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October 2012
Maine election commission to hear from public
The Commission to Study the Conduct of Elections in Maine is holding a hearing today at a Lewiston High School.
Dead Poets founder halfway to grave goal
Walter Skold will visit the gravesite of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s brother Samuel at Portland’s Western Cemetery today.
Lewiston police search for suspect in stabbing
Investigators said they have leads in the case and an arrest is expected.
Maine man gets 30 years for killing dad
Defense lawyers say Angelo Licata suffered from mental illness and lashed out at his father after years of abuse at the hands of his father.
Suspect in Bangor car murders fights extradition to Maine
Acting on a tip, a tactical team arrests Nicholas Sexton in Brockton, Mass.
Video: Romney, Obama tangle over health care law
Republican Mitt Romney is vowing to repeal President Barack Obama’s health care law, saying it adds costs to the health system and has led to midecare cuts. Obama counters he based the law on Romney’s own plan when he was governor.
Many watch debate; some are pleased, few are moved
Pollsters say most Americans have already decided who they’ll vote for but plenty of viewers tuned in anyway.
NY teens paying to store cellphones while at school
The trucks that collect the cellphones have their own safety issues – one was held up in the Bronx in June, and some 200 students lost their phones.
Off-camera: What you didn’t see at debates
DENVER — Most voters watched the debate on the television and didn’t get to see what happened before and after President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney took the stage. And even then, some of the nonverbal exchanges were lost in broadcast. Here’s what those viewers missed: ___ Outside the hall Not everyone was a […]