The Maine Emergency Management Agency has issued flood watches for across the state through Wednesday.
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Maine bill to halt virtual charter schools fails in House
The bill falls short of the two-thirds support that emergency measures, or bills that take effect immediately, need for final passage.
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Robot sub returns to water in search for Malaysian jet
Monday’s planned 16-hour search lasted just six and none of the data collected by the Bluefin 21 offered clues to the whereabouts of the plane.
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Fayette votes to withdraw from AOS 97
Voters have decided to leave AOS 97, the school district formed with Winthrop in 2010.
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Prosecutor ends grueling cross-examination of Pistorius
He accuses the Olympic runner of ‘tailoring’ evidence and ‘concocting’ a story that he shot his girlfriend to death out of fear of an intruder in the pre-dawn hours of Feb. 14, 2013.
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Maine House OKs bill to expand preschool programs
The bill now faces a final Senate vote before being sent to Gov. Paul LePage.
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Italy’s Berlusconi given community service for tax fraud
The three-time former premier is still on trial for political corruption and under investigation for witness tampering in trials relating to sex-fueled parties at his villa.
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Police dress as Amish women to target Pa. flasher
The Amish who live along the Ohio border agreed to lend women’s bonnets, aprons and dresses to police to catch or scare away the suspect.
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Cutler releases Maine tax reform plan
Independent gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler’s plan would reduce property taxes by up to 40 percent, and pay for it by expanding the sales tax.