Yesterday at 5:39 PM

Understaffed, undersized and under siege: Riverview hospital struggles with safety Several photos included in this story

Data the Kennebec Journal received through a records request show the total number of injuries reported at Riverview is the highest it's been in three years, though lower than in years before that.

Killers' cases illustrate difficulties in granting freedoms to forensic patients

11:56 AM

Nadal beats Federer, Serena wins at Italian Open

Rafael Nadal wins this tourney for the seventh time, and Serena Williams wins her fourth straight title this year.

Yesterday at 12:48 PM

• MOVIES • Several photos included in this story

• Admission • The Croods • 42 • Future Weather • GI Joe: Relatiation • The Host • Identity Thief • Jurassic Park • The Place Beyond the Pines • Olympus Has Fallen • On the Road • Oz: The Great and Powerful • Safe Haven • Scary Movie 5 • War Witch

Yesterday at 8:28 PM

STILL LIFE: Benton Alewife Festival

Erma Blakney, of Fairfield, center, looks over as her friend, Edward Fisher, tastes a smoked alewife during the 2nd annual Benton Alewife Festival on Saturday.

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1:32 PM

Neighbors said Saco man in standoff was troubled

Charles Scontras was known in the tight-knit neighborhood for his troubled behavior.
Man dies in house fire after 4 1/2-hour standoff in Saco

12:59 PM

Small Fla. city wonders who won Powerball jackpot

The budget for the city of Zephyrhills is just more than $49 million; the winning Powerball jackpot is 12 times that.

12:25 PM

US senator proposes student loan refinance plan

The refinancing bill would enable students and graduates who have an interest rate above 4 percent to refinance their federal loans at a lower, fixed rate of 4 percent. The bill will be introduced in the Senate this week.

Charge to UMF graduates Saturday: Live united

Several photos included in this story On Saturday, 456 graduates of the University of Maine at Farmington were urged to let go of imaginary lines that needlessly divide people and keep them from joining together to support each other.
University of Maine at Farmington Class of 2013

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    Snowe's media blitz touts book on congressional reforms

    Former Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe was all over the media landscape last week promoting her new book; Congress makes progress on important legislation; Rep. Chellie Pingree's bill on military sexual assault gets pushed back; Rep. Mike Michaud urges action on safety accord; and the C-SPAN bus stops at Cony High School, State House on Wednesday.

    12:48 PM

    Metro-North: Conn. train outage expected for days

    Metro-North President Howard Permut says the two-track electrified railroad must be rebuilt.

    Oversight of Maine restaurants diminishes, just as complaints rise

    Maine’s guidelines for overseeing restaurant safety were quietly scaled back last year, even as the number of health-related complaints about Maine restaurants has been on the rise.
    Why do failure rates vary across the state?
    Maine inspection rule among least restrictive in U.S.
    Accessing, crunching the state’s results ultimately frustrate bid to create database

    9:12 AM

    Maine comic festival features writers, artists

    The festival was started in 2009 to promote comic books and give the public an opportunity to meet the creative talent behind them.

    Sports from the Morning Sentinel

    Nadal beats Federer, Serena wins at Italian Open

    Rafael Nadal wins this tourney for the seventh time, and Serena Williams wins her fourth straight title this year.

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    News from the Kennebec Journal

    Kennebec Journal area police log, May 18, 2013

    Augusta, Friday, At 8:55 a.m., there was an accident at the railroad trestle on Water Street.

    News from the Press Herald

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    Norman Huynh, 24, is poised to conduct Pops and Discovery concerts – and community outreach.

    Nation & World

     Boy Scouts prepare for vote on gays

    Rhetoric is heated as religious groups say they do not want openly gay boys in the Boy Scouts.

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