Rather than phasing out the veterinary technology associate degree, the University of Maine at Augusta will make it a bachelor’s program.
January 2015
Posted inBusiness
Study shows ‘anonymized’ credit card data isn’t private
Researchers say they can identify a cardholder by reviewing just a few transactions, and ‘the privacy we are told that we have isn’t real.’
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Posted inPolitics
Obama calls for surge in government spending
The figures represent the president’s opening offer in the inevitable budget battle with the new Republican Congress.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Two sentenced in Kennebec County Superior Court
Zackari Whittier and Kevin Fontnette received suspended sentences.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Morning Sentinel Jan. 29 police log
Waterville area police reports for Jan. 29, 2015.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Senate passes bill to build Keystone pipeline
But the 62-36 count is five votes short of the 67 it will need to override a likely veto by President Obama.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Kennebec Journal Jan. 29 police log
Augusta area police reports for Jan. 29, 2015.
Posted inNation & World, News
To combat sexual assault, hard liquor banned on Dartmouth campus
Other colleges, including Colby, Bates and Bowdoin, have already instituted the prohibition.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Former Wayne teacher sentenced to 50 years for raping 3 boys
The sentence will run concurrent with the 65-year federal sentence Patrik Ian Arsenault received last week in federal court on child pornography charges.
Posted inMaine, News
Using medical pot could make parent unfit, Maine’s highest court rules
The state’s marijuana law protects patients in custody cases, but that can be superseded when the drug impairs caring for a child, justices rule in a York County case.