Thornton Academy forward C.J. Maksut became the 17th recipient of the Travis Roy Award on Sunday, given annually to Maine’s top Class A boys high school hockey player.
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Up to 400,000 rape kits remain untested
The kits can quickly link rapists to their crimes, but at $1,200 per test, many cities choose to leave them untested. For the victims, they live in constant fear their attackers are still on the streets.
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1-ton WWII-era bomb discovered near Marseille port
Officials in Marseille have evacuated an area around the French Mediterranean city’s port so they can remove a 1-ton German bomb that dates to World War II.
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New wrinkle in pot debate: Stoned driving
States that allow medical marijuana are now grappling with stoned driving and what impairment levels should be allowed.
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Study: Small Maine hospital CEOs earn $230K-plus
It study comes as the Maine State Legislature is scrutinizing hospital executives’ pay.
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Former Mr. Universe turns 100 in India
A former Mr. Universe, who’s only 4-foot-11 and just turned 100, said Sunday that happiness and a life without tensions are the key to his longevity.
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Thanks to early spring, Maine bans heavy trucks
Heavy trucks are being temporarily banned from thousands of miles of secondary roads across northern New England with the early arrival of spring.
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With death of horses, ‘Luck’ proved too real for HBO
Horse racing has long withstood the deaths of its skittish, injury-prone thoroughbreds. Hollywood proved this week it lacks the stomach for it by canceling “Luck”, HBO’s critically-acclaimed horse-racing drama.
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Obama to Congress: Kill oil industry’s tax breaks
The president said giving $4 billion in annual subsidies to oil companies that make hundreds of billions of dollars doesn’t make sense. In general, Obama’s been very friendly to oil companies. Under his presidency, the US has quadrupled the number of operating oil rigs.
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Armed home invaders steal prescription drugs in Standish
STANDISH – Police are investigating an armed home invasion in Standish early Friday morning. Witnesses told police that three to four men, dressed in black and wearing masks, forced their way into a home on Pequawket Trail, according to a press release from the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office. The men identified themselves as “federal drug […]