Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Zak Ringelstein, who this week canceled a campaign tour of Maine to travel to the U.S.-Mexico border, was arrested Friday for refusing to leave a child detention center in Texas after being told he would not be allowed inside. “Zak is now a political prisoner of the Trump regime,” read a […]
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USM receives gift of 450,000 maps valued at $100 million
The University of Southern Maine has received what it describes as the largest gift in its history — mostly in the form of maps. Loosely valued at $100 million, Harold Osher of Portland is giving 450,000 maps to the Osher Map Library at USM, including a 1475 map of the Holy Land and the first […]
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At I-95 checkpoint, Border Patrol agents question drivers, passengers about citizenship
U.S. Border Patrol agents conducted an 11-hour vehicle checkpoint on Interstate 95 in eastern Maine on Wednesday, stopping southbound vehicles near Lincoln in Penobscot County to ask drivers and passengers for their citizenship and immigration status, and to search vehicles with sniffer dogs. Agents from the Houlton Border Patrol sector manned the checkpoint, arresting a […]
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Man finds rattlesnake under hood while trying to start car
HANCOCK, N.Y. (AP) — An upstate New York man trying to jump-start his car was greeted by an unusual sound coming from his engine — the rattle of a venomous timber rattlesnake. The man says the snake slithered across the engine block and curled up on the battery as he opened the hood of the […]
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Readfield woman who shot husband, says she still loves him, gets 5 years
AUGUSTA — Sally Ann Earl-Costello, 62, admits she shot her husband in the back with a 12-gauge shotgun at their Readfield home and that it was “horrible, unthinkable, terrible, criminal.” She apologized Thursday during her sentencing hearing at the Capital Judicial Center, saying she still loves her husband of 38 years. “With these hands that […]
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Donald Trump tells GOP to 'stop wasting their time' on immigration
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday told his fellow Republicans in Congress to “stop wasting their time” on immigration legislation until after November, dismissing his party’s struggle to surmount internal divisions. Trump’s tweets come just days after he insisted Congress act to resolve the problems at the U.S.-Mexico border. But stubborn differences between […]
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After would-be buyer arrested, Maine group eyes Saddleback
A group that once had been in negotiations to purchase Saddleback plans to approach the ski area’s owners about reviving those talks following the news Thursday that an Australian businessman who had entered an agreement to buy the resort was arrested and charged with fraud. “We see a path forward that can work and we […]
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Aquarius: Keep your life simple
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Donald Faison, 44; Carson Daly, 45; Cyndi Lauper, 65; Meryl Streep, 69. Happy Birthday: Know your boundaries and your limitations. Don’t chase an unrealistic dream or something someone else wants. Be true to yourself and follow through with the plans that will bring you the results you need to achieve […]
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Continuous glucose monitor
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 71-year-old Type 2 diabetic woman, but I find the glucose monitoring systems requiring blood samples so painful to use that I don’t test. At present, I get along by taking a 500-mg metformin tablet three times a day and having bloodwork done about twice a year. My last fasting […]
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Hostile countries gained access to Hillary emails
When the Justice Department inspector general’s report revealed that former FBI director James B. Comey had used a personal email account to conduct official business, Hillary Clinton claimed vindication. “But my emails,” she tweeted. Yes, Madam Secretary, your emails. In fact, the overlooked bombshell of the report is the inspector general’s confirmation that classified information […]