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US deports former Nazi camp guard, 95, to Germany

NEW YORK (AP) — The last Nazi war crimes suspect facing deportation from the U.S. was taken from his New York City home and spirited early Tuesday morning to Germany, the White House said. The deportation of the 95-year-old former concentration camp guard, Jakiw Palij, came 25 years after investigators first confronted him about his […]

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LePage calls lawmaker ‘repugnant,’ storms out of meeting on report that he didn’t interfere in timber decision

Maine’s legislative watchdog found no evidence that Gov. Paul LePage was directly involved in a February decision to divert timber harvested on public lands away from two Maine mills. But the governor quickly overshadowed that news by demanding an apology from lawmakers, singling out a member of his own party as the “most repugnant human” […]

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Major road project begins this week in downtown Biddeford

Biddeford officials say a major road construction project will close streets and affect downtown traffic starting this week. The work on Lincoln Street in the heart of the city’s downtown is being done in preparation for the upcoming $40 million redevelopment of the Lincoln Mill. The Lincoln Street reconstruction project will include removing old pavement, raising […]