Iraq used to buy 15 percent of its rice from America, but now buys none. The Iraqi government says basmati rice from India is cheaper and tastes better than American rice.
February 2012
Posted inThe Forecaster
Gorham Democrat enters Senate District 6 race
SCARBOROUGH — A Gorham business has declared his candidacy in state Senate District 6. Democrat Jim Boyle owns two businesses: Boyle Associates environmental consultants, and Avant Dance & Event Center in Westbrook. District 6, which includes all of Gorham and large portions of Westbrook and Scarborough, is represented by four-term Sen. Phil Bartlett, D-Gorham, who […]
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Police identify elusive mountain criminal
For five years, Troy James Knapp has roamed the wilderness of southern Utah, breaking into remote cabins, living in luxury off hot food, alcohol and coffee, stealing, and vanishing into the woods.
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Bath man accused of vicious knife attack gets $100,000 bail
Police say Matthew Wycoff, 28, stabbed his girlfriend in the neck and shoulders Monday with a steak knife.
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ATV that sank in Kennebec was stolen
The operator of one of two all-terrain vehicles that broke through the ice and sank last week now faces a felony charge.
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Driving drunk with child nets 150-day jail stay
Tony A. Leland, 46, of Biddeford was operating under the influence while his 4-year-old son rode in the passenger seat.
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Brunswick police charge boy, 13, with arson
Firefighters from Brunswick, Freeport, Topsham and West Bath responded to the blaze that took about 90 minutes to douse.
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Maine tot walks a mile in the middle of the night
Police say the Baileyville 3-year-old walked to a store looking for her mother, even though both her parents were asleep at home.
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Obama to address gas prices, pitch energy policy
Obama’s pitch will also have a subtext: that the federal government can do little to halt the current rise in gasoline prices.
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Teen charged in flight ruckus allegedly spoke of bin Laden
A cousin on the flight says his relative suffers from schizophrenia, was flying home to see his sick mother and hadn’t taken his medication for three weeks.