Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Clay Buchholz shook off a rocky start to earn his 11th win and Dustin Pedroia singled in the tiebreaking run in the sixth to beat the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday night.
Dot Gonyea was preparing to attend the Elvis Presley concert in Portland in August 1977 when she received a harrowing phone call from her neighbor — Elvis was dead.
But the offer, along with $4,000 for razing the North Yarmouth house without a permit last month, won’t necessarily settle the issue.
The town has told a 100-member group it can only use the former Little Falls school through next June.
Two Maine chefs say they were disappointed to be cut from the popular TV show so quickly, but they're hoping to go back for seconds.
DNA tests in the strangling death of a 30-year-old prostitute lead authorities to Leonard Jackson.
The bodies were discovered inside a 2001 Pontiac early Monday that was burning in a business's parking lot.
The Progressive Corp. insurance group is defending itself against an onslaught of negative publicity after it tried to avoid paying $75,000 to the family of a client killed in a car crash and tried to blame the wreck on her.
The Republican vice presidential candidate denied for a second time Thursday that he ever lobbied the government for stimulus money, even though he sent letters —with his signature — to the feds asking for millions of the program's dollars on behalf of two companies in Wisconsin.
An employee says Maine Med retaliated against him after he objected to pressure to attend strip-club outings with doctors.
Students said they will fight the new fee, as well as other fees to participate in sports and extracurricular activities.
The ceremonial groundbreaking for the renovation of the Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland will be held next Wednesday, Aug. 22 at 11 a.m.
A lawyer for Patricia Prue says extensive media coverage of the case makes it highly unlikely for her to get a fair trial near her home.
The defense attorney for Dr. Melvin Morse says he is being "dragged through the mud," and portrayed as "a medical Osama bin Laden."
Conservation efforts and greater use of renewable energy are factors, but the main reason is low-priced natural gas.
"The fascination with taxes I paid I find to be very small-minded,” he says.
The new rates will bring in an additional $21.1 million each year, helping with long-term debt payments.
Surprising lawmakers, the governor says he plans to call back the Legislature before Election Day, but he won't say why.
Britain's Foreign Office says it still plans to fulfill its legal obligation to extradite Assange to Sweden, where he faces sexual assault allegations.
All hearings and the murder trial were put on hold while an appeals court considers Hasan's objections to being forcibly shaved.
Customers can forgo cash or plastic with the app and just flash a smartphone, as well as send virtual gift cards via text, email or Facebook.
The study said the companies, including AT&T, Boeing and Citigroup, paid their CEOs an average of $20.4 million last year while paying little or no federal tax.
State police say Paul Galipeau, 62, of Warren struck the camper when the van towing it turned onto a side road.
Frequent visits by the president, Vice President Joe Biden and first lady Michelle Obama underscore the state's status as a battleground state.
Above all, these men both do political things their respective No. 1s cannot.
The governor says the workshops have provided great feedback and he looks forward to bringing those ideas and concerns back to Augusta.
It's the 1st District representative's first since marrying wealthy financier S. Donald Sussman in 2011 and includes details of their investments.
Former soldier Scott Durst will help train drug agents to take down narcotics operations.
Chris Gould, a Bethel native, edges out chefs from Germany and Hong Kong and announces he's opening a restaurant in Portland.
James Fury's public defender says that foregoing a grand jury indictment would save substantial resources.
The process was initiated without public notice, which may have violated the state's Freedom of Access law.