TOKYO ( AP) — Another Japanese nuclear reactor was taken off line for maintenance today, leaving the country with only one of its 54 reactors operational following last year’s devastating earthquake and tsunami. The last reactor is expected to be shut down by early May, raising the possibility of power shortages across the nation as […]

DETROIT (AP) — The bodies of two women discovered buried in woods on the west side of Detroit are likely the remains of two housemates who witnesses claim were forced into a car trunk at gunpoint nearly a month ago, police said. Abreeya Brown, 18, and Ashley Conaway, 21, were abducted Feb. 28 by two […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Maine Gov. Paul LePage has said repeatedly that businesses need cheaper energy in order to create jobs. But a report Sunday by Maine Today Media says that while no business wants high energy bills, a deep labor pool and skilled work force are more important than energy prices for job creation. The […]

WATERVILLE ( AP) — Police are on the hunt for a man who threatened violence during a robbery at a Waterville pharmacy. Police say the man used a note and said he would shoot anyone who followed him during the robbery Sunday afternoon at a CVS on Kennedy Memorial Drive. Employees told police that no […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — The bad news is that gas prices in Maine are on the rise again, but the good news is that they are not rising as fast as they are nationally. Price-monitoring website MaineGasPrices.com reports today that the average retail price of gasoline Maine jumped nearly three cents to $3.86 per gallon. That […]

WOODLAND ( AP) — Reward money has been increased to $60,000 for information leading to the killer of a northern Maine sawmill owner who was shot to death during an apparent robbery four years ago. Fifty- six- year- old Darrel Smith was killed Feb. 4, 2008, inside his sawmill adjacent to his home in Woodland, […]