A proposal by Gov. Paul LePage to divert $300,000 from the Attorney General’s Office to the executive branch may violate state law, according to the state’s top lawyer. The governor’s $6.3 billion two-year budget proposal includes a measure that cuts by more than 50 percent a relatively obscure spending line in the Attorney General’s Office […]
March 2013
Posted inPolitics
Debt crisis ‘looming,’ not ‘immediate,’ Boehner says
The House speaker takes issue with the president, saying a balanced budget will help the economy.
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Posted inNation & World, News
Victim in N. Calif. race crash was driver’s cousin
It’s unclear why a race car couldn’t make a turn or slow down before it hit and killed two people.
Posted inSports
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: New gridiron duo
Brandon Goff is no stranger to football. The Monmouth Academy junior played the sport throughout middle school and, after taking a year off for soccer his freshman year, returned to the gridiron for the last two falls.
Posted inSports
MLB: Lester perfect as Red Sox beat Rays
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Jon Lester was perfect. Boston’s entire pitching staff nearly was on the day.
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NHL: Penguins continue streak over Bruins
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The reigning NHL MVP is out indefinitely with an upper body injury. The league’s top-scoring defenseman is out, too, apparently because of a lower body issue.
Posted inSports
MEN’S BASKETBALL: Louisville earns tops seed
The Louisville Cardinals have shown that they are comfortable being front-runners in their season-long quest to go further than last year’s Final Four appearance.
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NASCAR: Kahne wins at Bristol
BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — Kasey Kahne won his first career Sprint Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway after Brad Keselowski struggled on the final restart.
Posted inCommunity
SNAPSHOT: Coon cat carrier
Susan Tessier lugs a Maine coon cat she showed Sunday during the Nauticats Cat Show in Augusta. Over 150 cats competed in 20 different events in the show that commenced Friday. Tessier traveled from Quebec to have her feline judged.
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Kennebec Journal area police log, March 17, 2013
Augusta Friday At 4:08 p.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Mayfair Circle.