the White House has sent a memo to House and Senate Democrats pressing them to go on the offensive after the Supreme Court’s health care ruling.
2012
Aerosol can explodes in campfire, injuring mom, son
The state Fire Marshal’s Office says the 28-year-old mother and her 11-year-old are hospitalized with severe burns to their faces.
S. Portland motorcyclist dies after crash near jetport
Scott McDonald, 55, of South Portland, was riding his motorcycle on Johnson Road when a car pulled in front of him to make a U-turn, police said.
HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: Dionne resigns after arrest
Kori Dionne has resigned as the girls basketball coach and girls soccer coach at Nokomis Regional High School following her arrest earlier this month.
Ayla Reynolds reward offer to end on Saturday
Police say it appears the $30,000 reward for information leading to the missing toddler will go unclaimed.
Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes call it quits
Cruise, 49, wed the 33-year-old Holmes in 2006 in an Italian castle after publicly declaring his love on Oprah Winfrey’s television show.
TSA fires 8 air marshals for drinking
None of the marshals was scheduled for flight duty the day of the drinking, but the TSA says consumption of alcohol is forbidden anytime they are on the job.
DEP says Maine beaches cleanest in years
In 2011, the DEP found that the number of days when beaches were posted because of high bacteria levels decreased by almost 50 percent from the previous year.
Woman charged with drunk driving in Freeport crash
Susan Muniak, 45, is arrested following the collision that injured two others.
Earth’s timekeepers adding leap second Saturday night
The fix is needed because it now takes the Earth about two milliseconds longer to rotate on its axis – the definition of a day – than it took 100 years ago,