It’s time for a federal response to the chemical products problem addressed in Maine law.
2012
Posted inNation & World
A split House passes budget destined to fail in Senate
WASHINGTON – A divided House approved a $3.6 trillion Republican budget on Thursday recasting Medicare and imposing sweeping cuts in domestic programs, capping a battle that gave both political parties a campaign-season stage to spotlight their warring deficit-cutting priorities. But the partisan divisions over the measure, which is dead on arrival in the Democratic-led Senate, […]
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Senate turns down bid to end oil company tax breaks
WASHINGTON – President Obama’s plea to Congress to end $4 billion in tax subsidies to oil companies was rebuffed Thursday as the Senate turned back a Democratic bill to repeal the tax breaks. Moments after Obama made his election-year appeal in the White House Rose Garden, the Senate failed to reach the threshold of votes […]
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Bill Nemitz: Is campaign worth their day jobs?
The Republican candidates for Senate have to decide.
Posted inBusiness
Pot equipment sales a budding business
The number of commercial and personal growers is rising, and they need supplies for their crops.
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Governors back beef after ‘pink slime’ plant tour
Trying to save jobs and to overcome public perception, officials see the process firsthand.
Posted inBusiness
Best Buy plans to close 50 U.S. big box stores
None of the six Best Buy stores operating in Maine had been notified about closing by Thursday.
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Funeral for Earl Scruggs to be held at former home of Grand Ole Opry
The Academy of Country Music Awards show on Sunday night is planning to honor the musician.
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Injuries from struggle not clear in video
Legal experts say the images raise questions about the story of how an unarmed Florida teen was killed.
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Lindsay Lohan on ‘informal probation’
LOS ANGELES – Lindsay Lohan’s days as a criminal defendant could be over – if she can behave herself. A judge on Thursday ended the long-running probation of the problem-prone actress in a 2007 drunken driving case after a string of violations, jail sentences and rehab stints. The 25-year-old actress will remain on informal probation […]