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Local & State

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July 8, 2013

Success of students earns Portland program new grant

LearningWorks gets $975,000 to fund the classes and skills taught by Youth Building Alternatives.
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July 8, 2013

LePage vetoes bill cutting toxic chemicals in kids’ items

The governor's administration has opposed the measure saying it would cost too much for added staffing.
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July 8, 2013

Portland police charge four with engaging a prostitute

The men are arrested after residents in the Parkside neighborhood asked for stepped-up enforcement.
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July 8, 2013

Body of missing Saco man found by police

Kevin O'Donnell was reported missing June 12 and police asked the public to help locate him.
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July 8, 2013

Police: Cyclist sexually assaulted in Maine

Police want to speak to anyone who traveled along the Whitten Road in Canaan between noon and 2:30 p.m. Sunday.

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July 8, 2013

Death toll sure to rise in Quebec oil train crash

Police have finally entered the charred epicenter of the scene, and 50 people were still missing as of early Tuesday morning.
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July 8, 2013

Jury selected in trial of former Chelsea selectwoman

Carole Swan is charged with 10 counts of defrauding the federal government.
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July 8, 2013

Man accused of firing from window on $100K bail

Perrin Oliver, 43, is accused of firing about 70 shots during a standoff that forced the rerouting of the city's July 4 parade.
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July 8, 2013

Maine fisherman dies off coast of Cape Cod

40-year-old Michael Grindle died aboard the Osprey, a 107-foot herring trawler, and authorities have scheduled an autopsy.
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July 8, 2013

Maine gas prices rise slightly

Prices in Maine are now almost 9 cents per gallon higher than a year ago and almost 3 cents lower than a month ago.