The Northeast, with lower religious participation, was the least generous to charities, with the six New England states filling the last six slots among the 50 states.
August 2012
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Waterville and Clinton police logs, Aug. 19 and 20
Assault, criminal trespass, shoplifter
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Palmyra grandparents plead for teen’s return
Sanborn Quimby says his 15-year-old granddaughter, Harley McGinnis, left the family’s Palmyra home early Thursday morning.
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Your ad here? NY brothers promote toilet-paper ads
The concept’s aim is to advertise to “a really captive audience.”
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Off-duty firefighter saves driver from fire in NH
Rich Edgecomb heard what sounded like a tree hitting his house on Sunday and instead found the burning car with the driver trapped inside.
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Maine gas prices up 4 cents per gallon
Current prices are more than 14 cents per gallon higher than they were at the same time last year.
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Cuba-to-Fla. swimmer Nyad plows on after storm
Diana Nyad’s team tweets that she’s “swimming strong” in calm seas at 50 strokes per minute.
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Hunt for answers in Hollywood director’s death
Before jumping off a bridge Sunday, Tony Scott worked with Hollywood’s top actors, including Tom Cruise, Denzel Washington, Will Smith and Robert Redford.
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In NH, Romney raps Obama for attacks on tax plans
“It seems that the first victim of an Obama campaign is the truth,” Romney told about 3,000 people at an outdoor rally in Manchester.
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Bangor homicide victims had been at a gathering
Authorities have identified all three of the people found dead inside a burning car as Maine residents.