JPMorgan pays $211 million to settle bid-rigging case JPMorgan Chase & Co. has agreed to pay $211 million after admitting one of its divisions rigged dozens of bidding competitions to win business from state and local governments. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC made at least 93 secret deals with companies that handled the bidding processes in […]
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Bear that mauled hiker won’t be hunted down
Park officials say the bear was merely defending its cubs when it killed a man.
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Photo: She’s back for more fresh air
Nine-year-old Raynae Chance, second from right, a Fresh Air Fund child from New York City, hugs members of her host family, the Leggat-Barr family of North Yarmouth, with whom she’ll be living during her summer visit, as a Fresh Air Fund chairwoman, Suzanne Barr, left, coordinates the kids’ arrival in Scarborough on Thursday. It’s Raynae’s […]
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German security agency warns of ‘critical’ flaws in iPhones, iPads
Apple says it is working on an upgrade to close the hole that can be exploited by hackers.
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EPA to test air samples from homes near oil spill
BILLINGS, Mont. – The Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday it will collect indoor air samples from homes downstream of a Yellowstone River oil spill after residents raised concerns about health risks from the tens of thousands of gallons of crude that poured into the watercourse. About 150 people showed up at an EPA meeting Wednesday […]
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Photo: Beak chorus
Young barn swallows that have taken up residence at Morse’s @ Holbrook’s restaurant in Cundy’s Harbor eagerly await dinner in their nest Tuesday, courtesy of their mother, at right.
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Hammer-wielding suspect sought
AUGUSTA — Police continue to search for a robbery suspect more than a week after he allegedly struck another man with a hammer on Mount Vernon Avenue.
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Stolen Picasso found, New Jersey man held
The gallery owner says he can’t understand what the suspect planned to do with the rare drawing.
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Methadone bill, others await signature
Gov. LePage has approved about half of the 70 bills sent to him last week as legislators finished work.
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Storms threaten to delay final space shuttle launch
But NASA managers say they will still try to launch Atlantis at 11:26 a.m. today.