Meeting for the 19th time since the debt crisis exploded, leaders agree they will let indebted governments funnel bailout money directly to struggling banks as well.
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Coast Guard rescues 9 teens off Cape Cod
A Coast Guard officer said the teens should have been wearing life jackets – but were not.
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Missing N.H. toddler found sleeping in marsh
A Fish and Game officer finds the 19-month-old boy about a quarter-mile from the family’s campsite.
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Man under arrest after standoff at Maine home
The incident began after the man was accused of assaulting a woman in Orono.
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Maine Catholic leader wants health law changes
The Catholic Church opposed passage of the Affordable Care Act because it allows use of federal funds to pay for elective abortions.
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Navy continues investigation of USS Miami fire
Early estimates put the damage at $400 million after a fire that started in a vacuum cleaner got out of control May 23.
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MLB: Hernandez Ks 13, Mariners beat Sox in 9th
SEATTLE (AP) — Felix Hernandez matched his career high with 13 strikeouts in a brilliant five-hit complete game and John Jaso’s pinch-hit single in the bottom of the ninth scored Casper Wells to give the Seattle Mariners a 1-0 win over the Boston Red Sox on Thursday night.
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NBA DRAFT: Celtics pick Sullinger, Melo
BOSTON (AP) — Jared Sullinger had back problems. Fab Melo’s troubles came in the classroom. The BostonCeltics hope the two big men they drafted on Thursday night will help fix some of their issues on the court.
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SNAPSHOT: The one that got away
Jake, right, 9, Parker, 5, and Scott MacMaster row back to shore Wednesday after fishing on Pleasant Pond in Litchfield. Jake caught three yellow perch, Parker caught five yellow perch and their father’s got away when the elder MacMaster dropped his fishing pole on the pond.
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Trooper, bystanders thwart robbery
WINTHROP — A Baptist missionary with a football background made a key tackle Thursday afternoon, helping police apprehend a suspect in a foiled Manchester bank robbery.