Private gun transactions require no background checks and little paperwork, and they are almost impossible to trace.
February 2013
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NRA’s Wayne LaPierre: Closet intellectual?
Though zealous, he’s more academic than marksman — and would like to run an ice cream parlor in Maine.
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Rubio at odds with Obama on climate
The Florida senator will give the Republican response to President Obama on Tuesday.
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Washington Notebook: King, Collins earn praise for roles on committee
The Maine senators are on the Senate Intelligence Committee.
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HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Winthrop, Monmouth ready for rematch
There will be few secrets when the Monmouth and Winthrop boys basketball teams meet Wednesday night in Winthrop with a trip to the Western Maine Class C tournament on the line.
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Kennebec Journal area police log, Feb. 9, 2013
AUGUSTA — Police handled a series of vehicle crashes Friday and Saturday, most of them resulting in minor injuries, if any.
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Underwood rates the competitors’ chances for new season of ‘Survivor’
Ashley Underwood said that she had no specific knowledge of the upcoming season, which has already been filmed, but she offered her predictions about their chances of success.
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HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Winslow preps for rematch
On paper, Winslow’s preliminary round Eastern Maine Class B tournament game against Gardiner looks like a mismatch.
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Ashley Underwood shares ‘Survivor’ memories, predictions for upcoming season
Ashley Underwood, central Maine’s most famous elementary school nurse, won’t have an opportunity to cut throats during Wednesday’s season premiere of the notoriously cold-blooded reality television show “Survivor.”