The season is expected to be a short one, with regulators setting a catch limit of 4.4 million pounds, down from the 13 million pounds allowed last season.
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Missing toddler’s dad pleads for her return
Justin DiPietro tells NBC’s “Today” that he wants to do anything he can to help bring back 20-month-old Ayla Reynolds.
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Maine court to hear arguments in woman’s suicide
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court will hear arguments to decide if the parents of a 25-year-old woman were legally obligated to prevent her from committing suicide.
Posted inNews
Romney looks to fend off Santorum, Paul in Iowa
Romney has roughly the same amount of backing in polls as he did in 2008 when he lost the caucuses with 25 percent of the vote.
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Slain federal agent was getting dad’s cancer meds
A trained explosives expert who had served in Iraq and Afghanistan is killed when he confronts a pharmacy robber.
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Passers-by rescue children from icy Utah river
One passer-by shoots out a window, and others then help turn the Honda Accord upright in the Logan River to free the children.
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Douglas Rooks: A missing link in Maine’s corrections system
Given renewed awareness of the costs of locking people up for decades, is it time to bring back parole?
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SNAPSHOT: Cold feet
Tom Bouchard, of Farmingdale, crosses the dam Sunday on Cobbossee Stream in Manchaster after fly fishing on New Years Day. Bouchard said the mild conditions were perfect for wading in the stream and casting for trout “but after two hours my feet are cold.”
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Land protection in Maine brings state to 2nd nationally
Clayton Haskell needed land to expand his beef operation at Pleasant River Farm in Windham in order to supply meat to St. Joseph’s College in Standish.
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No-trespassing sign replaces police tape
WATERVILLE — A day after Maine State police removed police tape from 29 Violette Ave., a new sign appeared.