Forty percent of all registered voters are independents — the highest figure since Gallup started keeping track half a century ago.
2012
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DANA MILBANK: Modern Republican ideas aren’t in their revered leader’s DNA
When news broke that a vial of Ronald Reagan’s blood was being auctioned online, the price quickly jumped to $30,000 as websites and blogs explored a tantalizing possibility: Did this mean the late president could be cloned?
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Poliquin has drive, dedication, determination
On June 12, my vote will help send Bruce Poliquin to the U.S. Senate. As state treasurer, Poliquin has repeatedly shown a focused regard and respect for the value of taxpayer dollars. His leadership in exposing and ending wasteful spending and abuse, first at the Maine Turnpike Authority and later at the Maine State Housing […]
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SIDELINES: Now it’s Paul’s turn
Paul Mitchell’s brothers each have something named after them. George, the former United States Senator, has a school in Waterville that bears his name. John, an assistant basketball coach at Colby College for decades, shares the school’s basketball court with longtime head coach Dick Whitmore.
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HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS SINGLES STATE TOURNAMENT: O’Donnell loses in quarters
WATERVILLE — Waterville’s Colleen O’Donnell said she tends to get down after losing a set. But at the state singles tournament, feeling sorry for yourself can get you knocked out in a hurry. When O’Donnell lost the second set of her Round of 16 match to Hampden’s Ashley Woodside, there was no time for moping.
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COMMENTARY: The Internet lets us live forever
During my daily news consumption, I recently bumped into a cute story that seemed a bit familiar. The story was a suggestion to switch to an 18-cent coin.
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Md. governor, Cleland top bill for convention
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley and former Georgia Sen. Max Cleland will top the list of speakers at next weekend’s Democratic State Convention in Augusta, which is expected to draw 1,500 delegates and comes just a little more than a week before the state legislative and congressional primaries.
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Public should take note of eosinophilic diseases
Since 2007, the third week of May has been nationally recognized as National Eosinophilic Awareness Week. This week is meaningful to our family, because we have a child who lives with an eosinophilic gastrointestinal disease. These disorders are characterized by having above-normal amounts of eosinophils, a type of white blood cell, in one or more […]
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VIDEO: 66 graduate from Kents Hill School
Sixty-six students graduated this morning from Kents Hill School, a private preparatory school in Readfield. The class of 2012, the school’s 188th class, includes students from seven countries and 13 Maine communities.
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Smoke from wildfires carries into Maine, NH
The National Weather Service says smoke from wildfires in Canada is moving into Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.