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    July 31, 2011

    Yarmouth Little League heads to the regionals

    Yarmouth captures the state title with a three-run eighth after York forced extra innings.

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    July 31, 2011
    Harry Reid

    Still no deal

    But Republican leaders and President Obama make significant progress toward an agreement to avert a government default threatened for early this week.

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    July 31, 2011

    Sex offender survey shows low recidivism

    Less than 4 percent of sex offenders freed in Maine were re-imprisoned for a sex crime in the three years after release.

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    July 31, 2011

    Furbush has a new home, with Seattle

    Charlie Furbush of South Portland is traded by Detroit as part of a six-player deal.

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    July 31, 2011

    Local/State Dispatches

    PORTLAND Chartered schooner runs aground off Great Diamond The Wendameen, a chartered two-masted schooner, ran aground off Great Diamond Island on Saturday, the Coast Guard said. No one was injured in the incident off the north side of the island just before low tide Saturday afternoon, which was at 4:36 p.m., said Lt. Nick Barrow […]

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    July 31, 2011

    Steve Solloway: Over Cape’s rolling hills, right on track

    SOUTH PORTLAND – He’s never stood in a crowd of 5,000, waiting to start a 10-kilometer road race. He’s never finished a race longer than a 100- or 200-meter sprint. Eddie Hamilton has never heard spectators cheer his bib number or his effort to run up the last hill inside Fort Williams Park. In fact, […]

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    July 31, 2011

    Mainers in London: A year away from a dream

    With the clock ticking, athletes from Maine are preparing for their runs to next year's Olympic Games.

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    July 31, 2011

    U.S. shutdown would reduce cash flow

    But it's hard to predict exactly how Maine would be hurt since this would be a first, one expert says.

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    July 31, 2011

    Harden heading to Boston

    OAKLAND, Cailf. — A person familiar with the deal said Saturday night that the Oakland Athletics are close to finalizing a deal that would send right-hander Rich Harden to the Boston Red Sox for Triple-A first baseman Lars Anderson and a player to be named. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the trade […]

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    July 31, 2011

    FBI offers $25,000 in case of missing girl

    A Stewartstown, N.H., community member adds $5,000 for information leading to her discovery.