In a two-decade span, a specialized unit overstated forensic links in 95 percent of the 268 trials reviewed.
2015
Payday at the mill
How sophisticated financiers used a Maine investment program they devised to wring millions of dollars in risk-free returns at taxpayer expense.
World War I gas horrors changed warfare forever
In April 1915, chlorine gas sowed agony in Flanders Fields – and the era of chemical warfare dawned.
By Carolyn Chute: The book signing of North Berwick, Maine
The author engages in quiet, private conversations with 50 or so folks who come to meet her.
Branagh assembles troupe of actors for season of five plays
Kenneth Branagh will appear alongside Judi Dench in Shakespeare’s ‘The Winter’s Tale.’
Civil War soldiers still standing guard
Versions of the Silent Sentinel can be found from Amarillo, Texas, to Kennebunk, Maine.
Tim McGraw defends decision to do Sandy Hook benefit show
Gun rights advocates call him a hypocrite for headlining the event.
Prosecutors drop charges against officer in Missouri
They say a conviction would have been unlikely in the nonfatal shooting of a man during an arrest last summer.
Recycled water rides ‘wave of popularity’
The water shortage in California helps people to get past the yuck factor to use treated sewage.
Five arrested on suspicion of terror plot in Australia
Police say they believe the plot was inspired by the Islamic State group and was to have involved ‘edged weapons.’