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Maine hermits court appearance postponed

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - A scheduled court appearance for a man who lived as a hermit in the woods of central Maine for nearly three decades has been postponed pending completion of a mental health ...
Signs to alert Maine motorists to turtle crossings

The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and the Nature Conservancy are marking the turtle crossing areas in Wells, South Berwick and York with hopes of reducing highway deaths of two of the state’s rarest species, Blanding’s and spotted ...
Maine Turnpike Authority to discuss extending EZ Pass discounts

Maine Turnpike Authority board members are going to be talking about extending current EZ Pass discount rates during their meeting on Thursday. The current rate is set to expire at the end of next ...
Portland mayor meets with immigrant businessmen

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Portland’s mayor is meeting with immigrant business owners to discuss the role that immigrants play in the city’s ...
Maine education commissioner visits Belfast school

BELFAST, Maine (AP) - Maine’s education commissioner is visiting Belfast as part of his ongoing tour to observe innovative school programs across the ...

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Murder suspect said to have known Glenburn teen

A 15-year-old girl found dead in woods north of Bangor knew the man charged with killing her, her best friend said, contrary to early reports that before her disappearance she had headed outside her Glenburn home to see someone she had only recently met on Facebook. Kyle Dube, 20, of Orono, had been friends with the victim, Nichole Cable, for a couple of months, and they had made plans to see ...
Convicted rapist faces sentencing 30 years later

DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) - A man convicted of raping three women in Massachusetts faces sentencing more than three decades after he fled the state and began living a secret life in ...
Girls murder suspect silent amid grief in Maine court

Nichole Cable's mother is being shielded by a coat as her family leaves Penobscot County Superior Court in Bangor on Wednesday after Kyle Dube's arraignment on a charge of murdering ...
No deal in sight to rescue Maine health bill

mshepherd@mainetoday.com State House Bureau AUGUSTA - Gov. Paul Le-Page's office hinted Wednesday that he will veto a bill backed by Democrats to link his hospital debt repayment plan to expansion of the health care program for low-income ...
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US police officers act harshly against innocent man

A man has been beaten to death by police officers in the United States.

The unarmed man was severely beaten with batons and fists following a call from a hospital, which had complained of a man being drunk near the premises.

Officers attended Kern Medical Center in Bakersfield, California, where David Sal Silva, the 33-year-old father of four young children, had allegedly been causing a disturbance.

A group of police officers fell upon Silva after he allegedly resisted arrest.

Witnesses said extra police waded in to beat him in in the face and upper body.

Silva later had trouble breathing and was wheeled into the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Witnesses who had filmed Silva and the police in a scuffle later had their mobile phones confiscated by some of the officers.

They said he had been begging for his life during the beating.

A lawyer for the family has asked that the mobile phones not be tampered with as the video evidence will be used in an investigation.

Meanwhile, President Obama has lauded the bravery and devotion of more than 40 police officers at a White House ceremony.

Speaking to the hand-picked group, he said: "We don't always get that opportunity to stand and applaud the men and women who keep us safe. ...