Superior Court in Bangor on Wednesday after Kyle Dube's arraignment on a charge of murdering ...

  • 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 ...


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The Wrestler [Blu-Ray]

The Wrestler [Blu-Ray]

The defining shot in Darren Aronofskys The Wrestler, a bittersweet story about a man struggling through lifes second act, is a tracking shot that follows right behind the titular character, a decaying former superstar named Randy The Ram Robinson, as he walks down various hallways a ... ...

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  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • Bouffard named warden of Maine State Prison

    Rodney Bouffard served in other state government positions before becoming acting warden months ago and has more than 30 years of management experience, Department of Corrections Commissioner Joseph Ponte said in a ...

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