British researchers find that Cabot Cove, with a fictional population of 3,500, had a shocking murder rate of 1,490 per million.

A police log item on page B3 Tuesday incorrectly reported that teens and young adults charged Saturday at a Wayne party were told to clean up bottles and cans in lieu of appearing in court. The partygoers were ordered to clean up the cans and bottles. Those who were charged will have a chance to participate in the Landowner Appreciation Clean-up Day program, which would allow them to do community service in lieu of appearing in court and facing financial penalties. It was an editor’s error.

Today we examine the art of cooking up your own junk news.

Health officials are waiting this week to learn whether two people in southern Maine have been infected with West Nile virus.

A sperm whale carcass, retrieved last week from Frenchman Bay near Bar Harbor, was dismembered as part of a necropsy of the gigantic marine mammal conducted Monday by researchers near Bar Harbor.

WATERVILLE — Quick thinking by pharmacy clerks Tuesday morning and recent training sessions with police led to the arrest of two robbery suspects and the recovery of stolen drugs.