A Pekingese with a pear-shaped body — apparently the sought-after Peke physique — and gray mane worthy of a Shetland pony won the coveted Best in Show title on Tuesday at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, the Oscars of the canine world.

With all the problems Maine is facing revising the state budget to account for shortfalls in the Medicaid program, you’d think that the governor’s office would take all the help it could get. But that’s not the case.

Local businesses have a hard time competing with online retailers, and not all of that competition is fair.

In a recent briefing to Congress about worldwide threats, FBI Director Robert Mueller said that the danger of cyberattacks — attacks on the country’s information systems — will equal or surpass the danger of terrorism “in the foreseeable future.”

The story is familiar. Beautiful, talented sin-ger, actor, dancer, and on down the list, succumbs in a tragic likely accident that may have involved drug abuse.

Islamic and Hindu fundamentalists are fighting a losing rear-guard action against an insidious Western custom — Valentine’s Day.

Attorney General William Schneider issued a letter last week that clearly spelled what state Treasurer Bruce Poliquin should not do if he wants to avoid violating the Maine Constitution.

The independent nature of the U.S. Supreme Court often has bedeviled presidents and members of Congress who would prefer to have more control over the lower-profile but co-equal branch of government.

Under the heading of doing the absolute minimum, Congress is on the verge of passing a law that would ban insider trading and force lawmakers to make more timely disclosures about their financial dealings.

Nobody is overly sweet on sugar these days, but a bunch of scientists out West have taken concerns about Nature’s sweetener to an extreme.