But the prosecutor wants the full five years allowed under a plea deal with the ex-director over turnpike authority thefts.
2012
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Nation & World Dispatches
OAKLAND, Calif. Rampage shooter’s target was nursing program head Police confirmed Wednesday that the nursing program director of the California college where a former student is suspected of going on a shooting rampage was the suspect’s intended target. Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan told The Associated Press that investigators believe Ellen Cervellon was the person […]
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A grandfather’s protest becomes a federal case
The 80-year-old says his approach is friendly, gentle, but the government says he’s aggressive, intimidating.
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Jail officials told to heed state strip-search limits
Maine’s rule is more restrictive than the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling allowing the searches with minor offenses.
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Fossil’s fluffy coat suggests T. rex was warm and fuzzy
‘People need to start changing their image of T. rex,’ one expert says.
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Homeland security mission creep: spying beyond terrorists
WASHINGTON — You can find just about anything at the annual homeland security expo: X-ray machines, infrared cameras, a police cruiser with heat-sensing capability, a hovering “gyroplane” – and a GPS device that can spy on your spouse. The salesman for Blackline GPS Corp., maker of “professional-grade covert tracking” equipment, explained that his devices, in […]
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Salmonella of unknown source sickens 93 across U.S.
CHICAGO — Ninety-three people have been sickened by a nationwide salmonella outbreak, but a source of the cases has not been confirmed yet, health officials said Wednesday. The outbreak involving salmonella bareilly, an unusual type of salmonella, has been reported in 18 other states and the District of Columbia, according to the Centers for Disease […]
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Our View: Romney and Obama can start fall campaign now
Despite claims that Romney is too moderate, voters will face a stark contrast in November.
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Letters to the editor, April 5, 2012Michael Heath raises some questions
In the March 29 Maine Voices (“There can be no moral or legal right for same-sex marriage”), Michael Heath makes several statements that bring questions to mind. One: Marriage is needed for propagation. Does that mean that I, as a post-menopausal widow, am disqualified from remarriage? Second: How were the children born out of wedlock […]
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Another View: LePage, Poliquin and Mayhew all survive Bill Nemitz’s darts
Some of the columnist’s favorite targets are emerging unscathed after his critiques.