HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Maine genetics research lab announced Thursday it has hired the first researcher to join its new center for genomic medicine at the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington. Jackson Laboratory officials said they have hired Yijun Ruan, who’s an associate director of the Genome Institute of Singapore and a […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — A pair of bridges in the Maine town of Harmony are being renamed in a tribute to victims of domestic violence. Gov. Paul LePage on Tuesday signed a resolve which allows for the renaming of the bridges. What was known as the Higgins Stream Bridge on Route 150 will now be called […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine open records advocates, including news media representatives, took issue Thursday with a bill they said would weaken the state’s public records law by allowing the governor to keep more written records private. The bill reviewed by the Judiciary Committee would create an exception in Maine’s public records law for proposed legislation, […]

HARRINGTON ( AP) — A Maine wreath-making company has won a nearly $1 million judgment in a legal dispute with L.L. Bean over the production of wreaths and other products for the 2008 holiday season. A Maine Business and Consumer Court judge ordered the outdoors retailer to pay Worcester Wreath Co. of Harrington after finding […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Romney? Gingrich? Santorum? The Republican race for the presidential nomination is like a game of musical chairs. It makes you wonder what’s going on in the heads of voters as they cast their primary ballots. But give them a break. Choosing a candidate in a party primary is fundamentally more complicated […]

SAN DIEGO (AP) — An aviation training accident that killed seven Marines — one of the Corps’ deadliest aviation training accidents in years — left the military community shaken and was a solemn reminder that preparing for war poses some of the same risks as the real thing. “It’s an unfortunate consequence of the high […]

LONDON (AP) — A retired British businessman accused of plotting to sell missile components to Iran is in transit to the United States to face charges. Christopher Tappin is expected to arrive in the United States this afternoon after failing to overturn an extradition order. Tappin faces charges in El Paso, Texas, over allegations that […]

BEIJING ( AP) — A U. S. envoy said today he made “a little bit of progress” in negotiations with North Korea on restarting efforts to dismantle its nuclear program in return for aid but downplayed hopes of any immediate solution to the standoff. The talks in the Chinese capital were the first since Kim […]