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The Western Maine BBQ Festival continues through today, but some teams have already been dubbed “best of” in a few categories.

The section between India Street and Washington Avenue is blocked off.

The White House said President Barack Obama would veto a plan that failed to extend the nation’s borrowing power into 2013.

In New York City, officials expected to host hundreds of same-sex weddings throughout the day.

Today’s race in the season series is at Harpswell.

A 51-year-old man who disappeared on Moosehead Lake while kayaking last November is found.

OSLO, Norway (AP) — Police arrived at an island massacre about an hour and a half after a gunman first opened fire, slowed because they didn’t have quick access to a helicopter and then couldn’t find a boat to make their way to the scene just several hundred yards (meters) offshore. The assailant surrendered when police finally reached him, but 85 people died before that.

HALLOWELL — A pub open barely one year will close today, unable to compete in the city’s nightlife scene, its owner said.

VASSALBORO — Selectmen approved preliminary plans for a new recycling and office building at the transfer station Thursday.