AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine lawmakers have submitted 1,780 bills for consideration this session. The Maine Senate President and House Speaker released a statement Sunday saying the number submitted before Friday’s deadline is down from the first session of the previous Legislature two years ago, when 1,899 proposed laws were submitted before the deadline. This year’s […]

UNITY (AP) — The president of a Maine college will attend a conference in India that is focusing on sustainable development. Unity College President Stephen Mulkey will be a presenter at the 13th Delhi Sustainable Development Summit in New Delhi, Jan. 31 to Feb. 2. Others who will participate include Pulitzer Prize winning author and […]

GREENWOOD (AP) — Western Maine’s Mount Abram ski area says it’s the second in North America to install electric vehicle charging stations. The Greenwood ski area has installed a pair of 220-volt charging centers. They’re located close to the main lodge, rewarding guests who arrive in electric and hybrid cars. Mount Abram says its charging […]

PORTLAND The state paid more than $6,000 to remove, store and ultimately relocate a labor mural that Gov. Paul LePage removed from the Maine Department of Labor building lobby, officials said. Part of the cost ended up being paid by a Republican group that tried to raise money to purchase the mural. The governor created […]

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. A horrific scene awaited officers responding to an emergency call at a New Mexico home — five family members dead, all with multiple gunshot wounds. The victims were later identified as parents and their three young children and the suspected attacker as their 15-year-old son. Investigators trying to piece together what led to […]

CINCINNATI (AP) — A former Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader who had sex with her underage student and is now in a relationship with him is about to begin another court battle Tuesday. Sarah Jones is a 27-year-old northern Kentucky woman who was convicted three months ago of having sex with her 17-year-old student. She’s suing a […]

Faced with likely rejection by the Maine Public Utilities Commission, Statoil North America has revised its terms for a pilot wind energy project off the Maine coast. The new proposal received a guarded reception from Patrick Woodcock, the new director of the Maine energy office, who said Friday he continues his review to “see if […]

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan troops in the Central African Republic have killed the chief bodyguard of Joseph Kony, the fugitive head of the Lord’s Resistance Army, a Ugandan army official said today. Ugandan Col. Felix Kulayigye said the bodyguard, a rebel commander known only as Binani, was among a small group of rebels when […]

DIABALY, Mali (AP) — French forces now control the key Malian town of Diabaly after radical Islamists fled following days of air strikes. Associated Press reporters visiting the town today saw French armored personnel carriers rolling through the streets. French troops in camouflage uniforms were seen taking up positions in front of a Malian military […]