State Sen. David Trahan announced this week that he was going to do the right thing, but he was not going to do it right away.
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Election Day registration helps Maine voting record
It was encouraging to read the Morning Sentinel’s editorial concerning a new law slipped in by the Legislature. This law will prevent new voters from registering to vote on Election Day. Since this new law allows only two working days for election officials to examine the validity of the registrant, no reasonable and productive search […]
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Republicans in Congress hypocrites for votes
After watching the news conference about the debt ceiling (July 25), I have come to the conclusion that the Republicans in Congress are hypocrites. They are blaming President Barack Obama for everything they voted for when President Bush was in office. The Republicans want to make sure that Obama does not get a second term. […]
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Central Maine’s season comes to close
NORWALK , Conn. — The Central Maine 13-year-old Babe Ruth team had its season end Thursday in the New England Regionals after it fell 4-3 to Cranston, R.I.
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Maine wardens search along river for woman
The 65-year-old woman was reported missing Wednesday night from a Hampden retirement community.
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Companion of man fatally shot by police files lawsuit
Neil Begin was shot when he pointed a rifle at police outside his mobile home while he was drunk. The Attorney General’s Office ruled the shooting justified.
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Dow plunges 513 points,steepest decline since ’08
Gripped by fear of another recession, the financial markets suffered their worst day today since the crisis of 2008. The Dow Jones industrial average fell more than 500 points, its ninth-steepest decline ever.
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Senate leader says FAA compromise in hand
The deal would allow the Senate to approve a House bill extending the FAA’s operating authority through mid-September.
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Maine joins NH, Mass. in crackdown on toll evaders
Transportation officials say the program closes the loophole of out-of-state drivers who ignore payment demands from states where they failed to pay tolls.
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MLB: Stairs retires from baseball
TORONTO (AP) — Matt Stairs, the career leader in pinch-hit home runs, plans to retire.