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Spontaneous office pool wins $543 million lottery jackpot

by Associated Press August 3, 2018August 3, 2018

The 11 San Francisco area co-workers don’t play the lottery regularly but decided to chip in $2 a piece when they saw how big the jackpot was.

by surya milner Staff Writer August 3, 2018August 3, 2018

Phenom forecaster Jack Sillin is asking for $35 a month – in total – in exchange for the daily blog posts that many Mainers rely on.

by STEPHEN BETTS The Courier-Gazette August 2, 2018August 3, 2018

Taylor Hamlin, 18, says Maine Lobster Festival organizers objected to a photo from a year ago that showed her holding a joint.

by Donna Perry Sun Journal August 2, 2018August 2, 2018

The first Hollandstrog Summer Fest will kick of Aug. 11 and help raise funds for improving the high school athletic fields.

by SARAH BETANCOURT Associated Press August 2, 2018August 2, 2018

Activists seek to rename Faneuil Hall, which was built in the 1740s on a site where slaves had been sold.

by Los Angeles Times August 2, 2018August 2, 2018

The embattled actor makes five-figure monthly payments to former wives Brooke Mueller and Denise Richards.

by Associated Press August 2, 2018August 2, 2018

The focus is on Indian shop owner Apu, a staple of the long-running animated sitcom.

Police are seeking the owner of a reptile found sunning itself in a Main Street garden.

Eckart Preu, the longtime music director of the Spokane Symphony, emerged from a field of three finalists to succeed Robert Moody.

by Associated Press August 1, 2018August 1, 2018

The North Carolina teens’ father might have gotten the biggest thrill. “I’m an ’80s child,” Ronald Worley Sr. said.