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Judge seals affidavit of Maine man in teen's death
Police laid out their case Wednesday against a man accused of killing a 15-year-old girl whose body was found in a wooded area miles from her home, ...
Man charged in death of missing Maine teenager
When 16-year-old Nichole Cable left home May 12, she told her family she was heading out to see someone she'd met on Facebook. The high school ...
Snowe presses for bipartisanship in new book
U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe describes a scene out of a Rockwell painting: With Washington crippled by a blizzard, President Barack Obama worked the week ...
New England keeps its stride after 2 tragedies
They are six small states, settled before the nation's birth, wedged between New York, Canada and the Atlantic Ocean: New England. The region is ...
Stephen King gives to Maine gun control coalition
Stephen King and his wife have made a donation to a Maine group advocating for stricter gun control laws. King says the gift was "five figures" but ...
Affidavit: Maine hermit carried bacon, syrup, $395
A state police affidavit says a Maine man who lived in the woods as a hermit for nearly three decades was carrying bacon, marshmallows and $395 in ...
'SWAT robots' soon to protect US first responders
A Maine company that's developed high-tech tanks for the military and Hollywood has a new contraption — a ballistic police shield that sits atop a ...
Maine company unveils high-tech SWAT team robot
A Maine company that's developed manned and unmanned tanks with names like "Ripsaw" and "Riptide" for the military and Hollywood filmmakers has ...
Fund set up to repay Maine hermit victims
The attorney for a Maine man who lived in the woods as a hermit for 27 years has established a fund to repay people who think they were victims of ...
Authorities: Maine hermit attracts marriage offer
High bail is appropriate to prevent the exploitation a Maine man who has attracted a marriage proposal and a stranger's offer to bail him out since ...
Durant fined $25,000 by NBA for 'menacing gesture'
The NBA fined Oklahoma City star Kevin Durant $25,000 on Friday for making a "menacing gesture," when he pretended to slice his throat after throwing ...
Despite solitude, hermit had taste for fine things
He would meditate on an overturned bucket while staring up at the sky and knew all the eagles that nested nearby. But despite his 27 years of ...
Maine hermit living in wild for 27 years arrested
A man who lived like a hermit for decades in a makeshift camp in the woods and may be responsible for more than 1,000 burglaries for food and other ...
9 years after loss, Nader fights campaign tactics
Nine years after Ralph Nader made a failed presidential bid, a different administration is in the White House, his running mate is dead and his ...
Double-A Portland Sea Dogs: Too cold to play ball
A minor league team in Maine has postponed a game because of cold weather and a frozen field. With the temperature at 36 degrees, and gusty winds ...
Nuclear sub sinking 50 years ago led to safety changes
The first sign of trouble for the USS Thresher was a garbled message about a "minor difficulty" after the nuclear-powered submarine descended to about ...
Soldier charged with murder in Fort Knox shooting
A soldier apprehended Thursday in Tennessee was charged with murder in the shooting death of a civilian employee at Kentucky's Fort Knox a day earlier
Sticky-fingered thieves target sap in Maine
Sticky-fingered thieves are stealing the sap right out of Maine's maple trees. With little more than a spout-like tap and a bucket, people are looting ...
A rare Republican, Sen. Collins remains optimistic
She is alone in a political class facing extinction on Capitol Hill. Yet, GOP Sen. Susan Collins of Maine personifies the moderation that national ...
Correction: Zumba-Prostitution story
In a story March 29 about a Zumba instructor pleading guilty to prostitution and other charges, The Associated Press incorrectly identified the deputy ...
Zumba teacher could get jail in prostitution case
The dance instructor who used her Zumba fitness studio as a front for prostitution faces jail time after pleading guilty in a case that captivated a ...
Correction: Mandatory Gun Ownership story
In a story March 8 about mandatory gun ownership, The Associated Press erroneously reported that a Pennsylvania community had such an ordinance.
Maine man gets 20 days in Zumba paid-sex case
An insurance agent who helped run a prostitution operation out of his mistress's Zumba studio and watched sex videos made with a hidden camera will ...
Stephen King, wife pledge $3M to Maine library
Stephen King and his wife have agreed to pay $3 million to overhaul their century-old hometown library in Maine, as long as $6 million is raised from ...
In snow-socked Northeast, spring seems far away
Snow and sleet blasted the Northeast on the last full day of winter Tuesday, closing schools and turning roads into a slick mess that got the Harlem ...