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  • LePage vetoes sweeping Maine energy bill

    In this file photo, a scale model of UMaine's VolturnUS wind turbine, which was christened in May. As promised, Gov. Paul LePage vetoed a sweeping energy bill with bipartisan support in the Legislature late Wednesday, June 19, 2013 because of his support for the VolturnUS ...

  • Woman appeals koi case to Maines highest court

    – A Harpswell woman is heading to court to seek an opinion that will allow her to keep koi – brightly colored fish used in ornamental ponds and aquariums – without restrictions. Ultimately, she wants to legalize koi as an aquarium trade fish, but for now, she wants to give hers a chance to be in a less crowded, less stressful environment. Last month, Georgette D. Curran lost ...

  • Man pleads not guilty to murdering 15-year-old Maine girl

    - A man accused of using a phony Facebook profile to lure a 15-year-old girl to her death pleaded not guilty Wednesday to murder and kidnapping ...

  • Iconic Maine art critic very sick after stroke

    bkeyes@mainetoday.com Staff Writer Philip M. Isaacson, dean of Maine art critics, suffered a stroke Tuesday and was receiving hospice care in Auburn Wednesday night, said his son ...

  • Maine lawmakers fail to override Medicaid veto

    AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - A second attempt to override a veto of Medicaid expansion by Republican Gov. Paul LePage has failed in the Democratic-controlled Maine ...


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Beautiful Creatures

Beautiful Creatures

Clearly designed and executed to fill the supernatural adolescent romance void left in the wake of the seemingly interminable Twilight series final installment(s), Beautiful Creatures offers a gender-reversed take on a very similar storyline and inserts witch ... ...

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  • House sustains but will reconsider Medicaid veto

    AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - Maine lawmakers failed on Wednesday in an attempt to override a veto by Republican Gov. Paul LePage to provide health care coverage for more Mainers, but the effort to expand Medicaid under the federal health care overhaul isn’t dead ...

  • Maine lawmakers OKs gun background check bill

    The Democratic-led House gave final approval to the bill on Wednesday. It faces further votes in the Senate before heading to Republican Gov. Paul ...

  • Eliot Cutler calls for Maine election changes

    Eliot Cutler is calling on his likely opponents to support either a run-off election or ranked-choice voting in the 2014 election to ensure Maine's next governor earns at least 50 percent of the ...

  • Jamaican man arrested in Maine-linked lottery scam

    dhench@mainetoday.com Staff Writer Authorities in Maine and Mississippi joined forces to investigate and apprehend a Jamaican man who allegedly bilked a Bath woman out of a large sum of ...

  • Maine lawmakers seek to limit use of police drones

    AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - Maine lawmakers have advanced a proposal to ban law enforcement from using unmanned aerial drones for surveillance unless they have a search ...

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