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At least 42 are killed in Deir el-Zour and 10 in Houleh as the crackdown on dissent continues.

Firefighters responded to a second fire at the mobile home in two days, reports say.

Liquor law violation, assault, theft

Sixty-one people have died on Maine roads so far this year, the Bureau of Public Safety says.

The governor says Congress and the White House used the possibility of debt default as a political bargaining chip.

WASHINGTON — The real danger from the downgrade of U.S. government debt by Standard & Poor’s isn’t higher interest rates. It’s the hit to the nation’s fragile economic psyche and rattled financial markets.

KABUL, Afghanistan — U.S. forces in Afghanistan suffered the deadliest day of the decade-long war Saturday when insurgents shot down a U.S. helicopter, killing 30 U.S. servicemen and eight Afghans in the latest of a series of setbacks for coalition forces whose numbers are set to decline over the coming months.

TENANTS HARBOR — Barbara Walsh figured the worst that could happen was he would say no.

WASHINGTON — There was no tone of triumph or sense of satisfaction in the voice of Sen. Susan Collins when the Maine Republican said in a phone interview Tuesday morning that she would vote later that day for the federal debt ceiling deal.