PORTLAND (AP) — Ron Paul supporters in Maine have rejected a compromise with Maine Republican Party Chairman Charlie Webster. A committee of Republican leaders from around the country will meet this week in Washington to consider what role, if any, Maine’s 24- member delegation will play at the GOP national convention. Two GOP activists say […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Democrat Cynthia Dill says she’ll get to work on repealing the federal Defense of Marriage Act on “day one” if she’s elected to the U.S. Senate. Dill held a rally Wednesday outside City Hall to praise the Democratic Party’s decision to include marriage equality in its draft national platform, saying the party […]

YORK (AP) — A worker for a York paving company has been electrocuted after touching a dump truck that was in contact with live power wires. Authorities say 42-year-old Christopher Dixon was standing behind a gravel truck at about 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday when the truck touched the power lines. Rescue workers at first couldn’t […]

PORTLAND (AP) — A Maine man has joined the national movement of returning his Eagle Scout medal to the Boy Scouts of America to protest the organization’s exclusion of gays. Austin Smith of Portland says the silver eagle and the plaque signed by President Nixon he received in 1973 are “precious,” but he can no […]

SANFORD (AP) — Maine Department of Health and Human Services officials plan to visit a Sanford nursing home after maggots were found on a resident. A spokesman for the agency says the Newton Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing informed the department about the incident and the steps being taken to avoid similar situations. The exact […]

PFLUGERVILLE, Texas (AP) — A 40-year-old warehouse worker has been stung more than 300 times after accidentally disturbing a massive colony of Africanized bees in Central Texas. Pflugerville police say the man was in stable condition when he was taken to a hospital after the attack Wednesday. Police say three other people were stung, but […]

RICHMOND, Calif. (AP) — More than 1,000 people blaming this week’s California refinery fire for sore throats and other ailments are asking an attorney to help them get a payout for their suffering from Chevron Corp. Another 1,000 people that contacted Chevron directly are being helped at a downtown Richmond storefront set up by the […]