KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide car bomber rammed his vehicle into the gates of a NATO base and airport in eastern Afghanistan today, triggering a blast that killed nine Afghans, officials said. The Taliban claimed the attack was revenge for U.S. troops burning copies of the Quran. The bombing in the city of Jalalabad follows […]
February 2012
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Maine’s average gas price jumps 8 cents
Prices are now more than 38 cents per gallon higher than the same day a year ago and 24 cents higher than a month ago.
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Winthrop crash sends 6 to hospital
One of the crash victims was a 16-year-old girl who had to be extricated from a vehicle and taken to a hospital by helicopter.
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State squeezing rights panel’s conference space
The state is moving computer equipment into some or all of a conference room being used by the Maine Human Rights Commission.
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Panel to review bill offering MaineCare fraud ‘bounties’
AUGUSTA — A legislative committee this week will take another look at a bill to authorize payments to people who report MaineCare fraud. The Judiciary Committee has scheduled a work session on the bill for Tuesday afternoon. At a hearing last week, the committee heard from some individuals and groups who praised the idea as […]
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Trenton woman dies in vehicle rollover
It is unclear what caused Hope Cummings, 43, to lose control of her vehicle.
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Man faces pot trafficking charges after I-95 stop
Police say they smelled marijuana during a traffic stop and found 20 pounds of pot in the bed of the man’s truck.
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Dispatches
Fire destroys a business in Wiscasset on Sunday / Maine tries to bring attention to invasive species / . . . and more news from around the state.
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Maine Democrats caucus, promise comeback
Maine Democrats kicked off the 2012 campaign season Sunday with a promise of making a comeback in state politics.