Tuesday, May 21, 2013
At Boston's Franklin Park Zoo, gorillas sucked on ice treats and ostriches waded through spray mists in an effort to keep cool.
Aug. 22 is the 50th anniversary of Baxter's final gift of land for the state park that covers more than 200,000 acres in northern Maine.
Police find 7.6 grams of what they suspect is cocaine base, also called crack cocaine, during a raid in Westbrook.
Two Maine environmental groups are hoping the state will extend the ban on bisphenol-A to cans and jars that hold baby and toddler foods.
In the video, George Zimmerman re-enacts the fight with Trayvon Martin and says he grabbed the gun from a holster on his waist before Martin could get it and shot him once in the chest. 
The glitch prevented customers from using debit and credit cards at checkout counters in most of the chain's 181 stores in five Northeast states.
Maine People's Alliance says Summers has an inherent conflict of interest because his office oversees elections.
In a letter to President Obama, he says he concluded "that the seizure I suffered on June 9th could be a distraction from my performance as secretary."
The material at issue in today's decision includes the isolated use of expletives as well as fines against broadcasters who showed a woman's buttocks on a 2003 episode of the show "NYPD Blue."
He is charged with 48 counts related to 10 boys over 15 years. If convicted, Sandusky could spend the rest of his life in state prison. 
Bomb sniffer dogs detected the explosives during a routine check of a truck in the power plant's industrial area near its high security enclosure.
Nikhil Andrew Rodrigues, 27, of Somerville had just voted in his first election.
A company affiliated with Central Maine Power Co.'s parent company has been picked to build a pipeline system in the Augusta region to serve state property.
Three months of declining job creation have left the public increasingly glum, with only 3 out of 10 adults saying the country is headed in the right direction. 
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The media-savvy artist knew how to enthrall audiences with his instant renditions of the world's biggest sport personalities and events.
Sanford City Manager Norton Bonaparte says "we need to move forward with a police chief that all the citizens of Sanford can support.".jpg)
Water-guzzling residents who've been staying close to their air conditioners will have to get through one more day before temperatures are expected to start cooling down.
Mainers United for Marriage want to include a religious-freedom exemption in the Nov. 6 referendum; others are mostly content with the wording.
Along with a new managing editor, D.C. bureau chief and reporter, an editor is promoted.
House Republican leaders say they are willing to negotiate if the administration turns over more emails and memos related to the flawed "Fast and Furious" gun-tracking operation.
Police descend on a house in Westbrook after investigating an early-morning incident.
Volunteer work on the Arboretum at Fort Williams Park begins to transform the Cape Elizabeth landscape.
While just seven people speak at a Portland hearing on the proposed hikes, their message is the same.
Searchers recover the body of Durward Worster, 29, after he and friends dove from a cliff into Sebago Lake.
As summer officially arrives, Portland ties a record of 93 degrees and people pack the beaches, pools and swimming holes.
A manufacturing breakdown delays plastic license tags required for traps, costing fishermen time and money.
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