AUGUSTA — All the funding is in place to bring Exit 113 on Interstate 95 from half an interchange to a full one.
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DANA MILBANK: Representative betrays populist tea-party roots to favor big business
Rep. Austin Scott of Georgia, a tea party favorite and president of the House Republicans’ freshman class, got off to a slow start as a legislator but finally introduced his first bill last week.
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Why does U.S. survival rely on private company?
So now America’s credit rating has been lowered from AAA to AA+. So what? Maybe now we will be forced to either stop borrowing so much from foreign countries and/or tighten our belts financially, as so many Americans are now doing. Thanks to the greed of our banks, who with the help of the Republican […]
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Shame on Nutting for stooping to name-calling
Shame on House Speaker Robert Nutting for calling the good people of his district who disagree with him about same-day voter registration, “the extreme left-wing groups and individuals behind this signature gathering effort.” That is the kind of read-from-the-script political nonsense that has given us a do-nothing Congress in Washington; we don’t need more of […]
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Portraits of Afghanistan troops killed in helicopter crash
This combo shows the 30 troops killed in a helicopter downing in Afghanistan on Saturday, Aug. 6. On Thursday, the Pentagon identified the Americans as 17 members of the elite Navy SEALs, five Naval Special Warfare personnel who support the SEALs, three Air Force Special Operations personnel and an Army helicopter crew of five. The photos are oriented in alphabetical order by last name, from top left to bottom right, as follows:
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Boarding for Boobies campaign cruises to great success
SKOWHEGAN — Their goals were modest when they set out to ride longboards 150 miles down the Maine coast last month to raise money for breast cancer research.
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If tea party values followed, U.S. wouldn’t be in mess
So if the “debt deal” passed by Congress and signed into law by the president is such a great deal, will someone please explain how spending $2.1 trillion now, while cutting spending by $1 trillion now and maybe cutting more later will help decrease the debt? I understand if the new committee of 12 does […]
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Two robberies, two robbers, say police
WINSLOW — The man who robbed the Winslow Community Federal Credit Union Thursday morning probably wasn’t the same man who held up a credit union in Unity two weeks ago, authorities said Friday.
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COMMENTARY: This summer, it’s all about saving sharks
Ten years ago, it seemed as if the nation was living a real-life version of “Jaws,” in which every beach harbored a potential threat.
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Hiker’s body found
CARRYING PLACE TOWNSHIP — The body of a New York man was recovered Friday along a remote section of the Appalachian Trail in northern Franklin County.