PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – The Maine Department of Transportation is warning motorists that drunken-driving on St. Patrick’s Day could “cost you a pot of gold.” That’s one of the illuminated signs flashing messages along Maine’s interstates. Others say, “Tipsy from whiskey? Driving is too risky!” and “Don’t rely on luck. Get a sober driver!” Between 2013 and […]
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Donald Trump offers US assistance after ‘horrible massacre’ in New Zealand
In a tweet, the president said “49 innocent people have so senselessly died.”
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L.L. Bean restores bonuses for its employees
The Maine-based retailer’s board on Friday awarded performance bonuses of 5 percent of pay for workers. after revenues grew by 1 percent.
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After ‘unmanageable’ son is sent to Harpswell school seclusion room, mother pushes back on social media
HARPSWELL — A Topsham mother says she’s upset and worried about children’s safety after her sons were sent to an isolated “quiet room” in Harpswell Community School when they became “unmanageable.” Kendele Ouellette said her oldest son has been diagnosed with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and suffers from anxiety. During the last school year his medication had to […]
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Obama officials failed to focus as fentanyl burned its way across America
Despite mounting deaths and warnings, the administration did not take extraordinary measures to confront an extraordinary crisis, experts say.
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Lewiston man killed while driving taxi in Westbrook
WESTBROOK — Police in Maine say the results of an investigation into a deadly traffic crash involving a taxi and a pickup truck will not likely be available for weeks. The crash happened Monday morning on the border of Scarborough and Westbrook. It killed 39-year-old Hassan Idris Ali of Lewiston, who was driving the taxi, […]
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Mammoth cloning project takes a step forward
New findings indicate that the resurrection of mammoths is not a fantasy, a research team including members from Kindai University is saying, after cell nuclei extracted from the 28,000-year-old remains of a woolly mammoth were discovered to retain some function. When placed in the ova of mice, the nuclei developed to a state just before […]
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FBI accuses wealthy parents, including celebrities, in college-entrance bribery scheme
Authorities say the defendants used “bribery and other forms of fraud” to facilitate their children’s admission schools such as Georgetown, Yale and Stanford.
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Canadian brothers freed after ‘stupid’ stunt causing chaos at Canada-US border
The blue 1967 Buick Skylark would have been perfect for an all-American road trip. But Damien Roy, 22, and Bailey Roy, 21, never got that far. Before the two brothers could even cross the Canadian border, drones, helicopters, police dogs and a SWAT team surrounded their car. From 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Oct. […]
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Nancy Pelosi: ‘I’m not for impeachment’
In an interview with The Washington Post, the House Speaker also said Trump is unfit to be president.