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Maine legislators consider bonds, last batch of bills

2 hours ago AUGUSTA, Maine — The Legislature’s work in the 125th session neared an end Wednesday with debates expected in the afternoon on several bond proposals and ...

Senate, House approve state budget; Democrats call bill a ‘sham’

Mia Burgess, left, shows Rebecca Noone something on her iPad in Susan Lemeshow's kindergarten class at Sherwood Heights Elementary School in Auburn. Camden-Rockport elementary school has seen educational gains after giving kindergarteners iPads.

Camden-Rockport school seeks more iPads after kindergartners see education gains

ROCKPORT, Maine — After witnessing reading and math gains by kindergartners here, Camden-Rockport Elementary School plans to ask the school board for more iPads. The ...

In this April 5, 2012, file photo, Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas speaks at the University of California at Berkeley, Calif.

Ron Paul delegates in Maine pledge to fight on

PORTLAND, Maine — Ron Paul supporters in Maine, who less than two weeks ago staged what has been called a takeover of the state GOP ...

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Gov. Paul LePage speaks at a news conference, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011, at the State House in Augusta.

Amendment to end LePage-Millinocket feud over $216,000 defeated by one vote

Police investigating death of woman on Bangor’s State Street

3 hours ago BANGOR, Maine — The landlord of a 55-year-old woman who ...

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Lincoln superintendent accused of intimidating union members

LINCOLN, Maine — RSU 67 Superintendent Denise Hamlin denied accusations ...

Mowing halted at national parks after fatal fall

2 hours ago RALEIGH, N.C. — Mowing at all national parks was suspended ...

Democratic Senate candidates talk business, strategy at Portland Regional Chamber forum

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This undated handout image provided by the Federal Trade Commission shows and advertisement for Skechers fitness shoes. Skechers USA will pay $40 million to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission that the footwear company made unfounded claims that its Shape-ups shoes would help people lose weight and strengthen their rear-end, leg and stomach muscles.

Maine to get $75,000 in Skechers false advertising settlement

Bangor lawyer says he has 50 ways to save federal funds

Supporters of same sex-marriage role-play as they hone their persuasion skills at the Equality Maine campaign office in Brewer on Tuesday, May 15, 2012.

Same-sex marriage supporters kick off Maine campaign by going door to door

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A women selects a sign from a pile to support Members of the Maine State Nurses Association as they rally in front of EMMC in Bangor on Tuesday, May 15, 2012, for an informational picket to allow members of the public to know about their negotiations with EMMC administrators.

Bangor nurses take contract issues to the street

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Robert Rodriques, 52, of Augusta was killed and Linwood “Hazen” Stover, 55, of Augusta was injured Tuesday when the house they were working on in Albion collapsed on them.

Camp in Albion collapses on two men, killing one

During a Saturday afternoon stroll, Kelly and Leon Licata of Orrington, who live on the nearby Blake Road, look over the newly formed precipice on the Swetts Pond Road created by a dam breach in Orrington on Friday, March 23, 2012.

11 beavers caught in Orrington since dam burst

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A demonstrator hits a pot during a protest to mark the anniversary of the "Indignados" movement in Sol square in Madrid, Spain on Tuesday May 15, 2012. Spaniards angered by increasingly grim economic prospects and unemployment hitting one out of every four citizens protested in droves in the nation's largest cities, marking the one-year anniversary of a spontaneous movement that inspired similar anti-authority demonstrations across the planet.

Pictures of the Day: Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Marine Officer Humberto Gimenez poses for a photo with a snake, called Kuriju in the Guarani indigenous language, wrapped over his shoulders before an Independence Day parade in Asuncion, Paraguay on Monday, May 14, 2012. Paraguay is marking 201 years of independence from Spain.

Pictures of the Day: Monday, May 14, 2012

Team China's Liang Huo (background) and Chen Aisen (foreground) perform during the men's 10-meter platform synchronized finals at the USA Diving Grand Prix in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Sunday, May 13, 2012.

Pictures of the Day: Sunday, May 13, 2012

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1-minute hike: Brownville Elementary School Nature Trail

Water levels can change Marsh Stream in a flash

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Outdoors

A neighborhood red fox tends to her kits.

Mama fox tends to her kits

I hope this finds you all well and enjoying the Maine outdoors as I am. As I write this, our neighborhood fox continues to tend to her kits. ...

Opinion

In this file photo from April 16, 2009, Rep. Kathleen Chase, R-Wells, studies documents during a hearing before the Legislature’s Taxation Committee, at the State House in Augusta.

Protecting Maine’s credit

A bill that aims to reduce the income taxes Mainers pay is coming up for action by the Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs perhaps ...

Sports

John Snyer, owner of Hermon Meadow Golf Club, with clubhouse in background.

Golfers like shorter distances from gold, orange tees at Hermon Meadow

HERMON, Maine — It’s not a new idea, putting in additional tee blocks to make a course more length-appropriate for certain groups of golfers. Some ...

Health & Fitness

Bangor nurses take contract issues to the street

BANGOR, Maine — Union nurses at Eastern Maine Medical Center and their supporters took to the streets Tuesday in an informational picket aimed at raising ...

Living

Some of the sweet creations by Gavin's Goodies, owned by Jennifer Lindsay of Carmel.

Bangor bakery Gavin’s Goodies makes decadent, visually appealing treats

BANGOR, Maine — Jennifer Lindsay was bitten by the baking bug early in life — elementary school, to be specific, when she started baking birthday ...

Business

Robin Spielmann (left) a second-year pharmacy student from Indiana, and Krystal Lacombe (right), a fourth-year pharmacy student from Winslow, extract RNA as part of their research at the University of New England's Genomics, Analytics and Proteomics core facility in Portland on May 15, 2012. The equipment the students use has been purchased with funds from the college and from past research and development bonds approved by Maine voters.

Support urged for $20M research and development bond

PORTLAND, Maine — Krystal Lacombe and Robin Spielmann work closely together, using an eyedropper to prepare material as they extract RNA and ready it for ...