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AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. John Baldacci ordered more than $63 million in midyear budget cuts Friday in a curtailment order that heavily targets state funding for education and social services programs.
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MEDWAY, Maine - Authorities charged a local man Friday with arson in connection with the latest of what police describe as four intentionally set fires in town. The man is the latest of seven arson …
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AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. John Baldacci ordered Maine state departments Friday to curtail spending by $63 million to make sure the budget is balanced.
Baldacci issued the order for the fiscal year …
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By The Associated Press
| 11/20/09 | 2272 views |
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AUGUSTA, Maine — Safety officials say Maine’s highway death toll for the year remains below 2008, which was the safest year on the state’s roads since 1959.
According to the Bureau of …
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By The Associated Press
| 11/20/09 | 82 views |
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LEWISTON, Maine — State police say a high-speed chase on the Maine Turnpike ended when the car they were chasing crashed and burst into flames, killing the driver.
The driver, who police say is …
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By The Associated Press
| 11/20/09 | 2425 views |
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ATLANTA — For the second time in a little more than a year, a glitch at one of the two centers that handle flight plans for the nation’s air travel system set off delays and cancellations for …
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By Harry R. Weber and Joan Lowy
The Associated Press | 11/20/09 | 753 views |
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WASHINGTON — The Senate hearing Thursday on the Fort Hood shooting began with questions about how federal agencies can cooperate to identify and prevent extremist behavior and unraveled to …
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AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine’s chief justice said Thursday that she is hopeful the judicial branch can find ways to weather the next round of deep budget cuts without closing courthouses in rural areas …
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Fewer than two-thirds of the very highest-priority Mainers — children and pregnant women — have been vaccinated against the H1N1 flu, largely due to the national shortage of vaccine, according to …
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MILO, Maine — Dorothy Brown sees her little brother Freddie Holmes in her mind every day. In the vision, his tiny arms are outstretched as he cries “tookie,” his way of asking her to take him …
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