SOFTBALL Eastern A Bangor 6, Skowhegan 5, 9 innings Oxford Hills 7, Erskine 2 Eastern B Nokomis 3, Medomak Valley 2, 9 innings Western B Gray-New Gloucester 3, Maranacook 2, 8 innings Western C Dirigo 7, Hall-Dale 1 Madison 22, Wiscasset 0, 5 innings Sacopee Valley 3, Monmouth 1 BASEBALL Eastern A Erskine 1, Cony […]
June 2012
Waterville defeats Gardiner 11-1
Waterville Senior High School shortstop Matt Lee, 4, dives for a ball in the fourth inning against Gardiner High School in the Eastern Class B regional quarter finals game at Waterville High School Thursday. Waterville defeated Gardiner 11-1.
Feds step up effort to combat distracted driving
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood calls texting and cellphone use while driving “a national epidemic.”
CDC: Older teens often text behind the wheel
An anonymous national survey conducted last year found that 58 percent of high school seniors said they had texted or emailed while driving during the previous month.
Bernanke signals no imminent steps to aid economy
The Federal Reserve chief sketched a hopeful outlook in testimony to a congressional panel today and sends no signals that the Fed will take further steps soon to aid the economy.
Sea Dogs fall to BaySox, 7-5
Portland held leads of 2-0, 3-2 and 4-3, but allowed the BaySox to tie it every time.
Feds break international child porn operation
More than 20 suspects have been captured in nine states, and authorities are investigating yet more elsewhere in the U.S., as well as Sweden, Serbia, the Netherlands and the U.K.
Man accused of robbery try says he was sleepwalking
A Connecticut man was arrested on March 18 after a woman told police he flashed a knife and tried to grab her purse while the two were alone in an elevator.
Clemens prosecutor challenges McNamee’s wife’s account
A prosecutor asks Eileen McNamee, the estranged wife of Clemens’ chief accuser, about a 2009 statement to the FBI that seems to contradict her trial testimony on Wednesday.