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SNAPSHOT: Will this one do?

WILL THIS ONE DO? Caitlynn Stanley, left, inspects a photo Tuesday taken by Lisa Swanton, Brunswick, above the bulkhead on the Kennebec River in Hallowell. Stanley said she was a bit late to pose for senior portraits for the Maranacook Community High School yearbook, but still had nice weather for photos.

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Dunlap to seek Senate seat

WASHINGTON — Former Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap, a Democrat, is officially running for the seat held by Maine U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe.

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Poorest poor in US hits record: 1 in 15

WASHINGTON — The ranks of America’s poorest poor have climbed to a record high — 1 in 15 people — spread widely across metropolitan areas as the housing bust pushed many inner-city poor into suburbs and other outlying places and shriveled jobs and income.

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Police book 3 in Farmington crime spree

FARMINGTON — Three masked men held a couple at gunpoint inside their home Halloween night, eventually forcing the husband to drive two of the robbers to an ATM while his wife remained at gunpoint back at the house, according to police.