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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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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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  • Maine man heads to jail for 80s sex crimes

    - A Corinna man pleaded guilty Tuesday to sex offenses dating from more than a quarter-century ago. Glenn A. Graves, 57, was scheduled to go on trial Tuesday in Kennebec County Superior Court on three charges of gross sexual misconduct that occurred between Oct. 9, 1985, and April 1, 1987. The victims of those offenses, which occurred in Winthrop, were two girls under age 14. The case was ...

  • Farmingdale boy improving after falling into pool

    AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- Law enforcement authorities say a 2-year-old Farmingdale boy found floating face down in his family's pool last week appears to be ...

  • Maine man gets 3 years for stealing VA benefits

    BANGOR, Maine (AP) -- A Maine man has been sentenced to three years in prison for fraudulently obtaining veterans' disability benefits from the federal ...

  • Maine man pleads guilty to 1980s sex offenses

    Glenn Graves pleaded guilty Tuesday in Kennebec County Superior Court just before he was scheduled to go on trial on three charges of gross sexual ...

  • Maine releases details of proposed health plan

    AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - The state has released some information about a proposed health insurance plan being put together by Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield and MaineHealth after a hospital group sued to make it ...

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