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Arizona jury foreman says he believes Jodi Arias was abused
By David Schwartz, Reuters on May 25, 2013, at 6:27 a.m.
PHOENIX — The foreman of an Arizona jury that deadlocked over whether Jodi Arias should be put to death for murdering her ex-boyfriend believes she was mentally abused, but said on Friday that had not been enough to excuse her crime. Arias, a former waitress from California, was found guilty ...
Japanese government says it’s unaware of ghosts at prime minister’s residence
TOKYO — A delay in Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife moving into their official residence, the site of past assassinations, has revived talk of ghosts in the corridors, prompting the government to deny any knowledge of hauntings. Abe has not moved into the prime minister’s official residence ...
Police say Minot man involved in December armed standoff burned down his home and home of estranged wife
MINOT, Maine — Authorities said a local man who held police at bay in a December armed standoff at his Verrill Road home burned down his house on Friday as well as the mobile home belonging to his estranged wife before leading police on two high speed chases. Michael Callahan, ...
Maine official: State funding for a new Edward Little High School ‘isn’t hopeless’
AUGUSTA, Maine — When it comes to building a new Edward Little High School, patience could pay off. For the past year, Auburn officials have said state funding for a new high school wasn’t a possibility. The School Committee has asked the City Council to approve a referendum in February ...
Lewiston to demolish 12 more downtown tenements this year in wake of devastating fires
LEWISTON, Maine — As work continues to lock up and block vacant downtown tenements and the City Council looks to demolish 12 more buildings this year, city officials say the effort is making a difference. “I’m feeling very positive,” Jeff Baril, Lewiston’s liaison police and code enforcement officer, said. “We ...
Have a drink, kiss a fish: Just another Saturday night, Newfoundland-style
There’s a fish in Daphne Izer’s freezer waiting to be kissed. It will be the star of an event next weekend, along with rum, bologna, an authentic Canadian rock and knee-high rubber boots. They’re all elements of a ceremony that, judging by photos from years past, seems to attract uninhibited, ...
Heroin on the rise in Maine as state crackdown on prescription opiates paves the way
BRUNSWICK, Maine — Now stronger, easier to score and cheaper than other drugs, heroin has made a comeback in Maine over the past year. Police and medical experts are relating this surge to new MaineCare rules that have cracked down on the availability of prescription opiates, such as OxyContin. Heroin ...
Fire department restructuring focus of Veazie workshop
VEAZIE, Maine — Town councilors on Tuesday will discuss what fire protection here will look like in the future, given a 27 percent budget cut that could affect one or both of the Veazie Fire Department’s two full-time fire department employees. The workshop begins at 6:30 p.m. and will take ...
William Kayatta is sworn in
William Kayatta is sworn in as Maine’s judge on the U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals at USM in Portland Friday afternoon.
‘Get over it’: Madeleine Albright implores Bowdoin College grads not to give in to self-pity
By Kirsten Sylvain, Special to the BDN on May 24, 2013, at 8:53 p.m.
BRUNSWICK, Maine — Madeleine Albright, the first female U.S. secretary of state, reflected on life during her college career, calling on Bowdoin College’s graduates of 2013 to approach the changing world with confidence despite the burdens they will inherit from the previous generation. Albright, a Bowdoin honorary degree recipient, was ...
‘Historic’ energy bill clears Maine legislative committee, 12-1
AUGUSTA, Maine — A bill aimed at lowering the costs of energy while dramatically changing the way Mainers consume it vaulted out of a key legislative committee on a near unanimous, 12-1 vote Friday. The vote comes after months of hearings, negotiations, compromise and downright wrangling between Democrats, Republicans and ...
NY attorney general says there is more proof banks violated mortgage pact
By Karen Freifeld, Reuters on May 24, 2013, at 8 p.m.
NEW YORK — New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said there is mounting evidence that Bank of America Corp., Wells Fargo and Co. and other banks violated the terms of a settlement designed to end mortgage servicing abuses. Schneiderman — who has said he plans to sue Bank of America ...
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Business Beat: Union Bagel Co. Opens on East End’s Cumberland Avenue
on May 24, 2013, at 7:53 p.m.
By Carol McCracken (Post # 1,428) It was almost closing time this afternoon at the brand new Union Bagel Co. and the bagel baskets were all but empty – only about 6 baked-on-site bagels remained unsold. In other words, THIRTY-FIVE dozen bagles were sold on the opening day of the company. It’s located ...
By the time new federal judge from Maine was confirmed, he ‘had no practice left’
PORTLAND, Maine — By the time the U.S. Senate got around to confirming attorney William Kayatta Jr. as a 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judge, he had done more than clean out his desk at the Portland law firm Pierce Atwood. In the nearly 13 months while his nomination ...
Millinocket company unearths logging history for niche market
By Darren Fishell, Mainebiz on May 24, 2013, at 6:47 p.m.
Nobody expected the waterlogged wood lining the bottom of Quakish Lake would become anything but pulp. But Tom Shafer is harvesting that wood for a new purpose. And it’s given him a new purpose, too. For two decades, Shafer chased down daily profits as a market maker on the floor ...
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Mainers killed in action honored at solemn State House ceremony
AUGUSTA, Maine — Cindy Small dug through a tangle of military dog tags from dead servicemen and women, looking for her son’s. It wasn’t an easy search. Chained to the state’s Battlefield Cross Memorial in the State House are the identification tags of 54 Mainers who have died in the ...
Ceremony at State House honors fallen Maine soldiers
Gov. Paul LePage and the Brig. Gen. James Campbell, adjutant general of the Maine National Guard, joined with the families of fallen soldiers on May 24, 2013, for a ceremony at the State House in Augusta.
Mount Desert Island elementary school wins national honor for healthy food program
MOUNT DESERT, Maine — You could call them State Food Champions. It’s not really a competition, but there are honorifics that come with being named the best in all of Maine. On Friday, Mount Desert Elementary School was honored as being the only school among the 600 or so public ...
Searsport chemical company expanding, joining forces with Mexican firm
SEARSPORT, Maine — A chemical manufacturing plant at the end of a dead-end road in Searsport and a Mexican chemical company are joining forces. Dalegip America Inc., based north of Mexico City with U.S. headquarters in Houston, will construct a total of 5,000 square feet of production space at GAC ...
Ellsworth to relocate basketball courts, despite cries from resident that they are unsafe
ELLSWORTH, Maine — The city will move forward with the relocation of public basketball courts into a residential area near its schools, despite the protest of some soon-to-be neighbors. The two courts on Oak Street will be relocated to Forest Avenue, placed on a city-owned parcel between Holt and Argonne ...
Former Bangor YMCA building sold to new dental technology school
University of Maine hockey job has been offered to former assistant Red Gendron
Bangor man charged with murder, escape from psychiatric hospital found not competent to stand trial
Bangor police seeking suspect in assault that left man face-down in road
After 27 years, a father continues to search for his daughter, presumed dead
Why is DHHS always asking for more money?
Maine GOP disappoints on Medicaid
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