AUBURN (AP) — Police in Auburn are investigating the death of a male teenager, but they don’t consider the death to be suspicious. Officers found the teen unresponsive and not breathing when they were called to a residence at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday.

PORTLAND (AP) — Two U.S. companies have submitted bids to operate ferry service between Portland and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, to the Canadian province’s government, which is willing to provide as much as $21 million in subsidies. Neither Quest Navigation Inc. of Maine and Maritime Applied Physics Corp. of Baltimore currently offer ferry service. Nova Scotia’s […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Legislative leaders have voted to allow the Maine Public Broadcasting Network to provide expanded State House coverage that could resemble the national C-SPAN. The new venture was unanimously approved Tuesday by the House and Senate leaders. The free over-the-air MPBN State House TV channel is devoted exclusively to coverage of the Legislature […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Wounded former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords will appear as an unscheduled witness today at the year’s first congressional hearing on curbing gun violence, adding drama to a session that was already slated to hear from a top official of the National Rifle Association. Giffords, an Arizona Democrat who suffered a severe head wound […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ashley Judd and Dario Franchitti are separating after 11 years of marriage. Judd’s spokeswoman confirmed a Tuesday report from People magazine that the 44- year-old actress and 39-yearold Scottish race car driver are ending their marriage. The star of such films as “Double Jeopardy” and “Kiss the Girls” says in a […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan was released from federal prison and into a Chicago halfway house today after serving more than five years for corruption. Ryan, 78, left the federal prison in Terre Haute, Ind., five months before his prison term officially ended, having qualified for early release to a halfway house.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy shrank from October through December for the first time since the recession ended, hurt by the biggest cut in defense spending in 40 years, fewer exports and sluggish growth in company stockpiles. The decline occurred despite faster growth in consumer spending and business investment. The Commerce Department said today […]

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