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  • Prospective astronaut from Maine always on a mission

    Jessica Meir, a 35-year-old scientist from Maine, is among eight people who were selected from a pool of more than 6,000 applicants to be trained as astronauts. Meir, who grew up in Caribou, is the youngest of five in a family of ...

  • Home sales on rise in Maine

    HLFSCRN HOUSING MARKET TURNAROUND? MORE SIGNS OF RECOVERY FOR BUYERS, BUILDERS, AND SELLERS, AS HOME SALES HIT A MAJOR MILESTONE THIS MONTH, SHOWING A POSSIBLE ECONOMIC REBOUND FOR A ONCE STRUGGLING MARKET.. GOOD EVENING AND THANKS FOR JOINING US, I'M TRACY SABOL. THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT SAYS BUILDERS BEGAN CONSTRUCTION ON MORE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES AND APARTMENTS IN MAY. IN FACT.. HOUSING ...

  • Hospitals Maine Medicaid expansion would help

    By JOE LAWLOR Staff Writer The cost of free care provided by Maine hospitals to uninsured patients has more than doubled since 2007, and those expenses will continue to grow ...

  • Maine lawmaker unanimously endorse no toxic chemicals in childrens toys

    – Maine lawmakers on Tuesday quietly and unanimously advanced a bill aimed at beefing up the state program designed to phase out toxic chemicals in children’s products, but final passage is still in question. The proposal, L.D. 1181, sponsored by Sen. Seth Goodall, D-Richmond, requires manufacturers of 49 chemicals on the so-called "high concern list" to report what ...

  • Attempt to strengthen Maine mining laws likely fails

    – A bill designed to tighten mining laws that took effect last year appears headed for defeat, with the House and Senate unable to reach consensus on the ...


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Raiders of the Lost Ark [Blu-Ray]

Raiders of the Lost Ark [Blu-Ray]

Inspired by the cliffhanging Republic serials of the 1930s, Raiders of the Lost Ark, the brainchild of wunderkinds George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, arguably the two most important cinematic entertainers of the last 50 years, made everything old seem new again. Set ... ...

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  • Maine Gov. Paul LePage hands out 5 more vetoes

    Among the bills is one that would have required the state’s public charter schools to be run as nonprofit organizations. LePage said that the bill puts new constraints on charter schools, limiting students’ educational ...

  • Democrats grading plan for Maine schools gets initial Senate approval

    , sponsored by Sen. Rebecca Millett, D-Cape Elizabeth, the Senate chairwoman of the Legislature’s Education Committee, would hold up action related to the existing grading system and wait until the 2014-2015 school year to implement a new one. It passed the ...

  • In mostly symbolic vote Maine House supports gun background checks

    In a largely symbolic Tuesday vote, a narrow majority of the Maine House of Representatives doubled down on support of a gun-control bill, weakened since it was first proposed earlier this year. The 78-64 House vote likely means the bill, L.D. 1240, sponsored by Rep. Mark Dion, a former Cumberland County sheriff, will die between that body and the Senate, which passed a version of the bill on ...

  • Maine governor says he wont talk to 3 newspapers

    AUGUSTA, Maine -- A spokeswoman for Maine Gov. Paul LePage says the administration will no longer comment for stories published in three of Maine's daily newspapers.Adrienne Bennett told the Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/17Wn2Of ) on Tuesday the administration won't be talking to that publication, the Kennebec Journal and the Morning Sentinel. All are owned by MaineToday ...

  • Patriots TE Gronkowski undergoes back surgery

    On May 20, Gronkowski had his fourth surgery on the left forearm that he broke on Nov. 18 while blocking for an extra point in a 59-24 win over the Indianapolis Colts. He broke it again in the Patriots’ first playoff game, a 41-28 win over the Houston Texans. Rosenhaus said the fourth surgery was expected to be the last on his ...

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