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    November 30, 2011

    Move by central banks exhilarates Wall Street

    The Dow rises 4.2 percent to close at 12,045 – the Dow's biggest gain since March 2009.

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    November 30, 2011

    SNAPSHOT: Sturgeon hunters

    STURGEON HUNTERS: Maine Department of Marine Resources biologists Gail Wipplehauser, left, Jason Valliere and Jason Bartlett search for SNAP Monday on a computer they used to track the fish with a sonar while floating on the Kennebec River between Gardiner and Randolph. The scientists were hoping to determine why the shortnose and Atlantic sturgeon tagged […]

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    November 30, 2011

    Domestic violence report shows safety net weak spots

    Amy Bagley Lake knew her husband was dangerous, so she did everything possible to protect herself and her two children.

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    November 30, 2011

    Snowe, Collins in midst of payroll tax debate

    WASHINGTON -- Maine's Republican senators say they support extending a Social Security payroll tax cut into next year, but don't like Senate Democrats' plan to pay for it by raising taxes on millionaires.

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    November 30, 2011

    MaineToday Media requesting access in Cutler case

    The MaineToday Media is seeking to unseal records in a high-profile court case involving a political operative who was fined by Maine's ethics commission for failing to disclose the creators of a website that attacked a gubernatorial candidate.

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    November 30, 2011

    Sidney sets date for pipeline meeting

    SIDNEY -- A date is set for a public meeting on a proposed tax increment financing deal with Kennebec Valley Gas Company.

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    November 30, 2011

    KENNEBEC JOURNAL BOYS CROSS COUNTRY RUNNER OF THE YEAR: Messalonskee senior makes a force at championship meets

    Harlow Ladd's goals for his senior season were simple: Set a personal record and stay healthy.

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    November 30, 2011

    Grant will aid new health insurance marketplace

    Maine's effort to create a new health insurance marketplace for individuals and small businesses got a $6 million boost Tuesday from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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    November 30, 2011

    2 men shot dead in Dover-Foxcroft

    DOVER-FOXCROFT -- Two men were shot to death Tuesday morning -- one of them by a state trooper -- in a series of events that began at a nursing home and ended at the Piscataquis Valley Fairgrounds.

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    November 30, 2011

    Thursday’s council vote could close paving plant

    AUGUSTA -- A planned City Council vote Thursday could effectively shut down a West River Road paving plant that some neighbors say creates an unbearable stink.