Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services is in crisis, and it has been proposed that health care coverage be cut to some 65,000 people in Maine.
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COMMENTARY: Video made the war even tougher
In March, I returned from Afghanistan’s Helmand province after handing about 12 square miles of villages and farmlands to the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines, the unit that is allegedly responsible for recording a video of Marines urinating on the corpses of Taliban insurgents.
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Gardiner runs past Leavitt
GARDINER — With big man Aaron Toman out with an ankle injury, the Gardiner boys basketball team had to find a way to minimize Leavitt’s advantage in the paint. “We were down Toman, so we weren’t going to pound it inside,” Gardiner coach Jason Cassidy said. The solution? Run. The Tigers played excellent transition basketball, […]
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Man on Mont. most-wanted list nabbed in Lewiston
Police say the man was using his dead brother’s name and Social Security number.
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Chancellor finalists to visit 3 Maine campuses
The three finalists this week are visiting the University of Southern Maine in Portland, the University of Maine in Orono and the University of Maine at Fort Kent.
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Bark-peeling event to look for invasive insects
Entomologists will hold two bark-peeling workshops on Tuesday and again on Jan. 24 to look for evidence of the emerald ash borer.
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Study: Babies lip-read before they talk
New research suggests babies don’t learn to talk just from hearing sounds – they’re lip-readers, too. It offers more evidence that quality face-time with your tot is very important for speech development . . .
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Denver mayor wears Patriots jersey to settle bet
DENVER — Denver Mayor Michael Hancock has made good on his bet on the Broncos-Patriots playoff game with Boston Mayor Tom Menino, wearing a Patriots jersey during a Denver Nuggets game. The Denver Post reports Hancock wore the jersey during halftime of the Nuggets’ home game against the Utah Jazz Sunday night. Denver lost Saturday’s […]
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Fire destroys historic Fla. tree; arson suspected
Ring samples showed the cypress was roughly 3,500 years old, one of the world’s oldest.
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BOYS HOCKEY: St. Dom’s cruises past Waterville
WATERVILLE — Cody Rodrigue scored a hat trick and the St. Dominic Regioal High School boys hockey team broke open a close game with six second-period goals to beat Waterville 7-0 in an Eastern A game Monday morning at Alfond Rink. Brad Berube scored a goal and two assists for the Saints (5-2-0), who led […]