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    <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 22:18:13 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Mainer wins chance to go on the road with One Direction</title>
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      <description>Kylie Keene, a 2012 UMaine grad, was selected out of hundreds of applicants to be the Nabisco 1D VIP Tour Correspondent, who will follow the band in major cities.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 22:18:13 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Brutal London terror attack leaves 1 dead near barracks</title>
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      <description>In an ultra-bloody daylight attack, two men with butcher knives hacked another man to death near a military barracks.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 22:17:51 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Man killed while being questioned in Boston bomb probe</title>
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      <description>Ibragim Todashev, a mixed martial-arts fighter, was fatally shot after lunging with a knife at an FBI agent who was questioning him at his Florida townhouse, police say.</description>
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      <title>Suspect in Glenburn girl's slaying enters no plea in court</title>
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      <description>Kyle Dube, dressed in T-shirt and jeans, did not make eye contact with the many friends and family members of Nichole Cable who were in the courtroom.</description>
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      <title>Jodi Arias jury deadlocks on death penality</title>
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      <description>But the judge tells the jurors to continue trying to work through their differences, or else a new jury will have to be seated.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 21:37:08 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Waterville car rental business owner loses appeal, will have to pay use tax</title>
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      <description>Eagle Rental of Waterville had asked the Maine Supreme Judicial Court to overturn a decision by a trial judge ordering that the use tax — similar to a sales tax — be paid on those vehicles which the Maine Supreme Judicial Court rejected that appeal in a decision issued Tuesday.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 21:34:17 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>LePage hints at veto of Medicaid, hospital payments bill</title>
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      <description>The Maine Hospital Association supports both ideas, but Republicans say they're ready to block the bill if the two concepts aren't considered separately.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 21:21:22 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>IRS official Lerner: 'I have done nothing wrong'</title>
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      <description>Lois Lerner, who heads the office that decides whether groups qualify for tax exemptions, invoked her Fifth Amendment right to not answer questions.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 21:12:11 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Petition to recall West Gardiner elected officials to be heard Thursday</title>
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      <description>The selectmen will host a public hearing Thursday on a proposed ordinance that would allow residents to recall elected officials at 6:30 p.m. at the town office.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 21:06:46 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Route 32 pavement work, Waldoboro to Jefferson, begins May 29</title>
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      <description>Crews next week will begin putting another layer of pavement along Route 32 from Waldoboro to Jefferson, according to the Maine Department of Transportation.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 20:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A timeline to spring</title>
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      <description>In February, summer seems like just a legend. In May when the lilacs open out it’s clear the legend is coming to life, and for a few months, winter is the ancient myth. So is it written.</description>
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      <title>RSU 18 budget passed by voters Tuesday</title>
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      <description>Vote totals reported by town clerks show that Regional School District 18’s proposed school budget of $32,281,753 passed handily at polls in the district’s five towns Tuesday.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 19:32:19 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Doug Vanderweide</dc:creator>
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      <title>New England economy seen improving, but unevenly</title>
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      <description>The New England Economic Partnership says external factors such as Europe's recession and federal spending cuts are crimping the region's economy.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 19:17:57 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Oklahoma tornado damaged up to 13,000 homes</title>
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      <description>Damages could reach $2 billion in a disaster zone that stretches more than 17 miles.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 19:17:38 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Two infants among 10 children killed by tornado</title>
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      <description>Seven of the 24 victims were students at the Plaza Towers Elementary School.</description>
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      <title>One block: How neighbors saw twister's deadly path</title>
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      <description>Block by block, a storm ripped apart Moore, Okla., for the second time in 14 years, leaving survivors to wrestle with the awful decision of whether to rebuild or move on. This is the story of one of those blocks.</description>
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      <title>New lobbying rules for ex-lawmakers await LePage action</title>
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      <description>The resolve removes a requirement that the state Transportation Department conduct a feasibility study on the $2 billion project.</description>
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      <title>Hospital payback, Medicaid expansion hinge on LePage</title>
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      <description>The House and Senate approve a bill that would pay state hospitals back $186 million, and give basic health coverage to 60,000 Mainers using federal dollars.</description>
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      <description>Lawmakers are trying to learn whether the IRS targeting was politically motivated. The inspector general and IRS officials have said there is no evidence of that.</description>
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      <title>Octogenarians race to be oldest Everest climber</title>
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      <description>One climber who is 80 years old, is on the mountain close to the summit. His 81-year-old rival is in base camp preparing to grab the title of oldest man to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain.</description>
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      <title>Boy Scouts meet to decide policy on gay Scouts</title>
