Every country competing in London will include women athletes for the first time in Olympic history.
July 2012
Mass. state trooper shoots driver at traffic stop
The man was inside his vehicle and the trooper was outside of his cruiser at the time of the shooting.
Police: NH man hit woman with car, fled with baby
The boy was unharmed and was returned to his mother.
Thief steals 67 bags of ice from Maine store
The ice valued at about $75 was stolen from an ice chest outside a Lewiston supermarket.
Potent form of common illness killing hundreds in Asia
They sometimes suffer high fever, brain swelling, paralysis and respiratory shutdown, even though they may have been infected by people with few or no symptoms.
Biden tells NAACP Obama stands by convictions
The vice president details differences between Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney on health care, education, energy, women’s rights and research.
2 Maine prison escapees recaptured
Randall Moulton, 20, and Phillip Gardiner, 25, now face up to an additional five years each for escaping.
Change of command ceremony for Coast Guard vessel
The 110-foot patrol boat Jefferson Island has been based in Portland since its commissioning in 1991.
Maine man pleads guilty to oxycodone trafficking
Drug agents say they found $3,400 worth of oxycodone in an Ellsworth man’s vehicle after he returned from the home of his grandfather,
Police Report July 11
AUGUSTA TUESDAY At 5:14 p.m., there was a report of a burglary from a vehicle parked on Water Street. 5:53 p.m., there was a report of intoxicated people at Lithgow Library on Winthrop Street. 6:58 p.m., there was a report of a dog at large on Northern Avenue. 7:30 p.m., a 30-year-old Augusta woman was […]