ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Scott Feldman, starting after Roy Oswalt was scratched with back tightness, threw seven strong innings to lead the Texas Rangers to a 9-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Monday night.
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Storytelling a developing art form in western Maine
FARMINGTON — Finding 15 minutes of fame and one family’s 20-mile wintertime journey two centuries ago to settle near Rangeley Lake were all part of the weekend Western Maine Storytelling Festival.
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Maine Department of Transportation plan for Western Avenue upgrades criticized at Augusta meeting
AUGUSTA — A proposal to rebuild a heavily traveled section of Western Avenue doesn’t go far enough or start soon enough for some property owners.
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State Department of Environmental Protection to revisit permitting for Oxford casino
PORTLAND — Maine’s newest casino will remain open while environmental officials revisit the permit review process less than two months after the casino opened for business, officials said Monday.
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Enforcement of Wayne fireworks ban lacking
WAYNE — Consumer fireworks have been illegal in town for the last five months, and some people have failed to comply with the local ordinance, officials say.
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Biddeford man found with guns influenced by Colorado ‘Dark Knight’ massacre
PORTLAND — A Biddeford man who was pulled over Sunday on the Maine Turnpike with an AK-47 assault rifle, several semi-automatic handguns and news clippings about the Colorado theater shootings in his car remained in jail Monday in lieu of $50,000 cash bail.
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Some Maine Republicans now supporting same-sex marriage
In 2009, Pittsfield Republican state Rep. Stacey Fitts voted with the majority of his caucus against a bill that allowed same-sex marriage in Maine. Fitts later stayed out of the fight that overturned the law.
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Annual Kneading Conference starts Thursday in Skowhegan
SKOWHEGAN — The Skowhegan Fairgrounds will be transformed this week into an international village of grain growers, bakers, millers and bread lovers for the sixth annual Kneading Conference.
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Meat supplier Cargill declines to name stores besides Hannaford that received tainted beef tied to salmonella
Most of the near 30,000 pounds of ground beef recalled Sunday by Cargill Beef was supplied to Hannaford Supermarkets, but it remained unclear Monday afternoon what other stores sold the meat that’s linked to a salmonella outbreak last month.
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Navy: Sub worker set fire so he could leave early
PORTLAND — A civilian laborer set a fire that caused $400 million in damage to a nuclear-powered submarine because he had anxiety and wanted to get out of work early, Navy investigators said Monday.