Friday, May 24, 2013
AUGUSTA -- Kaplan University will start enrolling students next month for a nursing program set to begin in February, and two information technology degree programs should follow later in 2013.
AUGUSTA -- A federal report has found the VA Maine Healthcare System-Togus fell short of standards that govern training for end-of-life care and proper storage of oxygen tanks.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Susan Rice, the embattled U.N. ambassador, abruptly withdrew from consideration to be the next secretary of state on Thursday after a bitter, weekslong standoff with Republican senators who declared they would fight to defeat her nomination.
LAKEPORT, Calif. -- A former Augusta, Maine, man probably will spend the rest of his life in prison after a jury here on Thursday found him guilty of the first-degree murder of a Maine couple because of a drug dispute. 
AUGUSTA -- Gov. Paul LePage has ordered that the Maine state flag be flown at half-staff Saturday in Mount Vernon remembrance of Russell Libby, the tireless organic farming advocate.
SKOWHEGAN -- It was all about kid power Thursday during a surprise assembly at Skowhegan Area Middle School.
WASHINGTON -- In the farewell remarks of her congressional career, U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe called representing Maine "the greatest privilege of my life" but also expressed concerns the Senate was "losing the art of legislating" amid the partisan gridlock.
WATERVILLE -- The mother of missing toddler Ayla Reynolds says she's losing hope that police ever will solve the case, but at least three law enforcement experts from around the country say there are plenty of reasons for optimism. Police probably are working quietly to build a stronger case, they said.
SKOWHEGAN -- A Madison Avenue bank was robbed just before 5 p.m. Thursday by a man who said he had an accomplice with a rifle outside, police said.
A lengthy and costly battle with Republicans "is simply not worth it to our country," Rice says.
Local advocates answer questions about taxes, licenses, vendors and other issues facing same-sex couples who plan to get married.
Russell Libby, 56, died Sunday after a battle with cancer.
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At the end of a 34-year congressional career, Olympia Snowe urges her Senate colleagues to return to 'governing through consensus'.
Bush has steadily improved and remains stable as he battles the lingering effects of bronchitis.
LAKEPORT, Calif. — A former Augusta man will likely spend the rest of his life in prison after a jury here found him guilty Thursday of the first-degree murder of a Maine couple over a drug dispute. 
The Natural Resources Council also says the Michigan company has long-standing links to mining operations and shouldn't be updating Maine’s mining rules.
The release comes nearly three months after Apple Inc. replaced Google Maps with its own, much-maligned map software.
The Maine Republican is retiring after 34 years in Congress.
The 70th annual Golden Globe Awards will be presented Jan. 13.
South Carolina Republican Jim DeMint calls it "a political trophy" within Obama's grasp.
Police in Belize still want to question John McAfee in connection with the death of a U.S. expatriate who lived near him on an island off Belize's coast.
At least 50 federal lawsuits in nine states that have been filed against the New England Compounding Center, and more are being filed in state courts every day.
A chief detective said Jacintha Saldanha also had injuries to her wrists and three notes were found in the room. 
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