Maine voters in July approved a $15 million bond for broadband expansion projects, and the first proposals are expected next month.
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Fashion mogul Peter Nygard arrested, months after sex trafficking, assault allegations
Ten women filed a lawsuit accusing Nygard of enticing young and impoverished women to his estate in the Bahamas with cash and promises of modeling opportunities.
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Saddleback opens slopes after 5-year closure
New owners of embattled mountain in Sandy River Plantation, near Rangeley, envision profitable future.
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Wex settles lawsuit, buys companies in UK at reduced price
The Portland company was sued after it pulled out of a $1.7 billion purchase of the two companies, but wound up buying both for a third of the original price.
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Explainer: How bad is the hack that targeted U.S. agencies?
Governments and major corporations worldwide are scrambling to see if they, too, were victims of a global cyberespionage campaign.
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Gmail, YouTube, other Google services suffer brief worldwide outage
Work and school accounts for tens of millions of users were suspended for about 45 minutes.
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Pinterest paying $22.5 million to settle gender discrimination lawsuit
The former top executive claims that she had been paid less than her male peers, received gender-biased feedback and was left out of vital meetings.
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Fed to weigh further options for aiding U.S. economy in peril
The central bank’s policy meeting Wednesday coincides with a record-shattering resurgence of the coronavirus.
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U.S. agencies, companies secure networks after huge hack
The perpetrators managed to pierce cyber defenses and gain access to email and internal files at the Treasury and Commerce departments.
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U.S. agencies, companies rush to secure networks after hack tied to Russians
The intrusion exposes the vulnerability of even supposedly secure government networks, even after well-known attacks.