The Obama administration hopes that releasing the information will lead to answers to the riddle of hospital pricing — and pressure some hospitals to lower their charges.
May 2013
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SNAPSHOT: State House shadows
A pair of women walk across the plaza between State House and Burton M. Cross State Office Building on Wednesday in Augusta. The weather forecast through the weekend calls for a chance of clouds and showers.
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Police: Captive women left house twice in 10 years
The three, who were held in a Cleveland neighborhood, had to wear disguises when they went out and were allowed to walk only as far as the garage, police say.
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STILL LIFE: Hall of Famer
Waterville music teacher Dan Keller performs with his high school students Tuesday night after he was surprised with the Maine Music Educators Association’s Hall of Fame award. The award, presented during the school department’s spring orchestra concert, was recognition for Keller’s decades of contributions to music education. Keller began teaching music in Waterville public schools in 1981 and started a high school orchestra there in 1986, according to the association. The stringed-instrument program currently has about 200 students in grades 4 through 12, it said. Keller is also chairman of the high school’s visual and performing arts department.
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Rangers fight fire in remote area near Cherryfield
No homes currently are threatened but the fire consumes about 100 acres.
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Senate rejects allowing firearms on more federal lands
While the vote gives gun-control advocates a small victory, a Republican-run House committee backs making it easier for some veterans with mental difficulties to get firearms.
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Charter schools in Gray, Harpswell are approved
In addition to Baxter Academy in Portland, the Fiddlehead School of Arts and Science and the Harpswell Coastal Academy are due to open in September.
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Harpswell woman fights to keep pet koi
A Harpswell woman who describes her pet koi as a substitute for Prozac told a judge Wednesday that Maine is too strict when it comes to laws regulating the fish.
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Guns a part of natural education for Thoreau
Thoreau was in favor of guns. In “Walden” he says, “when some of my friends have asked me anxiously about their boys, whether they should let them hunt, I have answered, yes, — remembering that it was one of the best parts of my education.”
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Lewiston families displaced by fire meet with local landlords
The Maine Housing Authority hopes to get a waiver of federal rules governing rent aid to enable families to quickly move into permanent housing.