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      <description>Scouting officials propose allowing openly gay Scouts but retaining the ban on gay adult Scout leaders.</description>
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      <title>Oxford Casino sale awaiting state approval</title>
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      <description>The casino won't be required to apply for a new operator's license if the sale is approved.</description>
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      <title>Change of command at Kittery shipyard Friday</title>
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      <description>Capt. L. Bryant Fuller will become deputy commander for ship design, integration and naval engineering at Naval Sea Systems Command in Washington, D.C.</description>
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      <title>NY judge refuses to dismiss Kerry Kennedy case</title>
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      <description>Kennedy argued that the drugged-driving charge should be dismissed because she took the sleeping pill accidentally.</description>
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      <title>Anthony Weiner launches bid to become NYC mayor</title>
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      <description>'I made some big mistakes and I know I let a lot of people down, but I also learned some tough lessons,' he says in a YouTube video.</description>
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      <title>Photos of bin Laden burial will stay secret, court rules</title>
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      <title>IRS scandal continues to unravel</title>
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      <description>The commissioner takes responsibility for the failure to come clean on the targeting of groups.</description>
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      <title>King meets with Brewer students via teleconference</title>
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      <description>The senator will hold a 'Capitol Class' with students Brewer High School students today.</description>
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      <title>2 more Maine municipalities deemed 'business-friendly'</title>
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      <description>Presque Isle and Richmond will be given a certificate and two road signs to tout the award.</description>
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      <title>Brothers sue Portland diocese over alleged sex abuse</title>
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      <description>The men say they just learned that church officials knew a priest was molesting children and did nothing to stop it.</description>
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      <description>Police say Nichole Cable, 15, was killed by a 20-year-old Orono man, whom she may have dated at some point.</description>
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      <description>They oppose a bill that would allow carrying concealed weapons without a permit, which would also do away with background checks.</description>
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      <title>Searching nearly done after powerful twister</title>
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      <description>Gary Bird says he's '98 percent sure' there are no more survivors or bodies to recover under the rubble. The twister killed 24 people.</description>
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      <title>Rangeley ambulance crew feted for long-distance rescue</title>
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      <description>NorthStar ambulance employees Jeremy O'Neil, Steve Grant and Harold Schaetzle were recently honored by Rangeley Fire and Rescue for rescuing an injured man 30 miles from their base and transporting him 64 miles to the nearest hospital.</description>
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      <description>Residents will have a final opportunity to be heard Thursday, before city councilors wrap up deliberations on a $52.6 million city and school budget that would increase property taxes by 6.6 percent.</description>
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      <title>LePage vetoes smoking ban on college campuses</title>
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      <description>If lawmakers want to be consistent, they should submit a bill to 'outlaw tobacco altogether' instead of just banning smoking in certain places, he says.</description>
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      <description>In June 2012, Dube led police on a 130 mile-per-hour high-speed chase on I-95 north of Bangor, and was about to go to prison.</description>
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      <description>She says she would use her time in prison to bring about positive changes, including donating her hair for cancer victims and designing T-shirts to raise money for victims of domestic abuse.</description>
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      <description>Jefferson residents accepted the school budget as proposed and rejected the idea of the town owning the Clary Lake dam at Tuesday night's Town Meeting held at Jefferson Village School.</description>
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      <description>Waterville city councilors voted 5-1 on Tuesday to approve a proposed $20.3 million school budget for 2013-14, sending the budget to voters for final approval June 11.</description>
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      <description>Shane Dolph Gurney, 36, of Jackman, is facing felony charges after police said he stole a car on Main Street on Monday and destroyed it in a crash about 20 miles away.</description>
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      <description>Somerset County filed a civil suit against the state Board of Corrections on Tuesday for payment of more than $280,000 the county contends it is owed for operations at the Somerset County Jail.</description>
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      <description>Teachers and administrators took issue on Tuesday with the weight given to student assessments in proposed regulations for teacher and principal evaluations.</description>
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      <description>Residents are invited to meet and ask questions of candidates running for local office at a forum from 6:30 to 8 Wednesday at the Comfort Inn &amp; Suites on U.S. Route 2.</description>
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      <description>Maine Gov. Paul LePage said Mainers need to focus their generosity in places that can provide the most help by donating money to volunteer agencies.</description>
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      <description>William Spaulding, 53, of Vassalboro, was taken to the hospital Tuesday after crashing his pickup truck head on into another truck, driven by Joshua Lamoreau, 34, of Monmouth, on Western Avenue in Manchester.</description>
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      <description>Augusta, Monday, At 6:52 p.m., an assault was reported on New England Road.</description>
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      <description>Police are seeking one suspect, and possibly a second, in an assault at Walmart in Augusta, which sent a man to the hospital.</description>
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      <description>Twin Rivers, which has facilities in Madawaska and New Brunswick, produces specialty papers and lumber.</description>
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