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Chad Kackert scored on a 5-yard run to cap a 10-point fourth quarter for New Hampshire in a 27-24 win over Maine on Saturday. Complete Story...
Matt Mullery scored 24 points and Peter Sullivan added 20 points to lead Brown to a 75-62 victory over Maine on Sunday.
Gov. John Baldacci ordered Maine state departments Friday to curtail spending by $63 million to make sure the budget is balanced.
Maine author Phillip Hoose said winning a National Book Award for his chronicle of a young civil rights pioneer was all the more moving because she took the stage with him when he accepted the honor.
Maine utility regulators have set dates for another round of public hearings on Central Maine Power's $1.5 billion plan to expand its transmission network.
Sean McNally scored 17 points and Troy Barnies tallied a double-double, helping Maine hold off Delaware State 59-56 on Wednesday night.
Supporters of draft legislation forcing Maine companies to give employees paid sick days off marched to the offices of the Portland Regional Chamber to urge the business group to support their cause.
Kyle O'Quinn banked in a layup with 5 seconds left to cap a Norfolk State rally in a 72-71 victory over Maine on Monday night.
Chris Treister threw five touchdown passes and ran for another to lead Maine past Rhode Island 41-17 on Saturday.
Gerald McLemore scored 26 points to lead Maine to a 76-73 win over Fordham in the season opener for both teams on Friday night.
Maine revenues continue to fall far short of projections, with the shortfall now estimated at $300 million to $400 million for the state's current two-year budget.
Hollywood Slots wants to add a new type of slot machine, but Maine's Gambling Control Board has delayed making a decision on whether to allow it.
Justin Thorpe threw one touchdown pass and ran for another, helping James Madison score the game's first 22 points en route to a 22-14 win over Maine on Saturday.
A group that wants to build a resort and casino in western Maine says it has collected 99,000 signatures seeking to put the proposal to a statewide vote.
Bangor Hydro Electric Co. says copper wire's been stolen from one of its substations.
Despite living in one of the nation's most heavily taxed states, Maine voters on Tuesday soundly rejected proposals that would have reduced automobile excise taxes and put limits on future increases on state and local government spending and taxes.
Maine's Insurance Bureau says workers' compensation rates will decrease by an average of 7 percent.
Bolstered by out-of-state money and volunteers, both sides jockeyed Monday to boost turnout for a Maine referendum that could give gay-rights activists in the U.S. their first victory at the ballot box on the deeply divisive issue of same-sex marriage.
Cecelia Burnett and Ann Swanson had already set their wedding date. When they joined about 1,000 other gay marriage supporters for an election night party in a Holiday Inn ballroom, they hoped to celebrate the vote that would make it possible.
Warren Smith passed for 226 yards, threw for a touchdown and ran for another score to lead Maine to a 19-9 win over Massachusetts on Saturday.
Authorities in Maine have captured a man after several days of searching and charged him with murdering his father.
The state of Maine is going to get almost $96 million to modernize the state's electrical grid.
Gov. John Baldacci says Maine will participate in FairPoint Communications Inc.'s bankruptcy hearings to make sure the company fulfills its promises and improves its customer service.
A supporter and an opponent of same-sex marriage made their respective cases on live television Wednesday, less than a week before a statewide referendum on whether to allow gay marriage in Maine.
Keeping the country safe from terrorism is a real concern, and the United States must not abandon the rule of law as it did in the early days of the war on terrorism, U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said Friday.
Woman Admits Killing Husband She Said Planned "Dirty Bomb" Attack on WashingtonA Maine woman pleaded guilty Friday to killing her husband, who she said had wanted to detonate a radiological "dirty bomb" during the inauguration of U.S. President Barack Obama, the Bangor Daily News reported.
Election Day 2009 has come and gone. Relatively speaking, this election was as insignificant as any off-year election is, as opposed to a mid-term election, but it still could have been an important year for the Libertarian Party, if we had simply bothered to show up.
Equality's Ragged March for Same-Sex CouplesLast Tuesday's Election Day results showed how far the nation has traveled in the struggle for gay equality — and the distance still to go.
