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Police: Blood found at Ayla Reynolds’ father’s home

PORTLAND, Maine — Investigators have been analyzing blood found in the basement of a Maine home where a missing toddler was last seen six weeks ...

Ayla’s parents meet at vigil for missing toddler

CHEERING

Ellsworth rises above injuries to win Class B Eastern Maine Regionals

3 hours ago The Ellsworth Eagles swooped in to snatch up the Class B Eastern Maine Regional Cheerleading Competition, with the Hermon Hawks close on their tail Saturday ...

Central Aroostook wins fifth-in-a-row Class D title

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89-year-old troop greeter featured in ‘The Way We Get By’ recovering from surgery

BANGOR, Maine — Bill Knight, one of the three Bangor troop greeters featured in the documentary “The Way We Get By”, is recovering at Maine ...

Man shot by US Marshals charged with attempted murder

PORTLAND, Maine — The U.S. Marshals Service says a 22-year-old ...

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Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, speaks during a campaign stop at the University of Southern Maine in Gorham Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012.

LePage, Ron Paul meet during unannounced ‘meet-and-greet’

Ron Paul says he has no intention of dropping out

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Lebanon woman dies after carbon monoxide leak from indoor generator

LEBANON, Maine — Police say a woman has died in ...

1 lynx killed, 6 trapped as state waits for ‘incidental take’ permit

2 hours ago One lynx has been killed and at least six others ...

Murder convict asks judge to permit Satanism practice in public

YORK, Maine — A Maine man serving 30 years for ...

The Maine Departement of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife has been visiting bear dens, as evidenced by photos of past research work, since the 1970s. This year a partnership with the Wildlife Research Foundation has resulted in video link to a bear den in northern Maine, with real-time video available on the Internet.

Bears on the air: Den camera sheds light on Maine bruins

RENEE ORDWAY

Records contradict Richardson’s version of dealing with Carlson

Man to be sentenced for girlfriend’s murder

BELFAST, Maine — A man charged with strangling his girlfriend ...

77 dolphins dead in Cape Cod since mid-January

BOSTON — Whether they got lost, sick or swam astray ...

Lillian Davis clutches her napkins as her daughter Susan Philbrick feeds her bean soup at the Orono Commons nursing home. Lillian is a high-cost Maine Care user.

Top 5 percent of MaineCare recipients account for more than half the program’s cost

Slushy road conditions Friday, Jan. 27, 2012 played a role in an accident on Route 2 in Milford that send two people to the hospital for treatment of minor injuries and left a Hermon man's pickup truck heavily damaged. Deputy Ray Goodspeed of the Penobscot County Sheriff's Department said that the driver, Corey Eldridge, 26, was
driving north when his 2002 Dodge pickup went into a skid and nearly struck an oncoming vehicle. After the truck regained traction, it left the roadway and stuck a utility pole.

Messy weather conditions result in Penobscot County crashes

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LePage, Ron Paul meet during unannounced ‘meet-and-greet’

Ron Paul says he has no intention of dropping out

Peter Beckford of Clifton walks to one of the cabins on their property. Beckford disputes that the proposed wind farm in town is too close to these buildings. The town planning board approved the wind project in October, but the Beckfords appealed that decision. The appeals board denied the Beckford's appeal Wednesday, giving the windmill project the green light.

Clifton farmers lose latest round in battle over wind farm

Outdoors

Bears on the air: Den camera sheds light on Maine bruins

Lugnut the Bear doesn’t do much this time of year. Sometimes she lies on her left side. Other times she lies on her right side. ...

Opinion

John Sweeney, president of the AFL-CIO, speaks out against President Bush and outsourcing during a news conference outside of the former Eastern Fine Paper in Brewer in 2004.

Why all the outsourcing?

President Obama spent much of his State of the Union address on the flood of manufacturing jobs from the United States to China and other ...

Sports

Ellsworth rises above injuries to win Class B Eastern Maine Regionals

The Ellsworth Eagles swooped in to snatch up the Class B Eastern Maine Regional Cheerleading Competition, with the Hermon Hawks close on their tail Saturday ...

Health & Fitness

Babies’ gaze may reveal early signs of autism

Studies show the earlier therapy begins, the more likely the child can overcome the deficits linked to the brain disorder.

Living

5 Things To Do This Weekend: Music everywhere, dog sleds and Oscar nominees

1. For those kicking around the Queen City this weekend, there’s a mighty one-two punch at Paddy Murphy’s, as funk/soul five piece Juicebox takes the ...

Business

Developer of Clifton wind farm signs agreement to supply Bangor Hydro with electricity

CLIFTON, Maine — With the push for renewable energy part of the national agenda and the Maine Public Utilities Commission directing local utilities to enter ...