Maine

Maine

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  It's all-hands-on-deck for final retail push

  With the final retail push under way, L.L. Bean CEO Chris McCormick is playing Santa's helper against a backdrop of conveyor belts and beeping ... 

• Gun advocates conflicted on changes after massacre

  In a region where gun ownership is a cherished right, holiday shoppers snake through rows of shotguns, pistols and semi-automatic assault rifles at ... 

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  Campaign tracking becoming year-round practice

  As Maine's governor addressed the newly elected Legislature in early December, his frustration with trackers, the video camera-toting operatives who ... 

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  Sally Struthers enters not guilty plea for DUI

  Sally Struthers has entered a not guilty plea on charges she drove drunk in Maine, where she was performing in a musical. The Portland Press Herald ... 

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  Year later, Maine's Ayla Reynolds case is mystery

  More than 1,000 children are reported missing each year in Maine. The vast majority are quickly reunited with loved ones, often within hours. Over 40 ... 

• Fiscal cliff threatens federal aid for home heat

  Poor and elderly Americans who rely on aid from the federal government to heat their homes stand to get less help this year if Congress and the White ... 

• 9 Maine students suspended over pot-laced cookies

  Marijuana-laced cookies taken by a student to a Maine high school on a day ethics and values were being discussed have sickened some classmates. 

• Maine mall sacks Santa after rudeness complaints

  A mall in Maine has sacked Santa Claus after children and parents complained he was rude, grumpy and wouldn't even let one child sit on his lap. 

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  Gregoire signs Wash. gay marriage law

  Gov. Chris Gregoire has signed into law a measure that legalizes same-sex marriage in Washington state, which now joins several other states that ... 

• Maine police: Man says prostitute owes 10 minutes

  Police in Maine say a man called them to complain a prostitute hadn't given him his money's worth — so they arrested him. Police say New Hampshire ... 

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  Portrait emerges of Chiefs player's tragic end

  Jovan Belcher walked off the field after his final practice, laughing and joking with Chiefs defensive tackle Shaun Smith about who would get into the ... 

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  Skiing Santas hit the slopes in Maine

  A bunch of Santas have hit the slopes at a Maine ski resort. Nearly 300 skiers and snowboarders decked out in red and white were gathering at the ... 

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  Brinksmanship on Obama Medicaid expansion for poor

  It's health care brinksmanship, with hundreds of billions of dollars and the well-being of millions of people at stake. President Barack Obama's ... 

• Study: Like a tree, growth rings show lobster age

  For the first time, scientists have figured out how to determine the age of a lobster — by counting its rings, like a tree. Nobody knows how old ... 

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  Thunder dominate first half, rout Bobcats 114-69

  Russell Westbrook tipped away a pass, got into the open court all by himself and then braced for a big take-off and a signature throwdown dunk. 

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  Fewer holiday catalogs but still plenty in mail

  Catalog shopper Kerry Falagario would be hard-pressed to tell that there's been a decrease in catalog circulation. They're coming fast and furious ... 

• Maine TV news co-anchors quit on the air

  Two news co-anchors for a Maine television station surprised viewers and colleagues by quitting on the air, later citing frustration with their ...