The scope of the collection of data on Americans was never made clear, members of both parties say.
2013
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Groups call for probe of Maine environmental chief Aho
Two citizen groups cite a Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram series as the basis for an investigation.
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SAD 51 co-chair resigns position
Bill Richards is the second member of the school board from Cumberland to quit in the last month.
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First place far away as Dogs lose twice
Portland falls 10 1/2 games behind Binghamton, which has six straight wins over the Sea Dogs.
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9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed designed vacuum
Believing it would help to keep the prisoner sane, his CIA captors authorized him to pursue the project.
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Local baseball: Unbeaten Andrews handles First Title
PORTLAND — Kyle Reichert had a double and a home run and drove in three runs Thursday to lead undefeated Andrews Post to a 14-4 victory against visiting First Title in an American Legion Zone 4 baseball game. Evan Gallant and Dan Kane also drove in three runs apiece for Andrews (10-0-2) against First Title […]
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Preble Street to expand veterans services
The group wins a $1.7 million U.S. Veterans Affairs grant to expand its program to the entire state.
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NFL notebook: Patriots’ Dennard arrested
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Patriots cornerback Alfonzo Dennard was arrested and accused of drunk driving Thursday in Nebraska while on probation for assaulting a police officer, the second New England player to get in serious legal trouble this summer. Dennard’s early-morning arrest in Lincoln, Neb., where he starred for the Cornhuskers, came 15 days after Aaron […]
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Nation/World Dispatches
SAN FRANCISCO Probe of Asiana plane crash focuses squarely on pilots Investigators have found no evidence of mechanical problems with Asiana Flight 214, the head of the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday, putting the focus of the safety probe into the crash landing at the San Francisco airport squarely on the pilots. In her […]
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U.S. House passes farm bill stripped of food stamps
Since the 1970s, nutrition assistance and agricultural policy have both been addressed in a single bill.