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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.

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

Workers’ compensation change in Maine caps benefits

If the litmus test for a compromise is it makes no one happy, then it’s mission accomplished for a bill to restructure Maine’s workers’ compensation ...

Rural Piscataquis County pins economic hopes on new fiber-optic Internet spine

Before 2011, Nicole Snow had moved in and out of 10 communities in a five-year period to keep up with her husband Michael’s engineering job. ...

Two Maine firms make national ‘top 100′ lists

Two construction-related Maine companies have been listed in the top 100 nationwide for the work they do, in terms of 2011 revenues. It’s the first ...

Orono town manager cleared to sign contract for designer of downtown landmark

ORONO, Maine — Town Manager Sophie Wilson said she plans to sign a contract within the next week that will allow the Bangor’s WBRC Architects-Engineers ...

Bank of America names new state president for Maine

Bank of America said Tuesday it has named Bill Williamson as a new state president for its Maine banks. Williamson is a Maine native and ...

In this May, 26, 2010 file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg talks about the social network site's new privacy settings in Palo Alto, Calif. Zuckerberg and other executives addressed about 200 prospective investors Friday, May 10, 2012 at a hotel luncheon in Silicon Valley. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Facebook raises IPO price as offering nears

NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook on Tuesday increased the price range at which it plans to sell stock to the public, as investor enthusiasm in ...

‘Crowd labor’ helps spur social networking revolution

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The job didn’t pay much: four bucks an hour if you really hustled. But for Catherine Fraser, a recent community college ...

Jacob Manheimer (second from left) conducts an auction Monday, May 14, 2012 of the former Village NetMedia newspaper printing plant in Rockland. The successful bidder at this auction, and a second one held 90 minutes later in Camden, was The First bank represented by James Folsom (second from right). The only other person to submit a bid at the Rockland auction was David Bird (sitting).

Bank reclaims former Village Soup-related properties

ROCKLAND, Maine — The First bank submitted the highest bids in two separate auctions Monday for properties that had been used as collateral for Village ...

Amtrak expansion celebrated in Freeport, Brunswick

FREEPORT, Maine — Transportation officials on Monday celebrated the opening of two train platforms ahead of the expansion of passenger rail service northward in Maine. ...