U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry defends the program, saying it had been approved by all three branches of the U.S. government.
August 2013
Posted inNews
State investigators puzzled by injuries to Augusta teen
State investigators are still trying to determine how an Augusta teen was burned outside a Maple Street home Monday afternoon.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
OUR OPINION: Subsidized crops make for poor food choices
Congress left Washington for its August recess without taking action on a farm bill that is set to expire next month. This failure offers an opportunity to take a long look at our policies on food and hunger.
Posted inNation & World, News
Father: Son shot during Boston bomb probe ‘a very good boy’
Ibragim Todashev was killed in May while being questioned by FBI agents and police at his Orlando apartment.
Posted inOpinion
WORST WEEK: McConnell tries to forge alliance with far right
Marriages of convenience rarely work out. So when Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., picked Jesse Benton, political consigliere to the Paul family — Rand and Ron — to manage his 2014 re-election race, campaign sharps began placing bets on how long it would last.
Posted inNews
Clinton voters OK Police Department budget
Clinton voters overwhelmingly supported the local Police Department on Tuesday, approving its budget 314–176 during a special referendum.
Posted inNews
Man shot, three injured during brawl in Maine town
Police say three others required hospitalization following a fight in downtown Guilford Monday night.
Posted inBusiness, News
Maine-based venture chosen for talks to restart ferry
Groups are pleased that the Portland-Nova Scotia service may resume in summer 2014.
Posted inNews
Bat that bit Cape Elizabeth man tests negative for rabies
The man captured the bat afterward in a glass jar and turned it over to police.
Posted inNation & World, News
Okla. prosecutor undecided on trying Bulger
The convicted mobster faces first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder charges in the 1981 shooting death of a Tulsa businessman.