http://www.mail.com/locations/13010-maine.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.23/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/13010-maine.html http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1858302-england-fishermen-rules-ruin.html PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — Minutes after New England fishery managers took a vote that cast doubt on the historic industry's future, the prospects most clear to Gloucester fishermen Paul Vitale were his own. "I'm bankrupt. That's it," said the 40-year-old father of three. "I'm all done. The boat's going up for sale." The New England Fishery Management Counci... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1858302-england-fishermen-rules-ruin.html 2013-01-31T12:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1850382-jury-selection-hold-zumba-trial.html ALFRED, Maine (AP) — A judge will hold a hearing to determine whether to move forward with remaining charges in the trial of a key figure in a prostitution scandal centered at a Zumba dance studio in Maine. Justice Nancy Mills scheduled the hearing Tuesday on a motion to divide the case into two pieces and continue with 13 remaining counts against Mark St... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1850382-jury-selection-hold-zumba-trial.html 2013-01-28T19:53:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1846696-stephen-king-writes-post-newtown-essay-guns.html BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Horror writer Stephen King is seeking to provoke a discussion on gun control and gun rights following the school shooting massacre in Newtown, Conn. The Maine native is a gun owner. He calls for three "reasonable measures" to curb gun violence in an essay titled "Guns," released Friday as a Kindle single through Amazon. King says he w... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 20:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1846696-stephen-king-writes-post-newtown-essay-guns.html 2013-01-25T20:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1844370-american-pie-singer-fined-speeding-maine.html ROCKLAND, Maine (AP) — "American Pie" singer Don McLean has been fined $400 for driving his Chrysler too fast through a Maine school zone. McLean's lawyer says he was driving 43 mph in an area that has a limit of 15 mph when school zone warning lights are flashing and 45 mph when they're not. He argued that the lights were off, but police said in Rockland... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1844370-american-pie-singer-fined-speeding-maine.html 2013-01-25T14:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1844664-duncan-14th-nba-all-star-nod-2-bulls-chosen.html NEW YORK (AP) — Tim Duncan was selected to his 14th All-Star game, Spurs teammate Tony Parker is joining him, and the Chicago Bulls also had two reserves chosen Thursday for next month's game in Houston. Joakim Noah and Luol Deng were picked from the Bulls, who have stayed in the thick of the Eastern Conference playoff race despite the season-long absence... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 03:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1844664-duncan-14th-nba-all-star-nod-2-bulls-chosen.html 2013-01-25T03:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1844040-judge-open-jury-selection-maine-zumba-case.html ALFRED, Maine (AP) — The remaining jury selection in the trial of the first major figure in a prostitution scandal centered on a Zumba studio in Kennebunk must be opened to the public, the state's highest court ruled Thursday. Members of the jury pool were sent home after the Maine Supreme Judicial Court stopped the closed process in response to a constit... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1844040-judge-open-jury-selection-maine-zumba-case.html 2013-01-25T00:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1842384-flooded-frozen-cold-torments-storm-survivors.html NEW YORK (AP) — Polar air settled in earnest over the Northeast after trekking through the Midwest, grinding trains to a halt, bursting pipes and bringing further misery to folks still trying to recover from Superstorm Sandy. In a damaged neighborhood near the beach on New York City's Staten Island, people who haven't had heat since the late October storm... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 07:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1842384-flooded-frozen-cold-torments-storm-survivors.html 2013-01-24T07:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1838024-jury-selection-starts-zumba-prostitution-case.html ALFRED, Maine (AP) — A judge and lawyers used a 10-page survey and one-on-one questioning Tuesday to try to find a jury untainted by international news coverage for the trial of the business partner of a Zumba instructor accused of using her dance studio as a front for prostitution. About a third of more than 140 potential jurors were dismissed and the re... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:59:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1838024-jury-selection-starts-zumba-prostitution-case.html 2013-01-22T21:59:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1827798-camera-maine-island-streams-gray-seal-video.html PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A camera that records seal-pupping activities on a remote Maine island began streaming live to the public Thursday in what's believed to be the first live-streaming camera at an East Coast seal-pupping site. Similar high-definition cameras have been set up around the world in recent years to capture the activities of eagles, polar b... