Denis Collins, last year’s Eastern Maine Class A Coach of the Year, told the team that there’d be no stops on a three-hour trip because he was worried about arriving late.
2012
Owner seeks to sell rifle maker Bushmaster
It’s selling off its shares, and retailers stop selling guns like the one used at the Newtown school.
Judge denies Apple request to ban Samsung phones
The judge rules that Apple’s demands to yank the Samsung products from U.S. shelves and bar future sales was too broad a punishment.
Too big to jail? Execs avoid laundering charges
To some former federal prosecutors, HSBC was only the latest case of the government stopping short of bringing criminal money laundering charges against a big bank or its executives.
Newsman’s disappearance largely kept secret
Richard Engel and three colleagues were dragged from their cars, kept bound and blindfolded and threatened with death.
Maine girl shoveling snow injured in hit-and-run
Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Department investigators are seeking help from the public in locating the driver and vehicle involved.
New charges for Mass. chemist in drug lab scandal
Since the lab was closed in August, judges have released about 200 defendants from prison and put their cases on hold while their lawyers challenge their convictions.
6 arrested in NH over mall parking space brawl
The six shoppers, all from Lawrence, Mass., were charged with disorderly conduct.
NRA promises to help prevent future mass shootings
The group – which deleted its Facebook page and stopped tweeting after the shootings — said it would have a news conference to answer questions Friday, the one-week anniversary of the Newtown massacre.
Sen. Daniel Inouye: Nation says ‘Aloha’ to a ‘true American hero’
A Medal of Honor recipient for service during World War II, the Hawaii lawmaker was elected to Congress in 1959.