Committee to examine options
March 2012
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Gingrich: Romney weakest GOP front-runner since 1920
Newt Gingrich says Mitt Romney is the weakest GOP front-runner since 1920, but his sizeable campaign fund allows him to run well in races where his rivals don’t have the resources to campaign.
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Snowe’s retirement repeats Maine history
A popular senator considered a cinch for re-election shocks the establishment by deciding not to run. Overnight, dozens jump into the fray. Sound familiar? It’s happened in Maine before.
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Remains of 167 people found in Mexican cave
Authorities have found the remains of 167 people in a southern Mexican cave, and forensic experts believe the remains are at least 50 years old.
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Freedom: Corporations aren’t people
FREEDOM — A majority of residents at the annual Town Meeting on Saturday expressed their dissatisfaction with corporate funding of political campaigns when they took a non-binding vote in support of abolishing corporate personhood.
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Police try to determine who pulled trigger in Lamoine
One man is dead and three others wounded, one critically, following a shooting early Sunday morning outside a single-family home in Lamoine.
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U.S. soldier opens fire on Afghan villagers, kills 16
A U.S. soldier walked from house to house early Sunday morning and executed Afghani women and children as they slept.
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New Maine group to promote responsible gambling
With casino gambling expanding in Maine, a new group’s being formed to generate awareness about the dangers of problem gambling.
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Japan marks 1 year since quake, tsunami disaster
With moments of silence and prayers, Japan on Sunday was remembering the massive earthquake and tsunami that killed 19,000 people and wiped out entire towns. 325,000 people are still homeless.
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SNAPSHOT: Eggs-cellent
Cecelia “Cissy” Bronn of Vassalboro decorates a tree with Easter eggs at her home on Saturday. Bronn said she decorates the tree every year and hosts an Easter egg hunt for her four grandkids each Easter morning.