SCARBOROUGH ( AP) — Prosecutors and defense lawyers say the drunken driving case against a Scarborough town councilor is likely to be settled through a plea agreement before it goes to trial. A lawyer for Councilor Judith Roy met with a prosecutor Tuesday to discuss a plea deal, although no agreement was reached. A motorist […]

CAMDEN ( AP) — Camden’s economic development director is being investigated for allegedly impersonating a state official whose job he once held. According to court documents, Brian Hodges is being investigated by state police after they found emails to state officials that were supposedly from Deb Neuman, the state’s deputy commissioner of economic development. The […]

AUBURN ( AP) — The Androscoggin County sheriff says he has sent two inmates to jails elsewhere in the state after uncovering a plot to escape the county lockup. Sheriff Guy Desjardins said Tuesday that officials received a tip just before Christmas that two inmates intended to escape through a broken window. Desjardins tells the […]

DETROIT (AP) — Chrysler says its U.S. sales rose 26 percent last year as its turnaround gained traction. The company ended the year with a 37- percent increase in December sales on strong demand for the Jeep Wrangler and Chrysler 200 sedan. Chrysler is among the first carmakers to report sales today. Chrysler says it […]

BEIRUT ( AP) — Activists accused President Bashar Assad’s regime today of misleading Arab League observers by taking them only to areas loyal to the government and changing street signs to confuse them. According to the activists, regime loyalists also are painting military vehicles still inside of cities blue to make them look like police […]

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Alec Baldwin’s antics aboard an American Airlines flight have gotten him grounded as a spokesman for a New Yorkbased supermarket chain. A spokeswoman for Wegmans Food Markets tells Rochester media outlets that the company pulled television ads featuring Baldwin after some customers complained about his behavior that resulted in his being […]

MOSCOW ( AP) — Fragments of a failed Russian space probe are now expected to fall to Earth on Jan. 15, officials said today. The unmanned Phobos- Ground probe was launched Nov. 9 on what was supposed tohavebeena21/2-yearmission to the Mars moon of Phobus to take soil samples and fly them back to Earth, but […]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia woman has avoided prison after admitting she posted a Facebook offer of $1,000 for someone to kill her baby’s father. Nineteen-year-old London Eley pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of conspiracy to commit murder and was immediately paroled on a 3- to 23-month sentence. Investigators say Eley offered “a stack” […]

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai is welcoming a possible deal that would allow Taliban insurgents to open an office in Qatar in order to hold talks with the United States. Karzai said today his government agrees with the establishment of the office because it could lead to an end of the bloodshed […]