Officials in Minot, N.D,, say they expect as many as 4,500 homes to be severely damaged.
2011
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Deering’s Balzano wins award
ORONO – Deering High School’s Sam Balzano received the 2011 Dr. John Winkin Award before the Senior All-Star Game at the University of Maine’s Mahaney Diamond on Friday night. The award, named for the former Colby, Husson and Maine coach, is given annually to the state’s top high school baseball player. The other five finalists […]
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Treatment could reverse Type 1 diabetes
A Massachusetts General Hospital team is working with the vaccine, which is used to treat tuberculosis.
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Sex charges levied against hoop coach
Scott Wood, who led Winslow to a state title, is accused of sexual touching.
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Ex-radicals enlisted in think tank’s fight against extremism
Technology giant Google, having conquered the Internet and the world around it, is taking on a new challenge: violent extremism. The company, through its eight-month-old think tank, Google Ideas, is paying for 80 former Muslim extremists, neo-Nazis, U.S. gang members and other former radicals to gather in Dublin this weekend to explore how technology can […]
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Red Sox Notebook: Beckett will start Tuesday
PITTSBURGH – Boston Red Sox pitcher Josh Beckett’s next start was pushed back to help him recover from an illness that left him bedridden earlier this week. Veteran knuckleballer Tim Wakefield will start in Beckett’s spot today against the Pittsburgh Pirates, with Beckett not taking the mound again until Tuesday when the Red Sox travel […]
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Is Google abusing its Web dominance?
A formal FTC investigation seeks to detect any signs that consumers are being hurt or competitors stifled.
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Is Bulger a bigger threat to FBI now?
Insiders are divided over whether the captured crime boss will talk about corruption inside the agency.
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Woman gets 30 days in food stamp scam case
Authorities claim Leah Wright of Winslow faked a pregnancy for 40 months to obtain food stamps.
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Photo: Moist – for the most part
Pat Bagg of Maine Foodie Tours leads a group to Monument Square on Friday as a steady light rain made umbrellas the order of the day around Portland. Unsettled weather is forecast to continue into Sunday, when the sun is expected to make an appearance. Full sunshine will return Monday and Tuesday, sending temperatures into […]