Under the changes to baseball’s drug agreement, the World Anti-Doping Agency laboratory in Laval, Quebec, will keep records of each player.
2013
Maine ranked among lowest in nursing home deficiencies
Maine facilities have fewer serious problems than 38 other states in new data available for public review.
NBA suspends Anthony over confrontation with Garnett
The Knicks’ Carmelo Anthony contends he went toward the Celtics’ locker room on Monday and later waited outside Boston’s team bus because he wanted to discuss Garnett’s choice of words during a fourth-quarter altercation.
Witnesses: Hayden had handgun in days before murders
Joel Hayden, 31, is accused of fatally shooting Renee Sandora, 27, the mother of his four children, and his longtime friend Trevor Mills, 28, as his 7-year-old son watched.
Oscar nominee has Maine connection
Lamoine resident Steven Callahan – an author, shipwreck survivor and marine designer – was a key consultant on the epic shipwreck film “Life of Pi.”
Inaugural pastor withdraws over anti-gay remarks
The Rev. Louie Giglio of Passion City Church in Atlanta says the “prayer I would offer will be dwarfed by those seeking to make their agenda the focal point of the inauguration.”
NFL players don’t want kickoffs to get the boot
Players remain upset that Commissioner Roger Goodell has floated the idea of abolishing kickoffs altogether.
14 displaced by fire at Augusta apartment
Nobody was hurt in the fire, which broke out an exterior porch outside a second-floor apartment.
Robot helps protect rare whales in Gulf of Maine
The “gliders” have acoustic monitoring instruments that help detect calls from four species of baleen whales, including right whales.
Military sexual assault film featuring Pingree gets Oscar nod
‘The Invisible War’ documentary has been viewed by top Pentagon officials, who have since taken steps to address the way sexual assault reports are handled by the military.