The 65-year-old York County man, who was serving time for drunken-driving, was part of the Supervised Community Confinement Program.

The playful animal, believed to be a minke whale about 18-22 feet long, delights children attending a surf camp in York.

As police urge Mainers to avoid attracting the animals, a state official says the proposed ban could worsen the problem.

Nancy Writebol, a missionary from North Carolina who contracted Ebola while working with patients in Liberia, will be treated at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta.

But city councilors, whose only other choice was to legalize pot as proposed by a citizens petition, express opposition to the idea.