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September 2018
Posted inNew England Patriots, Sports
Patriots notebook: Hightower hopes for a full season
Linebacker Dont’a Hightower has played a full 16 games just once, and after suffering a torn pectoral last year is ready for Sunday’s opener.
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Posted inNation & World
Lawsuit says USDA refusing to turn over records on tests that end with euthanization of cats
Researchers are seeking a vaccine for toxoplasmosis, the leading cause of death in humans from foodborne illness, but have killed nearly 3,000 felines in the process.
Posted inNation & World
Eight states fight Trump over bird treaty act
The Interior Department directed its law enforcement division to forgive mass bird kills, even when the animals are threatened or endangered.
Posted inMaine
Super yacht docked in Portland Harbor among world’s largest
The M5, at 277 feet long and 54 feet wide, is the largest single-masted sailing yacht in the world, and as of Thursday, it’s moored at DiMillo’s Marina.
Posted inNation & World
Trump pleased that North Korean leader still has faith in him despite broken-off talks
South Korean officials who met with Kim Jong Un say he wants to resume working with the U.S. president on mending relations, and that Kim is frustrated by skepticism over his willingness to denuclearize.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Former Topsham postmaster sentenced to 10 years for sexually assaulting child
Robert Welch abused the child regularly for eight years, starting when the victim was 7, prosecutors say.
Posted inNation & World
Moscow envoy: Poisoning claims ‘anti-Russian hysteria’
The statement by Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia comes at a session of the U.N. Security Council.
Posted inBusiness
In some cities, a latte means a corresponding rise in housing costs
When coffee giant Starbucks colonizes a neighborhood, home prices tend to jump.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Winthrop teenager to plead guilty to killing his parents on Halloween 2016
Andrew Balcer previously pleaded not guilty to killing Alice and Antonio Balcer, but the teenager’s attorney says his client plans to change his plea at a hearing on Sept. 19.