It’s the third-largest opening ever for a movie. Only “The Dark Knight” and the final “Harry Potter” film had more successful debuts.
March 2012
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CVS robbed, police looking for suspect
WATERVILLE — Police are looking for a man who robbed CVS Pharmacy on Kennedy Memorial Drive at about 2:30 p.m. Sunday. A store clerk described the man as 19 or 20 years old, about 5 foot 3 inches tall with dark complexion — possibly from a tan, according to dispatch reports. The man was wearing […]
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Obama squeezes N. Korea to change, China to help
Trying to muscle North Korea toward peace over provocation, President Barack Obama is broadening his squeeze play from the heart of this tensely divided peninsula, pressuring China to show more influence and warning North Korea that it is headed toward a crippling “dead end” of isolation.
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Maine Maple Sunday draws big crowds
Some sugar houses offered ice cream with maple syrup, hay rides and the company of farm animals. But the overall outlook wasn’t good.
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Police log for March 25, 2012
IN CANAAN, Saturday at 8:03 a.m., fire units responded to a brush fire on Walker Hill Road. IN FAIRFIELD, Friday at 1:05 p.m., suspicious activity was investigated on Skowhegan Road. On Saturday at 3:05 p.m., theft was investigated on Summit Street. 8:45 p.m., a bonfire was investigated on Crosby Street. 10:19 p.m., threatening was reported […]
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D’Amboise sharpens attack in 6-way Maine GOP primary
D’Amboise called his Republican opponents “carpetbaggers” who didn’t have the courage to run against Olympia Snowe. D’Amboise is facing Attorney General William Schneider and State Treasurer Bruce Poliquin, among others.
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TELEGRAM SPECIAL REPORT
Late last year, salmonella from tainted ground beef sickened at least 20 people – maybe hundreds more — and led to a large recall of Hannaford beef. How did this happen? Read our special investigative report.
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Afghans: U.S. paid $50,000 per death in shooting spree
The United States has paid the affected families $50,000 in compensation for each Afghan killed in last week’s massacre of mostly women and children by a U.S. soldier.
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Maine wildlife officials offer moose-watching tips
Officials say the best times of day to see moose are at dawn or dusk — the animals spend the warmest part of the day in the woods.
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Police find missing Waldo County teenager
Adam Powell, 16, has been missing since Saturday.