EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — The leverage of free agency in his prime brought Kirk Cousins the market-setting contract with Minnesota. Now the Vikings have their latest franchise quarterback to try to secure that elusive first Super Bowl victory with. The Vikings wrapped up their welcome party with an $84 million, three-year contract for Cousins on […]
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Music: Boosting moods of booster seat diners
My oldest son and I were recently leafing through family recipes in a worn, torn binder we keep with cobbled together favorites. This three-ring binder’s the go-to for our three-ring circus, filled with jotted down cooking notes on Post-Its taped to pages, printed online recipes with notes in margins, and several entries with food stains […]
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Rask, Bruins hand Lightning first shutout loss of season
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tuukka Rask and the stubborn Boston Bruins stymied the Tampa Bay Lightning — and got even closer in the standings. Rask stopped 23 shots to hand Tampa Bay its first shutout of the season and lifted the Bruins over the Lightning 3-0 on Saturday night. It was Rask’s third shutout of […]
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Maine official says spans created by pedestrian designer are safe
AUGUSTA (AP) — The Maine Department of Transportation is reassuring the public that it’s safe to travel bridges designed by a company involved in the design of a Miami pedestrian bridge that collapsed in a deadly accident that killed at least six people. The Bangor Daily News reports that Maine transportation department spokesman Ted Talbot says the […]
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Judge orders evaluation for mom accused of killing daughter
BELFAST (AP) — A judge has ordered a mental health evaluation for a woman accused of beating her 10-year-old daughter to death. WGME-TV reports that Stockton Springs resident Sharon Carrillo will be examined at Riverview Psychiatric Facility. She is scheduled to be arraigned April 2. Carrillo’s lawyer Chris MacLean says that his client has a severe learning […]
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150-year-old Maine inn destroyed in fire
CHESUNCOOK TOWNSHIP (AP) — Forest rangers say a fire leveled a century-and-a-half-old inn in northern Maine. Firefighters and Maine forest rangers say they responded Saturday morning to a fire that destroyed the Chesuncook Lake House. The inn was built in 1864 as a farmhouse and boarding house supplying logging operates in northern Maine. It was […]
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Candidate who called Parkland teen ‘skinhead lesbian’ quits race
SABATTUS (AP) — A Republican Maine House candidate who called a Florida high school shooting survivor a “skinhead lesbian” and called another a “bald-faced liar” is quitting the race. Leslie Gibson was widely criticized for insulting the survivors of last month’s shooting, which killed 17 people. Gibson said Friday he’s walking away with his “head […]
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Mueller now has memos McCabe kept on Trump dealings
WASHINGTON (AP) — Andrew McCabe, the onetime FBI deputy director long scorned by President Donald Trump and just fired by the attorney general, kept personal memos detailing interactions with the president that have been provided to the special counsel’s office and are similar to the notes compiled by dismissed FBI chief James Comey, The Associated […]
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Senators want CIA to lift veil on nominee’s dark past
WASHINGTON (AP) — Gina Haspel’s long spy career is so shrouded in mystery that senators want documents declassified so they can decide if her role at a CIA black site should prevent her from directing the agency. It’s a deep dive into Haspel’s past that reflects key questions about her future: Would she support President […]
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Spring flood threat in Maine expects to be above average
AUGUSTA — The State’s River Flow Advisory Commission met Saturday in Augusta to discuss ice conditions and flood risk across the state. “This has been a pretty active season already for flooding and although there are no flood threats now, things could change over the next few weeks,” said Maine Emergency Management Agency Director Suzanne […]