Vermont U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy is renewing his fascination with the Caped Crusader by appearing in a scene in the next Batman movie, ‘The Dark Knight Rises,’ which will get its first public showing in Vermont.

Of the 35 million Americans expected to travel by car this Fourth of July, a good chunk will reach for technology before an old-time paper map.

He was a singer, an actor, a stand-up comic and once even a schoolteacher, but we knew him best for creating Mayberry, the Camelot in bib overalls on “The Andy Griffith Show.”

Michael Hein, 42, was sentenced to seven days in jail for willful violation of the Maine Clean Election Act.

A person familiar with the schedule says free agent guard Ray Allen – who the Boston Celtics hope to re-sign – will visit with LeBron James and the NBA champion Miami Heat on Thursday.

State Police say the adoptive son thought his mother was possessed by the devil, and he was trying to cast out the evil.