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 23:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1827798-camera-maine-island-streams-gray-seal-video.html 2013-01-17T23:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1821256-smallest-big-battleground-gay-marriage.html PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Hundreds of supporters of same-sex marriage rights assembled at the Rhode Island Statehouse on Tuesday, urging lawmakers to make the nation's smallest state the 10th to allow gay and lesbian couples to wed — and the last to do so in New England. House Speaker Gordon Fox, who is gay, has called for a vote on same-sex marriage legisl... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 01:01:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1821256-smallest-big-battleground-gay-marriage.html 2013-01-16T01:01:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1818856-conn-group-launches-anti-violence-initiative.html NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Parents of children slain in the Connecticut school massacre held photos of their sons and daughters, cried, hugged and spoke in quavering voices as they called for a national dialogue to help prevent similar tragedies. "I do not want to be someone sharing my experience and consoling another parent next time. I do not want there to b... Tue, 15 Jan 2013 05:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1818856-conn-group-launches-anti-violence-initiative.html 2013-01-15T05:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1821136-durant-scores-41-thunder-beats-suns-30th-win.html PHOENIX (AP) — When Kevin Durant takes over a game, it's quite a show. This time, it was at the expense of Marcin Gortat and the rest of the Phoenix Suns. Durant scored 27 of his 41 points in the second half — 19 in the fourth quarter— and the Oklahoma City Thunder became the NBA's first 30-game winner this season by beating the Suns 102-90 on Monday nigh... Tue, 15 Jan 2013 04:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1821136-durant-scores-41-thunder-beats-suns-30th-win.html 2013-01-15T04:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1817622-fateful-b-52-flight-revealed-deadly-weakness.html ELEPHANT MOUNTAIN, Maine (AP) — Flying low over snowy terrain on a Cold War training mission, Lt. Col. Dan Bulli's massive B-52 bomber hit turbulence that shook the plane so violently that he couldn't read the gauges. Pulling back on the yoke and pushing forward on the throttle, he tried to fly out of the severe wind. Then there was a loud bang. Moving at... Sun, 13 Jan 2013 21:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1817622-fateful-b-52-flight-revealed-deadly-weakness.html 2013-01-13T21:31:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1802832-vt-air-guard-hopes-jet-fear-noise.html SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Plans on where to base the U.S. military's next-generation fighter jet, the F-35, concern people in communities from California to Florida to Maine who worry the aircraft are too loud. In Vermont, where the Air National Guard has flown planes from Burlington International Airport for more than 60 years, opponents are especiall... Sun, 06 Jan 2013 21:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1802832-vt-air-guard-hopes-jet-fear-noise.html 2013-01-06T21:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1800744-maine-lobster-catch-up-value-down-glut-cited.html PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The state's lobster catch surged 18 percent last year for another record, but a marketplace glut depressed the value of its signature seafood, causing financial hardship for lobstermen, processing plants and dealers up and down the East Coast, officials said Friday. The lobster catch topped 100 million pounds for the first time in 2... Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1800744-maine-lobster-catch-up-value-down-glut-cited.html 2013-01-05T00:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1798272-feds-crack-alleged-narwhal-tusk-smuggling-ring.html PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A smuggling ring brought narwhal tusks from the Canadian Artic into Maine in a trailer with a secret compartment and then illegally sold them to American buyers, officials said. Andrew Zarauskas, of Union, N.J., and Jay Conrad, of Lakeland, Tenn., will be arraigned in Bangor, Maine, next week on 29 federal smuggling and money launde... Fri, 04 Jan 2013 00:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1798272-feds-crack-alleged-narwhal-tusk-smuggling-ring.html 2013-01-04T00:39:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1797464-rare-stephen-king-book-auction-maine.html ELLSWORTH, Maine (AP) — A signed copy of a rare Stephen King book is up for auction at a Maine bookstore, with proceeds going to a nearby homeless shelter's emergency home heating fund. The copy of "The Regulators," written by horror writer and Maine native King under the pen name Richard Bachman, was donated by a customer of Scottie's Bookhouse in Hancoc... Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1797464-rare-stephen-king-book-auction-maine.html 2013-01-03T16:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1792788-police-maine-man-threatened-then-killed-tenants.html PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A 74-year-old Maine man killed two teenage tenants inside their apartment after arguing with them about late rent, snow shoveling and parking, according to a police affidavit released Monday. James Pak, of Biddeford, walked into the apartment attached to his home and told the tenants he was going to shoot them before following throu... Mon, 31 Dec 2012 21:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1792788-police-maine-man-threatened-then-killed-tenants.html 2012-12-31T21:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1792100-maine-man-74-held-deaths-teenage-tenants.html PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A 74-year-old Maine man was charged in the shooting deaths of two tenants inside an apartment he rented out at his home, possibly over a dispute about where they parked their cars during a snowstorm, state police said Sunday. James Pak was arrested at about 10 p.m. Saturday following a standoff at his suburban neighborhood home in B... Sun, 30 Dec 2012 19:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1792100-maine-man-74-held-deaths-teenage-tenants.html 2012-12-30T19:19:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1790792-maine-same-sex-couples-marry-hours-law.html PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Arriving in a limo, Donna Galluzzo and Lisa Gorney had all the trappings of a traditional wedding: Rings, flowers, wedding vows, an entourage and a friend to officiate. With tears in their eyes, they were among the first gay couples to exchange wedding vows early Saturday morning after Maine's same-sex marriage law went into effect ... Sat, 29 Dec 2012 07:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1790792-maine-same-sex-couples-marry-hours-law.html 2012-12-29T07:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1790752-maine-greets-gay-marriage-with-midnight-weddings.html PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — After waiting years and seeing marriage rights nearly awarded and then retracted, gay couples in Maine's largest city didn't have to wait a moment longer than necessary to wed, with licenses issued at the stroke of midnight as the law went into effect. Among them were Steven Bridges and Michael Snell, who held a commitment ceremony ... Sat, 29 Dec 2012 05:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1790752-maine-greets-gay-marriage-with-midnight-weddings.html 2012-12-29T05:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1790138-gay-marriage-law-maine.html PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Chris Kast and Byron Bartlett already consider themselves married after a 2010 ceremony overlooking Portland Harbor, but now they're doing it all over again — planning to be among the first to get a marriage license now that Maine's same-sex marriage law has taken effect. Portland City Hall opened at midnight to issue the first marr... Sat, 29 Dec 2012 04:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1790138-gay-marriage-law-maine.html 2012-12-29T04:20:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1780900-its-all-hands-on-deck-final-retail-push.html FREEPORT, Maine (AP) — 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 front-end loaders as he boxes up slippers and shirts. But there's little time to reflect on the holiday cheer those gifts will bring because he's busy concentrating to make sure no shipments go astray. ... Fri, 21 Dec 2012 14:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1780900-its-all-hands-on-deck-final-retail-push.html 2012-12-21T14:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1775106-gun-advocates-conflicted-changes-massacre.html KITTERY, Maine (AP) — In a region where gun ownership is a cherished right, holiday shoppers snake through rows of shotguns, pistols and semi-automatic assault rifles at the Kittery Trading Post. The school massacre in Connecticut — and potential changes to firearms laws because of it — is fresh on their minds. AR-15 assault rifles in particular have been... Tue, 18 Dec 2012 21:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1775106-gun-advocates-conflicted-changes-massacre.html 2012-12-18T21:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1769972-campaign-tracking-year-round-practice.html AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — As Maine's governor addressed the newly elected Legislature in early December, his frustration with trackers, the video camera-toting operatives who follow politicians around, boiled over into a brief diatribe that set the session off to a sour start. In a setting usually reserved for rhetoric about bipartisanship and cooperation, Re... Sun, 16 Dec 2012 18:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1769972-campaign-tracking-year-round-practice.html 2012-12-16T18:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1766436-sally-struthers-enters-guilty-plea-dui.html YORK, Maine (AP) — 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 (http://bit.ly/XleJBq) reports the 65-year-old Struthers did not appear in York District Court on Thursday, and entered the plea through her lawyer. Police arrested Struthers on Sept. 12 on ... Fri, 14 Dec 2012 11:41:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1766436-sally-struthers-enters-guilty-plea-dui.html 2012-12-14T11:41:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1765144-year-later-maines-ayla-reynolds-case-mystery.html PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — 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 years, only three missing-person cases involving young children remain unsolved. The case of Ayla Reynolds — which drew national attention as hundreds of searchers looked for her last ... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1765144-year-later-maines-ayla-reynolds-case-mystery.html 2012-12-13T20:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1761996-fiscal-cliff-threatens-federal-aid-heat.html PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — 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 House fail to figure out a way to avoid the combination of tax increases and automatic spending cuts known as the fiscal cliff. If that happens, there'll be an automatic 10 percent red... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1761996-fiscal-cliff-threatens-federal-aid-heat.html 2012-12-12T18:27:00Z