The Supreme Court signaled Wednesday that it could throw out other key parts of President Barack Obama’s health care law if it first finds the individual insurance requirement unconstitutional.
March 2012
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East-west highway bill passes, goes to governor
The bill approves $300,000 to study the feasibility of a Maine highway to connect New Brunswick with Quebec.
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Plow driver, wife charged in Vt. teacher’s death
Court documents say a plow driver and his wife lured a beloved teacher from her home by pretending their vehicle had broke down, and then beat and strangled her before throwing her naked body into a river.
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Pingree, Schneider unsure how Supreme Court will rule on health law
U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, is a proponent of the law, while William Schneider, the state’s attorney general and a Republican U.S. Senate candidate, opposes it.
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Gray-New Gloucester teacher killed in crash on way to work
Elizabeth Polletto, a band teacher at Gray New Gloucester Middle School, is killed following a two-car crash on Route 100 in Gray
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FairPoint, police launch effort to prevent scams on the elderly
A telephone scam originating from Jamaica has bilked elderly residents in northern New England out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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OOB officials pursue cruise-ship business
The town plans to bus cruise ship passengers from Portland starting next year.
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Landlord cleared in Lewiston boy’s lead poisoning
A lawyer for the boy’s parents argued that the apartment’s owners should have replaced windows that created dust that contained lead paint. They were asking for $11 million.
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Magic Johnson group to buy Dodgers for record $2B
A group that includes the former Lakers star and longtime baseball executive Stan Kasten agrees to buy the Dodgers from Frank McCourt.
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Friends’ fishing trip ends in tragedy; only 1 survives
The survivor recounts the harrowing Gulf saga and the last 30 hours of a man who had been his best friend for 25 years.