Wednesday, May 16, 2012
AUGUSTA -- Republican lawmakers in the House and Senate, despite pressure from groups opposed to MaineCare cuts, passed a budget Tuesday that eliminates health care coverage for more than 20,000 people, cuts prescription drug coverage for senior citizens and reduces funding for Head Start.
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Brian McNamee, the former pitcher's longtime strength trainer, says his life was damaged in many ways by getting involved with Roger Clemens.
At last week's roundtable exploration of the future of Maine's newspapers, I came away with one piece of good news: Old people still love newspapers.
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Maine Department of Conservation employee Patrick Brown lowers a hoist Monday after helping place a ramp in the Kennebec River at the state boat launch in Hallowell. Brown and colleagues Matthew Myshrall and Bill Cunningham placed the ramp and floats for boats that will remain in the river until the end of October.
ALBION -- One man was killed and another was seriously injured Tuesday when the building they were working under collapsed on them.
AUGUSTA -- Trustees of a Fairfield union's trust fund say that an administrator who died in a car accident earlier this year had stolen more than $260,000 to cover up a theft from an Augusta union's trust fund.
After passing five previous budgets with bipartisan support, the parties split on the final budget of this year.
Maine lawmakers give initial OK to bonds
Approved state budget cuts MaineCare, covers gap
Three people were indicted recently in Kennebec County Superior Court on separate charges of defrauding public-assistance programs.
State education officials had anticipated letters from four groups, but they weren't expecting one that came in from Piscataquis County.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s estranged wife, who had fought drug and alcohol problems, was found dead in her home, her attorney said.
WILTON -- A financial adviser and conservative columnist who resigned from a state commission last year after his arrest on a domestic assault charge was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound Monday afternoon.
The study of 400,000 people is the largest ever done on the issue, and the results should reassure any coffee lovers who think it's a guilty pleasure.
Maine's attorney general says the state will get nearly $75,000 as a part of a settlement between the FTC and Skechers USA.
FTC : Skechers deceived consumers with shoe ads
Using only her thoughts, a Massachusetts woman paralyzed for 15 years directed a robotic arm to pick up a bottle of coffee and bring it to her lips, in the latest advance in harnessing brain waves to help disabled people.
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McNamee turned on Clemens over son's illness
Brian McNamee, the former pitcher's longtime strength trainer, says his life was damaged in many ways by getting involved with Roger Clemens.
TRAVELIN' MAINE(RS): Summer living is easy in Tenants Harbor 
We’ve been “summering” at the East Wind Inn in Tenants Harbor for many years, spending a couple of days pretending to be wealthy summer visitors to Maine, luxuriating in the simple ...
Man dies after camp falls on him in Albion
ALBION -- One man was killed and another was seriously injured Tuesday when the building they were working under collapsed on them.
Maine biotech firm plans move to Cumberland
Maine Standards wins site plan approval Tuesday to build a $3 million to $5 million facility on Route 1.
Most wanted: Students with technical degrees
Majors matter as graduates seek jobs.
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