Iraq War veteran Eddie Routh is charged with killing Chris Kyle, of ‘American Sniper’ fame
February 2015
Potential to expand hydropower in Maine dries up
A state effort finds only a small amount of untapped generation, but a consultant says changes in regulatory policies would help.
As Maine’s snowdrifts grow, so does danger from carbon monoxide
Maine’s had a number of monoxide poisonings, including a man in Yarmouth who barely escaped after snow plugged a furnace vent.
First lady steps up fight against childhood obesity
Michelle Obama visits a Manhattan school to announce a $500 million donation.
Measles diagnosed at Chicago day care
Officials see no link between these cases and the outbreak in California.
Former producer of Lady Gaga loses bid to lower award
A federal judge in New Jersey upholds the $7.3 million award.
Measles in 14 states, red flags in Maine
With the illness ‘just an airplane ride away,’ health officials push for vaccinations and legislators try to limit parents from opting out of them.
‘Gettysburg skull’ is still a mystery
A skull thought to be that of a Civil War soldier is actually at least 700 years old, and from the Southwest.
Coast Guardsman charged in fatal shooting of colleague on Cape Cod
Bourne, Mass., police say he killed one woman, shot another, then shot and wounded a police officer.
Nation Dispatches
INDIANAPOLIS Hurt by gunfire, Girl Scout looks to online cookie sales A 9-year-old Indianapolis girl wounded by gunfire as she was heading off to her weekly Girl Scouts meeting to pick up cookies she planned to sell door-to-door is now racking up sales in an online cookie drive intended to send her troop on a […]