Bill Manser, of Royalston, Mass., casts for striped bass at the mouth of Kennebec River at dawn on Friday in Phippsburg. The vacationing Manser arrived at the beach at 3:30 a.m. — two hours before sunrise. “I was just a little excited about going fishing,” he said.
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Ax falls on US credit rating
WASHINGTON — Credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s on Friday downgraded the United States’ credit rating for the first time in the history of the ratings.
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$100 million more in cuts needed, LePage says
Gov. Paul LePage wants to find an additional $100 million in state budget savings, in part because of the federal deficit-reduction plan approved this week by Congress, a spokeswoman for the governor said Friday.
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BEACH TO BEACON: Favorite at home
CAPE ELIZABETH — Since she moved to Cape Elizabeth six years ago, Christina Kouros has always looked forward to the first Saturday of August.
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MCLU queries cellphone tracking
Big Brother could face growing pains as technology fuels the government’s ability to keep tabs on people.
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Nurses return from offering aid in Libya
Eight nurses from Maine returned safely from Libya last week after delivering supplies and providing six days of instruction to understaffed hospitals in the rebel-controlled, seaside city of Benghazi.
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Snowe laments triumph of partisanship in Washington
PORTLAND — The U.S. Senate has become so paralyzed by partisan posturing that it cannot pass significant legislation, Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, said Friday.
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AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL: Maine teams eliminated
OLD ORCHARD BEACH–Host Fayette -Staples Post couldn’t hold a late-game lead for the second consecutive game Friday afternoon, and it cost them.
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Jury convicts five New Orleans police officers in Katrina shootings
NEW ORLEANS — A federal jury on Friday convicted five current or former police officers in deadly shootings on a New Orleans bridge after Hurricane Katrina, a high-profile victory for the Justice Department in its push to clean up the city’s troubled police department.