He’s a threat to Republicans’ efforts to retake the Senate, a Senate GOP chairman tells him.
August 2012
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Parties mark 50th birthday of Baxter State Park
PORTLAND — On Aug. 6, 1962, former Gov. Percival Baxter acquired his 28th and final parcel of land in northern Maine, fulfilling a lifelong dream of creating a park around Mount Katahdin.
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Baby-sitter saves the day in Belgrade fire; home destroyed
No one was harmed in the blaze, but the family lost “irreplaceable” belongings in the house they’d just moved into three weeks ago.
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Poor funding may close Sacred Heart Soup Kitchen
What happens in the next week will determine if the kitchen remains open on a month-to-month basis as donations allow or closes as planned on Sept. 1.
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Five injured, one flown to hospital from Benton head-on collision
A Toyota Prius collided with a Chevrolet Cavalier on Bangor Road just before 6 p.m.
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SNAPSHOT: Cuke Hunt
CUKE HUNT: Justin Sawyer, right, and Kevin Whitten search for cucumbers and squash Monday beneath the leaves in Whitten’s garden in Manchester. The men were taking a break from stacking hay bales together to inspect produce that Whitten has cultivated this summer.
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Candidates debate long-distance
President Obama holds a surprise briefing as Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan appear in New Hampshire.
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I-295 exit near Freeport closed for road repairs
Exit 24 is expected to reopen by 6 a.m. Tuesday.
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Red Sox LF Carl Crawford to have season-ending surgery
Boston Red Sox outfielder Carl Crawford will have season-ending surgery Thursday on his left elbow.
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After rape comments, Missouri congressman fights to save Senate bid
Rep. Todd Akin fought to salvage his U.S. Senate campaign Monday, even as members of his own party turned against him.