Pictures of the Day: Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012

Posted Dec. 20, 2012, at 10:58 p.m.

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People look at an illuminated Christmas tree in Usaquen Park in Bogota, Colombia, during the annual Festival de Navidad (Festival of Christmas) celebrations on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2012.

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People look at an illuminated Christmas tree in Usaquen Park in Bogota, Colombia, during the annual Festival de Navidad (Festival of Christmas) celebrations on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2012.

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Thalia Eddyblouin, 13, stirs a can of paint in the Maine Maritime Museum's boat shop in Bath on Friday.

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<a href=”http://bangordailynews.com/2013/05/17/news/penobscot/elver-fishermen-flocking-to-the-penobscot-river/”>Search and rescue volunteers and Maine wardens</a> search woods along Hudson Road in Glenburn on Friday for any clues about missing 15-year-old Nichole Cable.

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Kim Latour, of Legacy Property Sotheby's International Reality's Brunswick office, shows a house on Back Narrows Road in in Boothbay on Thursday. Latour said she's seen an upswing in home sales of late, with some properties selling within hours of going on the market.

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Brewer's Emily Gilmore (right) slides to third base, beating the tag by Oxford Hills' Jordyn Sanborn during the game in Brewer on Friday. Gabor Degre / BDN

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Jen Sinsabaugh of Naples, a member of Wilderness Rescue Team, goes through an area of woods off of Hudson Road on Friday with about 25 other people searching for clues leading to missing 15-year-old Nichole Cable.

Search continues for missing Glenburn teenager

The CARA program, Criminogenic Addiction Recovery Academy, at the Kennebec County Correctional Facility was started in 2010 to address the criminal thinking associated with drug addiction. Participants in the program are habitual offenders and come from jails across the state. They are segregated from the general population and placed in their own unit for five-and-a-half weeks. They are expected to adhere to a strict set of rules and participate in extensive group therapy and class work that addresses the root of their substance abuse.

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Vince Neil and the Motley Crue backup singers entertain the crowd at the first 2013 Waterfront Concert series show on the Bangor Waterfront on Thursday.

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John Bapst pitcher Nolan Webber pitches against MDI on Friday at Husson University.

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A Maine Department of Transportation worker watches as a truck carrying a 286-ton electrical transformer across a bridge in downtown Searsport on Wednesday, May 15, 2013. Central Maine Power was moving the transformer from a cargo ship in Searsport to a new substation in Windsor. The journey is expected to take until Thursday and include several stops to reinforce bridges. Maine state police, local law enforcement, and the Maine Department of Transportation coordinated to ensure the passage of the massive transformer and the 16-axle truck that carried it.

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Ron Davis, founder of the Orono Bog Boardwalk, walks along the boardwalk he planned and built with more than 100 volunteers in 2002 and 2003 on May 14, 2013.

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<a href="http://bangordailynews.com/video/catapults-for-math-modeling/?ref=search">Brewer High School</a> and United Technology Center students fired off a couple catapults that were built as part of a math project Tuesday.

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Old Town's Adam Boucher (right) tags Foxcroft Academy's Forrest Law as he was trying to steal third base during the game in Dover-Foxcroft Tuesday afternoon.

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Nichole Cable, 15, of Glenburn

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