CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services says a public health incident has been declared in the state in response to the hepatitis C outbreak caused by a former lab worker. Officials say the declaration will allow the department to seek outside assistance for clinics that will be held […]

PORTLAND (AP) — U.S. Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins say the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded $127,649 to the Gulf of Maine Research Institute. NOAA says the money will be used to assess a new technology to record what’s scooped up by mid-water trawl fishery, opening the door to a method to […]

ROCKLAND (AP) — More than 80 boats of all shapes and sizes will be on display for the 10th annual Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors Show. The show begins Friday and runs through Sunday at Harbor Park on the Rockland waterfront. Show-goers can view a wide variety of power and sail boats on display in […]

PORTLAND (AP) — U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree is asking Canadian authorities to provide police escorts for Maine lobster trucks following protests at processing plants over cheap lobster from the United States. The Maine Democrat wrote to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police on Thursday to request protection for the trucks. She says drivers bringing lobster from […]

HARRISON (AP) — Firefighters in Maine are fighting a blaze in Harrison that destroyed a barn before spreading to a nearby home. WMTW-TV reports that firefighters from several communities are working to extinguish the fire. The fire consumed the barn and spread to the home. People inside awoke to the smell of smoke and were […]

ACCRA, Ghana The Obama administration is readying new sanctions on Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime and its allies as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton heads to Turkey for weekend talks with top Turkish officials and Syrian opposition activists. Senior U.S. officials traveling with Clinton as she wraps up a nine-nation Africa tour in […]

NEW YORK Chores piling up. DVRs stuffed and groaning with unwatched favorites. Late, bleary strolls into the office. Welcome to the Great Olympic Time Suck, that unsung sport that has millions glued to coverage of the London Games rather than tending to real life. At 34-year-old Angie Butcher’s house in suburban Chicago, the suck looks […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Analysts expect West Coast gas prices to rise beyond $4 a gallon after a fire knocked out a key section of one of the nation’s largest oil refineries. Meanwhile, the same U.S. Chemical Safety Board team that investigated the oil spill in the Gulf Of Mexico was standing by with state […]

BROADVIEW, Saskatchewan (AP) — A collision between a Canadian Pacific freight train and a camper van has left three children and a woman dead and two others injured. Royal Canadian Mounted Police Cpl. Rob King says the collision took place Thursday evening at a crossing in Saskatchewan. Canadian Pacific spokesman Kevin Hrysak says the crossing […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Agriculture Department says it is going to impose tougher penalties on stores that violate food stamp rules. The federal government will also give states new tools to root out applicants who are ineligible for the benefit program that now covers about 1 out of every 7 Americans. The move comes as […]