APPLETON (AP) — A Maine man has been rescued by two nearby skiers after his tractor fell through the ice of a pond in Appleton. Eighty- three- year- old George Stevenson was plowing snow with his tractor onto Perry Pond on Tuesday when the fire chief says the tractor fell through the ice and sank. […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — A Maine man has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a young girl over an eight-year period. Richard Libby of Windsor has pleaded guilty to multiple counts of gross sexual assault and unlawful sexual contact. The 48-year-old Libby had been scheduled for a trial this week. The Kennebec Journal reports the assaults happened […]

BANGOR (AP) — Items used to attack a husband including needle nose pliers and a bent towel rack have been introduced into evidence in the murder trial of the man’s wife in Bangor, Maine. Law enforcement officers also showed gruesome crime scene photos to a judge on Wednesday in the trial of Roxanne Jeskey, who’s […]

WASHINGTON There were no champagne corks popping at the White House after Congress passed a two-year budget deal, no declarations of a new era of cooperation in President Barack Obama’s second term. Instead, the modest agreement that passed Wednesday served as a stark year-end reminder of how low expectations for Washington sank in 2013, particularly […]

MINNEAPOLIS Target says that about 40 million credit and debit card accounts may have been affected by a data breach that occurred just as the holiday shopping season shifted into high gear. The chain said that customers who made purchases using their cards at its U.S. stores between Nov. 27 and Dec. 15 may have […]

MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin says Moscow isn’t controlling National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, who has asylum in Russia. Putin said at a news conference today that any revelations published by Snowden must have come from materials he provided before landing in Russia. He reaffirms that Russia made providing refuge to Snowden conditional on his […]