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CORRECTION

HALLOWELL — Spectrum Generations will offer a free lunch to veterans at three of its community centers on Nov. 10. Because of a source error, the date was incorrect in Friday’s Kennebec Journal.

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17 dead in attack on NATO convoy

KABUL, Afghanistan — A Taliban suicide bomber rammed a vehicle loaded with explosives into an armored NATO bus Saturday on a busy thoroughfare in Kabul, killing 17 people, including a dozen Americans, in the deadliest strike against the U.S.-led coalition in the Afghan capital since the war began.

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Homeless veterans receive some help

TOGUS — Zachary Parent got his flu vaccine and then marched into the doctor’s office for a check up. The 24-year-old homeless Army veteran from Rockland attended the 14th annual Maine Homeless Veterans Stand Down on Saturday at the Veterans’ medical center at Togus.

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‘Hobby farm’ couple do part, feed hungry

It’s not uncommon for someone to show up at the Bread of Life Soup Kitchen in Augusta with a bag full of fresh broccoli, tomatoes or other leftovers from their garden. In recent months, however, Glenn and Rachel Powers have taken that kind of community support to a whole new level.

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D.C. BEAT: Snowe says LIHEAP funding insufficient

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s release of funding for a heating assistance program that aids low-income Mainers was criticized Friday by Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, who said it doesn’t go far enough.