BASS HARBOR ( AP) — Maine’s Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse has been chosen to appear on a new line of quarters featuring parks, national forests and historic sites. The Bass Harbor lighthouse on Mount Desert Island was chosen to represent Acadia National Park as part of the U.S. Mint’s “America the Beautiful Quarters Program.” One […]

GARDINER (AP) — Police are looking for man who robbed prescription drugs from a Gardiner pharmacy. Police say a man who appeared to be in his early 20s walked into the Rite Aid on Spring Street just after 2 p.m. on Monday, went to the back of the store and demanded drugs at the pharmacy […]

FARMINGTON (AP) — The State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating an explosion in Farmington. No one was reported hurt as a result of the explosion reported after 9 p.m. on Monday. Police responding to Bailey Hill Road found remains of the device in the road. A bomb squad was called in and they determined there […]

LOVELL (AP) — A passenger in a minivan has died after it rolled over and struck a utility pole in Lovell. Police say 30-year-old Eric Blades of Norway was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash at about 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Investigators believe the Dodge caravan struck a patch of ice before crashing. The […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Many people resolve to lose weight in the new year. This year, Mainers can star in their own version of the “ Biggest Loser” reality show. The goal of the fourth annual Dr. Lou’s weight loss challenge is to pay $7,500 to the grand prize winner. That depends on whether participation reaches […]

LITCHFIELD ( AP) — A man flying a powered parachute was left hanging on a tree limb more than 70 feet high for a while after a gust of wind blew him out of control. John Beganny, 66, suffered cuts to his head and face on Sunday. Police say he was flying a parachute powered […]

PERRY, Iowa ( AP) — A funny thing happened recently in the presidential campaign in Iowa: The last Republican president’s name actually surfaced. “We’ve had, in the past, a couple of presidents from Texas that said they weren’t interested in wars … like George W. Bush,” a voter said to Ron Paul, the Texas congressman […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — It was another night of firefighters scrambling across the nation’s second largest city to snuff out a series of arson attacks when a tip came in about a German man who matched the description of someone with a shoulderlength ponytail captured on a surveillance video near where a car fire was […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The corpses’ faces are mostly bloated, their skin pale and discolored. One man’s lips are stiffened into a grim frown and he stares with half-open eyes. Another man appears to be sleeping, his color natural enough that he almost looks alive. Forensic investigator Michael Simley knows some people will find the photographs […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Police kept watch over a globally prominent Islamic cultural center that was firebombed as they investigated other attacks that also could be bias crimes. Although structural damage to the Imam Al- Khoei Foundation building was minimal, the incident Sunday has left the community emotionally shaken, said its assistant imam, Maan Al-Sahlani. […]