Anderson Cooper 360: Blog Archive - C-A-T spells Cat « - Blogs from CNN.comSchools across the country are lowering standards – actually dumbing down lesson plans – to avoid sanctions under the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). A new federal study shows that nearly a third of the states lowered academic standards in recent years.
Gay Marriage - Salon.comSame Sex Marriage was repealed in Maine. Now what? And what does that mean for efforts to repeal Prop 8.
Gay Rights Rebuke May Change Approach They had far more money and volunteers, and geography was on their side, given that New England has been more accepting of same-sex marriage than any other region of the country.
gay marriage and the catholic church in maine"Maine proponents of gay marriage rights woke to defeat today, which is a shame and another signal that the country is still bitterly divided on this issue. The New York Times reports:
Once again, the voting public has spoken. Once again, what they're telling us is sad. As in California with Proposition 8, 53% of voters in Maine have voted to repeal legislation which would have extended equal rights to gay citizens:
I'm truly at a lose. Yesterday, Maine voted to ban gay marriage. It was close, all things considered. 53% went for it. I can't say that I'm surprised, but I am horribly disappointed. As someone on another site pointed out, we did everything right this time.
Defeat in Maine a harsh blow to gay-marriage driveThe stars seemed aligned for supporters of gay marriage. They had Maine's governor, legislative leaders and major newspapers on their side, plus a huge edge in campaign funding. So losing a landmark referendum was a devastating blow, for activists in Maine and nationwide.
Maine Gay Marriage Law RepealedWith 87 percent of precincts reporting as of 2 a.m. today, gay marriage opponents claimed 53 percent of the vote to supporters' 47 percent.
Why should the birthright of equality for tens of millions of GLBT American citizens first depend upon getting a majority of people to stop hating them? There would be a tidal wave of blood flowing in the streets and entire cities set ablaze if any other minority' s rights were p …
Maine to vote on gay marriageMaine residents will decide Tuesday whether to repeal a law allowing same-sex marriage, an effort that has succeeded in every state where it has been put before voters.
Maine vote on gay marriage draws national attention If the measure wins at the polls, it would continue a string of about 30 states where voters have rejected gay marriage.
In Maine, same-sex marriage is a Catholic issueCatholics, like many people of faith, are divided on the question of same sex marriage. However, much of the argument for and against the Nov. 3rd vote in Maine are two sides of the same coin.
Senate Pushes For Public Option Without Obama's Support - Obama Supports a TriggerPresident Barack Obama is actively discouraging Senate Democrats in their effort to include a public insurance option with a state opt-out clause as part of health care reform.
Despite Claims, Anti-Gay Group in Maine More Dependent on Out-of-State FundsHowever, most of No on 1's advantage is based on its substantial edge in fundraising from within the state of Maine.
Memorandum on Medical Marijuana enforcementThis is the memorandum given to United States attorneys concerning the changes concerning medical marijuana enforcement.
Why Is Everyone Pretending Olympia Snowe Is so Darn Important? I don't get it. I know that's the simplistic refrain of every 10-year-old, but I'm 33 and I mean it: I don't get why Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine - or any Republican senator, for that matter - is attracting so much attention.
'When history calls, history calls' - Sen. Olympia Snowe Backs Democrat's Health Care BillSenator Olympia J. Snowe, Republican of Maine, said Tuesday that she would support the Democrats' landmark health care legislation.
Snowe Vote Shows Obama Whether Republicans Help on Health Care - Bloomberg.comU.S. Senator Olympia Snowe's independent streak showed up early.
The Telltale Wombs Of Lewiston, MaineHis name was Jack Wennberg, and by the mid-1970s, he had compiled data about health care practices in cities all over the state of Maine, including data showing that in the city of Lewiston, an unusually large number of women were having hysterectomies.
Wellpoint Nations Largest Insurance Company Sues Maine in Order to Guarantee ProfitUntil this morning I was a stockholder of Wellpoint. It has been a top performer in an otherwise dismal portfolio, but today I see that Wellpoint's CEO Angela Braly makes $9.8 million a year, and that the company pays lobbyist $10 million a year.
Bodies of Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan Back in US(October 6) - The flag-draped coffins of five U.S. soldiers killed during a weekend onslaught against a U.S. military outpost in Afghanistan arrived Tuesday at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, the military said.
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