The cuts targeted so far avoid eliminating funding to Head Start and to a program that helps troubled youths transition to the community.
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Don’t Stress; It’s Only a Test
Be prepared at 2 p.m. today for the first nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System.
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Europe’s woes hurt GM profits
The company’s shares fell 9 percent in morning trading today as GM said it would not be able to meet its target of breaking even in Europe this year.
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Democrats dismiss GOP deficit offer
Democrats say the proposal would give wealthier earners large tax cuts while middle class workers would lose out on deductions for mortgage interest and state and local taxes.
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Time Inside and Out
Rick Balzer, owner of Balzer Family Clock Works, lubricates the minute and hour hand gears inside and out on one of four clock faces on the Miller Library clock tower at Colby College in Waterville Tuesday morning. The Miller Library has four clock facing aspects that each need to be lubed and serviced every year.
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Nonresidents now eligible for burial in Belgrade
BELGRADE — Residents voted 758 to 231 on Tuesday to amend the Belgrade Cemetery Ordinance to allow nonresidents to be buried in Pine Grove Cemetery.
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Monmouth voters OK recall change
MONMOUTH — Residents on Tuesday voted 945 to 242 to overhaul the town’s recall ordinance and 978 to 223 to accept a $400,000 grant for a facelift at the town Grange.
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Toyota recalls 550,000 vehiclesfor steering issue
In North America, the recall affects 447,000 vehicles in several models built from 2004-2007.
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Paterno to retire at end of season
“This is a tragedy,” Paterno says. “It is one of the great sorrows of my life. With the benefit of hindsight, I wish I had done more” . . .
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UPDATE 10:53 a.m.: Overdose suspected in inmate death
AUGUSTA — An investigation into the death of an inmate Tuesday at the Kennebec County jail is pointing to a drug overdose, according to Sheriff Randall Liberty.
Nicholas Michael Powell, 22, was found dead in his two-bed room in the trusty area of the Augusta jail.