A puzzled Sen. Collins hears one reason for the denial of full funding, amid questions about scoring and politics.
2014
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Local & State Dispatches
Car hits, kills horse, injures 4 Amish kids / Mother, three sons found in Maine after Amber Alert / Expert rescues two eaglets in Bangor … and more news from around the state.
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Worst winter for fliers blamed on weather
But snow and ice storms are not the only culprits. A shift in airline strategy leads to more cancellations.
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Nation Dispatches
WHARTON, W.Va. Coalfield where men died had many safety violations Two miners who were killed on the job Monday night worked in a coalfield that had so many safety problems federal officials deemed it a “pattern violator,” a rare designation reserved for the industry’s worst offenders. Brody Mine No. 1 was one of only three […]
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Briefcase
Retail sales nearly flat in April after strong March U.S. retail sales growth slowed in April, with consumers shopping less online and cutting back on purchases of furniture and electronics. The Commerce Department said Tuesday that seasonally adjusted retail sales rose just 0.1 percent last month, after surging 1.5 percent in March following a harsh […]
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Senate advances tax break plan
The lawmakers vote to open debate on a bill that would extend more than 50 tax breaks through 2015.
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Mental impairment appeal halts Texas man’s execution
Convicted killer Robert Campbell was scheduled to be executed next, after another inmate’s botched lethal injection.
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California wildfires force thousands to evacuate
Unseasonably hot weather makes firefighting difficult near San Diego and in Santa Barbara County.
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U.S. only Western country without maternity pay
It provides fewer weeks of maternity leave than do other Western countries, a study shows.
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Illinois student suspended for AK-47 T-shirt
CHICAGO — A high school student is challenging a suspension he said he received for wearing a T-shirt to school that depicts an AK-47. Senior Chris Borg, 18, of Hinsdale appeared before the Hinsdale Township High School District 86 school board Monday to make the request that the suspension he received on May 6 be […]