DALLAS (AP) — Ron Santo always kept rooting for the causes dearest to him — for his Chicago Cubs to win the World Series, for doctors to find a cure for diabetes and for him to reach the Hall of Fame.
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NHL: Bruins topple Penguins
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Gregory Campbell, Benoit Pouliot and Tyler Seguin scored, Tim Thomas stopped 45 shots, and the surging Boston Bruins kept rolling with a 3-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday night.
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Decision expected soon on Occupy Augusta
BANGOR — An attorney representing Occupy Augusta participants argued in federal court Monday that the group’s physical encampment, and the act of occupying a public space, is an essential part of its message.
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HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Mt. Blue prepares for season in small gym
FARMINGTON — If you go to a Mt. Blue High School home basketball game this season, prepare for a packed house.
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New rules for Maine schools
AUGUSTA — State officials are looking for public input as they craft new systems of accountability for schools and educators.
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Collins, Snowe stall on consumer chief pick
WASHINGTON — A new federal agency can’t protect consumers properly from financial industry abuses such as sky-high payday loans or overly risky mortgages unless Senate Republicans agree to confirm its director, two White House officials said Monday.
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New Hampshire fugitive urged to turn himself in
Authorities are urging an escaped convict who scaled a fence topped with razor wire and may now be armed with a gun and on the run in York County to surrender to police before he or someone else gets hurt.
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Men sentenced for Hartland crimes
SKOWHEGAN — Two men were sentenced recently for separate crimes committed this summer in Hartland.
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COLLEGE NOTEBOOK: Maine preparing for tricky offense
ORONO — Georgia Southern is ranked third in the national poll, and seeded third in the NCAA Football Championship Sub-Division (FCS) playoffs.
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Judge denies bail for Mercier
SKOWHEGAN — The man accused of killing Rita St. Peter was a suspect for more than 31 years, but it wasn’t until recently that police matched his DNA with semen found at the scene of her death in Anson, a prosecutor said.