A price-monitoring website says the average retail cost of a gallon of gas has fallen 4 cents in the past week.
August 2013
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Driver in fatal Biddeford crash appears in court
David Labonte is charged with being drunk when he struck a family of three out on a bike ride, resulting in the death of the father.
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‘Whitey’ Bulger guilty of 11 killings, other gangland crimes
The former Boston crime boss, who is 83 and faces life in prison, shows no emotion upon hearing the verdicts.
Posted inNation & World, News
Inaccurate cellphone GPS complicated N.H. search
Conservation officers eventually found the two lost hikers shortly after 8 p.m. Sunday.
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Maine food pantries go to school
The BackPack Program will expand serve about 200 children from eight elementary schools along the midcoast, and eight schools statewide will host food pantries.
Posted inNation & World, News
Chance encounter in Idaho wilderness led to rescue
16-year-old abductee Hannah Anderson was rescued in rugged backcountry after a sharp-eyed former sheriff passed along his suspicions to investigators.
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Maine flags to be at half-staff for four-star general
Gen. John R. Dean Jr. led a 40-year military career in which he retired as a general in charge of the Army Material Development and Readiness Command.
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New Gloucester man dies in ATV crash
Police say 32-year-old Brock Thompson was pulling out of a driveway and onto the road Sunday when he lost control and hit a tree.
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Climate change bus tour comes to Maine
The ‘I Will Act on Climate’ bus tour stops in Portland’s Monument Square to call for local and federal action to address the widespread impact of climate change.
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Holder to endorse relaxation of toughest drug laws
The U.S. attorney general favors some leniency for nonviolent offenders.