But Sen. Snowe declines comment after the president skirts the Senate to appoint a director to the new consumer watchdog agency.
2012
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Valentine to attend Sea Dogs fete
New Boston Red Sox Manager Bobby Valentine has been added to the guest list for the Portland Sea Dogs Hot Stove Banquet, the Sea Dogs announced today . . .
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Romney to challenge history of upsets in N.H.
New Hampshire voters have “a long history of sending a message and jerking the front-runner around.”
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Torre to pursue Dodgers ownership
Joe Torre resigned today as Major League Baseball’s executive vice president for baseball operations to join a group trying to buy the Los Angeles Dodgers . . .
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Maine group fires reporter tied to racist comments
Leif Parsell worked as a State House reporter for the Maine Heritage Policy Center’s online news service.
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Monsanto lawsuit moves to pre-trial oral arguments
A judge has ordered pre-trial oral arguments in a case pitting organic farmers against agribusiness giant Monsanto. Headed by Maine potato farmer Jim Gerritsen, the Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association, with legal backing from the Public Patent Foundation, filed a lawsuit in March 2011 questioning the validity of Monsanto’s patents on genetically modified seeds […]
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Yahoo names PayPal exec as its CEO
Yahoo Inc. names Scott Thompson, president of eBay Inc.’s PayPal division, as its new CEO, the fourth in less than five years for the struggling Internet company . . .
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VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Supreme Court will tackle three volatile issues
This year, the U.S. Supreme Court will take up three issues that would be important at any time in the nation’s history: health care reform, immigration enforcement and determinations of geographical boundaries of legislative districts.
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UPDATE: Wilton shop robbed at gunpoint this morning
WILTON – A woman working at a small gift shop in Wilton was robbed at gunpoint by a man who got away with cash and jewelry before driving off in a car this morning, police said.