Investigators want to learn who bears responsibility for the ship sailing into a hurricane.
2016
Posted inNation & World, News
U.S., Cuba sign deal on commercial flights
U.S. airlines can now start bidding on routes for as many as 110 U.S.-Cuba flights a day – more than five times the current number.
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Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Jury convicts New Hampshire man of trying to kill wife in Saco shootings
Gregory Owens, 59, of Londonderry shot his wife while she was visiting friends in Saco, and now could face life in prison.
Posted inFood, News
Dysart’s ‘Chef Yaz’ to compete on Food Network’s ‘Chopped’ on March 1
Shaun Yazbek specializes in mac and cheese and pot pies at the legendary Maine truck stop and restaurant off I-95 in Hermon, near Bangor.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Sen. Angus King backs Obama in dispute over Supreme Court nomination
While Maine’s independent senator says the ‘Framers were perfectly clear’ on the length of president’s term and his duty to nominate justices, Sen. Susan Collins has yet to take a position.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Police seek fourth suspect in Augusta drug-related killing
Aubrey Armstrong, 26, is now the fourth person authorities have identified as suspects in the November slaying of 31-year-old Joseph Marceau.
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Sen. Collins: Supreme Court nomination discussion ‘premature’
She hasn’t said whether she supports delaying tactics advocated by many of her Republican Party colleagues.
Posted inBusiness, News
ADT being purchased by Apollo Global for $6.94 billion
ADT Corp.’s stock surged more than 50 percent in Tuesday premarket trading.
Posted inNews
Hearings attempt to solve mysteries of El Faro sinking
The hearings in Jacksonville are expected to probe many questions, chief among them whether misconduct, negligence or shoddy safety inspections contributed to the El Faro’s demise, which killed all 33 crew members, including four Mainers.
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Former U.N. Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali dies at 93
The Egyptian politician and diplomat stepped into the post in 1992 at a time of dramatic world changes following the collapse of the Soviet Union.