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CORRECTION

Skowhegan field hockey player Jessie Skillings was misidentified in a photo caption that appeared on page C1 Sunday. Skillings and Makaela Michonski were the players in the photo. It was a photographer’s error.

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A primer on bath salts

Bath salts are synthetic drugs that cause increased heart rate and blood pressure, high body temperature, muscle breakdown, frightening hallucinations, extreme paranoia, tremors, seizures, sometimes violent behavior.

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Lawrence has options at quarterback

Lawrence quarterback Spencer Carey was cleared to do some throwing this week, but that doesn’t necessarily mean he will be under center when the Bulldogs host Messalonksee in a Pine Tree Conference Class A semifinal game Friday night, coach John Hersom said.

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Rights commission backs two women

AUGUSTA — Reasonable grounds exist to believe two women were victims of unlawful job discrimination when they were fired from separate companies, a human rights panel ruled Monday.

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Rallying common this season

NEW YORK — No lead is safe in the NFL this year, especially if a bad team is holding it against a good team. Sunday’s rally by the Ravens (the good team) to beat the Cardinals (the bad team) is proof.

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Gambling is temporary fix, but still OK

This is to announce to the whole world at large that, against many parts of my better judgment, I intend to vote yes on the gambling and horse racing issues. I will do so because I think most of us will benefit from the temporary increase in employment and income these projects will provide, and in these days even a little help is a lot of help.

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District Court will hear poison claims

FARMINGTON — A federal court has ruled that a jury will decide if corrections officers at Franklin County jail violated the rights of two former inmates who claim their food was poisoned as a prank.