AUGUSTA – The Maine Republican Party announced Friday it was filing a lawsuit in federal court in its latest effort to stop the use of ranked-choice voting in the primary elections on June 12. The announcement came shortly after delegates at the party’s biannual convention voted unanimously to change the party’s platform rules to say […]
May 2018
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Trump says Giuliani needs to ‘get facts straight’ on Stormy
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump insisted Friday that “we’re not changing any stories” about the 2016 hush payment to porn actress Stormy Daniels, even as he further muddied the explanations by suggesting the new face of his legal team needed to “get his facts straight.” Trump said that Rudy Giuliani, who upended the previous White […]
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Trojans roll over Mustangs
SACO — The Thornton Academy boys lacrosse team has several players who can take over a game by themselves, but on Friday evening the Golden Trojans showed off a balanced scoring attack as they cruised to a 17-5 victory over Massabesic.The Trojans would still get big games from some of their stars as both Noah […]
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OOB tops St. Dom’s
AUBURN — The Old Orchard Beach softball team scored 10 runs in the first two innings and the Seagulls would go on to pick up a 20-6 victory over St. Dominic Academy in six innings on Friday.Morgan Howlett-Brown would go 2-for-5 at the plate with seven RBIs for the Lady Gulls.OOB also got a complete-game […]
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Lightning beat Bruins 4-3 in OT to take 3-1 series lead
BOSTON — Dan Girardi scored 3:18 into overtime on Friday night to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a 4-3 victory over the Boston Bruins and a 3-1 lead in their Eastern Conference semifinal series.The Lightning jumped ahead 2-0 for the second straight game. But this time Boston answered with three straight goals, including a short-handed […]
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Called shot: LeBron’s fadeaway has Raptors endangered
CLEVELAND — LeBron James has perfected a signature, soul-crushing shot that also seems to describe what’s happening again to the Toronto Raptors.The fadeaway.With cold-blooded precision, James worked the 24-second shot clock down to single digits before sinking one fadeaway after the next in Game 2 on Thursday night, each swish pushing the top-seeded team in […]
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Mets to cut ties with Matt Harvey
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Mets said nighty-night to the Dark Knight.Matt Harvey, once regarded as a premier pitcher who could have joined Tom Seaver and Dwight Gooden among the Mets’ greats, refused a minor league assignment and will be designated for assignment Saturday.The 29-year-old right-hander lost his spot in the rotation last […]
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Darrell Wallace Jr. making strides early in NASCAR season
DOVER, Del. (AP) — Darrell Wallace Jr. was a budding photographer his first few years at the track, snapping away with his Canon 60D to show an insider’s view of NASCAR.The hobby is on hold. Wallace fills his social media feeds with photos shot on his mobile phone. The fancy camera still has the lens […]
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Confident Darnold hits Jets practice field for first time
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Todd Bowles chuckled for a moment and then just couldn’t resist the urge to break from his normally low-key, stoic public persona.The New York Jets coach had just been asked what his initial impressions were of first-round pick Sam Darnold at rookie minicamp Friday — and Bowles went wild. Well, sort […]
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Mayfield believes QB competition won’t divide Browns
BEREA, Ohio — Baker Mayfield intends to conquer, not divide.Although drafted by the win-starved Cleveland Browns with the No. 1 overall pick to be their quarterback of the future, Mayfield said Friday he plans to be a leader from the outset even if he doesn’t start as a rookie.Tyrod Taylor is the team’s presumptive opening-week […]