The result suggests that the economy will continue to expand, slowly but steadily.
April 2012
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Former DeCoster worker files lawsuit
Leo Sierra Flores says that he wasn’t paid correctly for working overtime at the Turner egg farm.
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Dutch judge upholds ban on foreigners buying pot
The Dutch government says the move is justified as a way of cracking down on so-called “drug tourists,” effectively couriers who drive over the border from neighboring Belgium and Germany to buy large amounts of marijuana and take it home to resell.
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US to remove 9,000 Marines from Okinawa
The troops will be moved to other locations in the Pacific such as Guam and Hawaii.
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6 sentenced for Lewiston-area crime spree
Sentences ranged from one year to 24 years for the January 2011 spree that included three home invasions and plans to steal heroin and crack cocaine.
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Study: Most victims knew Ala. twisters were coming
A year after the onslaught of dozens of twisters killed at least 250 people in the South, a federal study finds nearly half of the people who died had been advised to take shelter. Indeed, most of them did.
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White House threatens to veto GOP student loan bill
The GOP-written package would cover its $5.9 billion cost by plucking money from a preventive health fund established in President Obama’s health care overhaul law.
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Wis. animal shelter to open, thanks to cat with 26 toes
Cat with genetic mutation helps a Milwaukee animal rescue center buy a new building.
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Protesters at US party conventions could pack heat
Concealed weapons are legal in Florida and North Carolina, where this year’s Republican and Democratic national conventions will take place.
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Body of woman found floating in Piscataqua River
The woman, believed to be in her mid-50s, was found south of the Memorial Bridge, near the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.