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Maine governor has new clash with lawmakers
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - In his latest clash with the Legislature, Gov. Paul LePage is telling his department heads not to testify before a key ...
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Bowdoin awarding degrees to 464 graduates
President Barry Mills will preside over Saturday’s commencement at the Brunswick school, with degrees being awarded to students from 42 states and 14 foreign countries and ...
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Deadly B-52 crash remembered in Maine
ELEPHANT MOUNTAIN, Maine (AP) - One of the two survivors of a deadly B-52 bomber crash is in Maine to join in a 50th anniversary remembrance this Memorial Day ...
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Don McLean to perform with Portland symphony
The singer-songwriter has agreed to perform his 1971 hit with the Portland Symphony Orchestra during city’s annual Stars and Stripes celebration on the Eastern Promenade. An estimated 60,000 people are expected at the event, where the symphony will perform before and during the city’s fireworks ...
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Southern Maine REMAX offices merge
After 14 years serving southern Maine, RE/MAX Realty One of York announced it has joined forces with RE/MAX Absolute, with offices in Saco and South ...
47.4°F Light Rain
Winds: From the SSE at 5.0 MPH Gusting to 11.0 MPH
Movie Review
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Dancer in the Dark [DVD]
After its premier at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival, where it eventually won the coveted Palm d'or, Lars von Trier's Dancer in the Dark was met equally with intense celebratory applause and boos of vociferous condemnation. It has since divided audiences and critics straight down the middle: either you love it or you hate it. Von Trier is either a boundary-pushing genius or he is a ego-m ... ...
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Peace Action Maine Mainers Unite to Prevent War With Iran
Delegates to the Democratic National Convention Will Propose a Platform Emphasizing Diplomacy, Not War PORTLAND, Maine - August 15 - Peace Action Maine, Pax Christi Maine, Military Families Speak Out/ Maine, the Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine, and other Maine based organizations are circulating a statewide petition that opposes preemptive military action, acts of war, a naval ...
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Maine Senate approves bill requiring exercise in schools
- A bill requiring Maine public schools to provide at least 30 minutes of physical activity each school day for students in kindergarten through fifth grade has won an initial round of votes in the state ...
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Massachusetts judges win $30000 raise from legislators
Salaries for the state’s judges would climb by $30,000 during the next three years under a measure that won legislative approval this week with little ...
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Maine lawmakers grapple with falling gas tax revenues
– State revenue from the gas tax is on the decline, as it is in other states that are struggling to fund transportation improvement ...
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Social medias role in Maine girls death makes friends family wary
– Nichole Cable's friends and family say they are worried about the role that social media play in young people's lives, in the wake of Cable's death and the arrest of the 20-year-old man who is accused of murdering ...
Making the news
We must define the nature and scope of this struggle, or else it will define us. Neither I, nor any President can promise the total defeat of terror. What we must do is dismantle networks that pose a direct danger.
Barack Obama
The U.S. president was speaking on his administration's counter terrorism policy.
Hotel Review
Crowne Plaza Times Square Manhattan
The taxi drove through the center of the building to an arrival station for the Crowne Plaza which is a ...
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