Prosecutors say a ‘regulatory collapse’ allowed Kermit Gosnell to perform illegal late-term abortions for three decades.
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Hockey Notebook: Brunswick’s girls are making rapid progress
There is a difference in the Brunswick girls’ hockey practices from previous seasons. There is puck movement from the point to the forwards, and shots on goal. “Our first two years we never worked on offense because we never were on offense,” Coach Bill Bodwell said. So it’s no wonder that Bodwell occasionally stops during […]
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Merrill Lynch fined over 529 plans
WASHINGTON – Industry regulators have fined Bank of America Corp.’s Merrill Lynch unit $500,000 because of oversight failures involving sales of college-savings products called 529 plans. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority also censured Merrill Lynch in a disciplinary action disclosed Tuesday. FINRA found that Merrill Lynch failed to maintain adequate supervisory procedures to ensure that […]
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Global unemployment rate at 7 percent, Gallup finds
WASHINGTON – About 7 percent of the world’s work force is unemployed, while 40 percent of the global workers had stable jobs for a full-time employer, according to new report from Gallup. The data released Wednesday came from Gallup surveys done in 129 countries and regions in 2009 and 2010, and represents the first results […]
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OSHA to keep existing noise rules
WASHINGTON – The government is scrapping plans to change workplace noise standards after business groups and lawmakers complained about the costs. The announcement Wednesday from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration comes a day after President Obama told agencies to go after rules that place an unreasonable burden on businesses. OSHA spokeswoman Diana Petterson said […]
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Institute will focus on saving world’s grain from spoiling
Archer Daniels Midland will spend $10 million over five years on the effort at the University of Illinois.
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Holiday helps eBay revenue increase 5 percent
SAN FRANCISCO – EBay Inc. said Wednesday that its fourth-quarter revenue rose, with the healthy holiday shopping season fueling growth in its PayPal online payments business and online marketplace. The company’s profit fell, since the year-ago quarter included a large gain from the sale of Internet communications business Skype. Excluding special items, eBay’s fourth-quarter profit […]
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DNA confirms oldest domestic dog in Americas
A UMaine researcher finds the canine was eaten by a human 9,400 years ago in what is now Texas.
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Disgraced ‘thug’ sheriff gets life in prison
BENTON, Ill. – A federal judge called a disgraced Illinois sheriff “the worst of humanity” Wednesday and sentenced him to life in prison for trafficking marijuana on the job and a foiled plot to have potential witnesses killed. U.S. District Judge J. Phil Gilbert sided with prosecutors in deciding that Raymond Martin should be harshly […]
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Governor talks profits at meeting with wood lobby
SKOWHEGAN — Profit is not a dirty word. That was the message Wednesday from Gov. Paul LePage during the annual meeting of the Maine Wood Products Association.