The gains are broad, with about 81 percent of the companies in the S&P 500 moving higher.
2020
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Teen involved in Clinton fatal crash sentenced to juvenile detention center until 21
‘Thank you to the DA’s office for never giving up. Thank you to the judge who made the right decision,’ said Sheila Porfirio, whose son Tommy Porfirio was one of the three youths killed in a February car crash.
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Watch video: Eliot man brings scene from ‘Elf’ to life as he meets his biological father
Doug Henning dressed up as Will Ferrell’s character in the movie to meet his father face to face for the first time at Boston’s Logan Airport last week.
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U.S. adds Chinese chipmaker, oil giant to security blacklist
The Chinese foreign ministry accuses Washington of abusing national security arguments to handicap fledgling Chinese industrial competitors.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel
Two arrested in Palmyra motel robbery-theft-assault incident
Candy and Mark Prentiss, both of Palmyra, were arrested after Somerset County Sheriff’s officers searched their motel room Nov. 13. Arrest warrants were issued this week for Jessica Kent-Webber and Dale Melvin who are suspected of participating in a crime with the two Prentisses.
Posted inMaine, News
Portland to form rental board, enforce rent limits as it carries out citizen initiatives
City officials release part of their plan to implement five ballot measures that were approved by voters Nov. 3 and take effect Sunday.
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Denmark to end oil, gas extraction in North Sea by 2050
The Danish Parliament voted late Thursday to end the practice, which started in 1972 and made the country the largest producer in the European Union.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
Lunch break: Mudrunning a Subaru on Quarry Road in Waterville
Mike Nickerson gives breaking away for lunch new meaning when he broke away for lunch on Tuesday, taking his late model, all-wheel-drive Subaru Forester for a spin in the mud under the Interstate 95 overpass on Quarry Road. The mud was fresh from Monday’s driving rainfall and not at all dissipated by the heavy winds […]
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Judge orders Sunday River Brewing Co. to stay closed, imposes fine and suspends liquor license
Rick and Ron Savage’s Bethel restaurant, bar shuttered until Friday.
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U.K.-EU trade talks ‘paused’ with Brexit deal still elusive
The European Union’s chief negotiator says he and his British counterpart will brief their political leaders on the stalled negotiations.