Regional News
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12-Year Old Allegedly Responsible for Disastrous Apartment Fire
- A 12-year-old has been charged with setting a fire that destroyed three buildings and left 75 people homeless in Lewiston. The city's police chief says the youngster will be arraigned Monday in...
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Standish Lawmaker Sentenced to Six Months for Misuse of Funds
A former state lawmaker from Standish is going to prison for six months for misuse of federal funds. Prosecutors say after Adam Mack, 38, left the legislature, he ran a management company that...
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As Public Hearings Approach, Marijuana Legalization Brings Debates
Maine sheriffs are speaking out against a proposal that would legalize marijuana. A bill that's about to be considered by lawmakers would legalize, tax and regulate pot like alcohol in...
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LePage Signs Concealed Weapons Permit Bill into Law
Governor LePage has signed into law a bill to keep confidential names and other information about gun owners who obtain concealed handgun permits. The bill was approved Thursday by lopsided...
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State Budget Faces $60-Million Shortfall by July
A new revenue estimate finds a shortfall of about $60-million in the state budget come July. Sharp drops in sales and corporate income taxes are the biggest reasons for the shortfall. It...
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Maine Prescription Drug Take-Back Day this Saturday
It's prescription drug take-back day in maine this Saturday. Police departments across the state will be open from 10:00AM to noon to collect unused drugs. A large drop box will be at each...
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Angus King Gives First Floor Speech as US Senator
Senator Angus King gave his first floor speech on Wednesday. He talked about the nature of conflict and the need for lawmakers to rise above it. King told fellow senators that the great...
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Elver Dealers No Longer Able to Pay for Eels in Cash
Elver dealers can no longer pay for the baby eels with cash. That law went into effect Monday. The goal is to prevent people from buying or selling them without a record of the transacton,...
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Lawmakers Look to Restore Millions in Head Start Funding
A group of lawmakers in Augusta want to restore millions of dollars in funding cuts to Maine's Head Start program. The group including state and local officials and Head Start providers held a...
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Communications Factory to Shut Down in June
A factory that makes antennas is shutting down in southern Maine. SPX Communications Technologies, formerly known as Dielectric Communications, will close at the end of June. The plant...
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Spring Cleaning at UMaine
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A Celebration To End Hunger In Brewer
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A Dexter Couple Praises A Program That Has Helped Them And Other Disabled Veterans
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Orono Man Charged With Murder of Nichole Cable
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Friends Say Nichole Cable Knew Her Accused Killer
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MEMA Suggests Tornado Relief Fund
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MEMA Prepares to Help In Tornado Aftermath
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Regulators to Vote on Rules for Maine's Eel Fishery
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LePage: "Office of governor was totally disrespected"
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Brewer Scouts Honors Veterans
Breaking News from CBS
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Video: The next day: Search-and-rescue operations become search-and-recovery efforts
The frantic search-and-rescue operations following Monday's tornado became a grim search-and-recovery effort Tuesday. Anna Werner reports.
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Injured third-grade teacher tells of trying to protect students
Jennifer Doan used her body to shield her students as tornado bore down on Plaza Towers Elementary School
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Video: Saving the kids: One teacher's mission to keep her class safe
Jennifer Doan is a third-grade teacher at Plaza Tower's Elementary School in Moore, Okla. When the tornado hit, she used her body to protect as many students as she could. She came out of the rubble with a fractured sternum and spine. Vinita Nair reports.
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Video: Tornado in Moore, Okla., was an EF5, the most powerful there is
With more than 300 people injured and at least 24 killed, government weather experts confirmed the twister that plowed through Moore, Okla., Monday was an EF5, which put the tornado in the most powerful classification. Scott Pelley reports on the latest from the ground in Moore, Okla.
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Oklahoma tornado victim search efforts winding down
200-mph winds estimated to have caused $3 billion in damage; Students, family recall harrowing ordeal at destroyed elementary school