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  • Published
    April 16, 2011

    Law would allow guns

    AUGUSTA -- Concealed-weapon permit holders could carry guns into the State House, the connected Cross Building and nearby parking lots, under a bill endorsed by a legislative panel on Friday.

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    April 16, 2011

    Tractor trailer flip spills grain on I-95 South

    AUGUSTA -- Emergency crews worked Friday to right an 18-wheeler that rolled over at 6:40 a.m., blocking the southbound travel lane of Interstate 95.

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    April 16, 2011

    Several bills would limit bottle redemption law

    AUGUSTA -- Dozens of people showed up Friday to comment on a half-dozen bills that seek to weaken the state's 33-year-old bottle redemption law.

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    April 16, 2011

    Budgets critical in tough climate

    MANCHESTER -- Karen Michaud dealt with plenty of budgets as a business manager for the Maine Department of Conservation, but all that experience didn't deter her from attending a conference last week on money management strategies and consumer fraud.

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    April 16, 2011

    AG joins Plum Creek in fight for development plan

    PORTLAND -- Maine Attorney General William Schneider and Plum Creek Timber Co. said Friday they're appealing to the state supreme court to remove a barrier to the company's development plan in the Moosehead Lake region.

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    April 16, 2011

    TURNPIKE PROBE: Civic groups didn’t get to use most cards

    AUGUSTA — Only a small percentage of the gift cards purchased by the Maine Turnpike Authority for donations to civic groups ever went to the organizations, a state investigator told a bipartisan legislative oversight panel on Friday.

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    April 16, 2011

    Mother: Bullying didn’t cause daughter’s suicide

    PALERMO — Hayley Blowers’ mom on Friday disputed rumors bullying caused her 16-year-old daughter’s April 4 suicide.

  • Published
    April 15, 2011

    MLB: Red Sox give Gonzalez 7-year, $154 million extension

    A three-time All-Star, Adrian Gonzalez is in his eighth season. He has a career average of .282 with 169 homers.

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    April 15, 2011

    Woman says husband pushed her off Camden cliff

    Fifty-two-year-old Lisa Black gave her version of events in a protection-from-abuse order filed Thursday in court.

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    April 15, 2011

    Man pleads innocent to LePage threats

    The Portland man charged with sending threatening letters to Gov. Paul LePage now faces new charges of threatening to kill members of Congress.