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  • Maine Senate switches to support encouraging gun background checks

    Two Democrats in the Maine Senate switched their votes to aid party leaders in passing a watered-down gun-control bill aimed at encouraging background checks before firearm ...

  • Maine Cancer Patient Gets $200K for Misdiagnosis

    A Maine man who was told he had only months to live because of an aggressive Stage 4 pancreatic cancer is still alive more than four years later. And a jury has awarded him $200,000 for the doctor’s misdiagnosis. It turns out Wendell Strout suffers non-Hodgkins lymphoma, a more treatable form of cancer. He sued Central Maine Medical Center for damages, citing ';tremendous emotional ...

  • Report Maine bridges ninth worst in the nation

    The advocacy group, which is calling for the federal government to invest more money into the upkeep of the nation's bridges and highways, compiled the report from data that lists the number of bridges deemed structurally deficient. The report states that 15 percent of the state's bridges meet that ...

  • Maine man charged in teens death pleads not guilty

    Twenty-year-old Kyle Dube, of Orono, was indicted on murder and kidnapping charges in last month's asphyxiation death of Nichole Cable. He pleaded not guilty to those charges Wednesday morning. The Maine Attorney General's Office told WMTW News 8 that Dube's lawyer is asking for a psychological exam to determine if Dube is competent to stand ...

  • Governor LePage Blacklists Maine Newspapers After They Criticize His Administration’s Energy Policies

    Following a critical series of articles in three Maine newspapers this week, Maine Gov. Paul LePage’s (R) office has cut off those papers’ access to administration officials. The same week the Portland Press Herald, the Kennebec Journal, and the Morning Sentinel published an in-depth analysis of the administration’s work to undermine environmental protections, a spokeswoman ...


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Step Brothers

Step Brothers

The funniest thing about Step Brothers, the new comedy from the same team that produced Anchorman (2004) and Talladega Nights (2006), isnt in the movie itself, but rather its advertising one-sheet, which is a perfect parody of those ridiculous glamour shots people ... ...

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  • Back-Door Tar Sands Scheme Blocked by Maine Community

    A backdoor plan by Canada's Enbridge and the US-based ExxonMobil to establish an alternate tar sands pipeline has met fierce resistance in the small city of South Portland, Maine where the proposed export terminal would be built. In a proactive initiative to block the scheme, a local citizens group has collected nearly 4,000 signatures-roughly 4 times the amount necessary-in support of a ...

  • Driver dies in Jonesboro Maine crash

    JONESBORO, Maine - Maine State Police say a driver has died after he lost control of his car and it struck a pole.Police said 48-year-old Daniel Snowdeal of Jonesboro was dead at the scene. He was the only person in the car.The accident happened at about 3 a.m. Wednesday on Route 1A in Jonesboro, near the Whitneyville town line.Police said the vehicle came to rest on its roof in a ditch.They ...

  • 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 ...

  • Rolling billboards must yield to Maines ban

    emurphy@mainetoday.com Staff Writer PORTLAND - The new Nordstrom Rack store is in South Portland, but its presence was evident in recent weeks on the streets of Portland. A mobile billboard operated by a marketing company based in Pennsylvania rolled repeatedly around the city to announce the arrival of the store. But billboards, including those on wheels, have been banned in Maine for 30 ...

  • No charges in Starks shooting

    STARKS, Maine (AP) -- A Maine grand jury has declined to bring charges in the case of a Starks man who was shot on his own property following a confrontation with a group of ...

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