Mick Pratt thinks drawing attention to a political candidate’s video gaming habit is sort of like telling folks not to vote for someone because they go to football games with their bodies painted New England Patriots’ colors.

SKOWHEGAN — A Detroit man who admitted to killing his father in July 2011 in Cambridge has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s top international trade official has agreed to look into whether a Canadian financial package to restart a Nova Scotia paper mill violates trade agreements and threatens Maine papermaking jobs.

KENNEBUNK — Police are preparing to charge suspected johns of an alleged prostitution operation based at a downtown fitness studio now that the two key figures have been indicted.

Oil prices are going up as fast as the leaves are changing color, and local dealers say the best way to take the sting out of the hike is to lock into a plan early.