Snowe to support Kagan
PORTLAND (AP) — Sen. Olympia Snowe is joining fellow Maine Republican Susan Collins in announcing that she would vote to confirm Elena Kagan as a Supreme Court justice.
Snowe said Wednesday that Kagan met her standard for Supreme Court nominees with “strong intellect, respect for the rule of law, and understanding of the important but limited role of the Supreme Court.”
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JOSEPH REISERT: Ants may have an edge when designing efficient systems
The really important political debate today is not between Democrats and Republicans, or between liberals and conservatives.
It’s between the architects and the ants.
The architects see the state and society as if it were a building, designed and constructed according to a rational blueprint. The architect makes the plans, then tells the various workers what to do, and when and how to do it. If the workers run into a problem, the architect wants to hear about i...
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Jerks of Grass take part in Bluegrass Festival at Saddleback Aug. 7
On Aug. 6 and 7, Saddleback Mountain in Rangeley will be the site of a big Bluegrass Festival that features the talents of such acts as David Grisman Bluegrass Experience, the Del McCoury Band, Darol Anger and Maine's very own Jerks of Grass ... and to that end, a phone interview was set up with one of the founding members of that Portland-based quartet: Carter Logan (who is joined by Jason Phelps on guitar, mandolin; Melissa Bragdon on fiddle; and Kris Day on upright & electric bass, guitar...More >>
SNAPSHOT: Sometimes you push, sometimes you pull
Pete Stratton of Sidney gives his Percheron horse team a push during the horse farmers' pull inside the Charles Henry Robinson Memorial Pulling Ring at the 100th Monmouth Fair on Wednesday.
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Inmates lend a hand for county worker's Family Day
AUGUSTA -- The mouth-watering smell of grilling hamburger, Boca burger and chicken surrounded the county building for several hours Wednesday as employees celebrated Family Day.
Cutler's ex-treasurer falls under scrutiny
AUGUSTA -- Independent gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler's former campaign treasurer, Robert C.S. Monks, made a donation to the campaign that may have violated Maine election law, according to state officials.
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Northeast Bank set for $16 million capital infusion
A Lewiston-based bank with offices in Augusta, Livermore Falls, Anson and Jackman is moving ahead with a deal that will attract $16 million in new capital and a set of new, deep-pocketed shareholders.
Junkyard owner quits fight
RICHMOND -- The owner of a U.S. Route 201 junkyard involved in a years-long legal dispute with the town about his license said he has fired his lawyer and that he can't afford to keep fighting legal battles with the town.
Man pleads guilty to burglarizing dealership
AUGUSTA -- A Waterville man pleaded guilty Tuesday to burglarizing an Augusta auto dealership.
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Fun is just beginning for Patriots
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Quick: What do Buddy Farnham and Taylor Price -- two relatively-unknown receivers trying to make the New England Patriots -- have in common with All-Pro Randy ...
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'He's always there' Duane Leathers served in two wars and now helps his fellow veterans
James Leathers is 52 years old. He lives several states away from where he grew up, runs a successful business that has taken him around the world, and is a proud husband and fathe ...
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Bell tolls for Winslow church
WINSLOW -- An old Baptist church on Abbott Road that's been vacant for decades is barely standing and should be torn down soon because it's a public danger.
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'You see the joy'
Mia Hamm and Nomar Garciaparra are among this year's guest stars at Seeds of Peace Camp.
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Arizona sheriff not relenting after court ruling
Lost in the hoopla over Arizona's immigration law is the fact that state and local authorities for years have been doing their own aggressive crackdowns in the busiest illegal gateway into the country. Nowhere in the U.S. is local enforcement more present than in metropolitan Phoenix, where Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio routinely ...
The State v. Daniel Fortune
Daniel L. Fortune, 22, of Augusta, is one of two men accused of invading the home of the Guerrette family in May 2008 and maiming a father and his daughter in a machete attack.
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