Saturday, May 25, 2013
AUGUSTA — The 19-year-old accused of robbing a pharmacy in Augusta this week was turned in by his mother after she recognized him in surveillance photos taken at another pharmacy the teen had intended to rob before losing his nerve. 
From gun control to gay and women's rights, President Obama's second-term agenda is shaping up as an unabashedly liberal wish list.
WASHINGTON -- The chairman of the Republican National Committee easily won a second term Friday after the only declared challenger -- a party activist from Maine -- failed to garner enough support to qualify for the election.
AUGUSTA -- It's the new normal for pharmacy robberies in Maine's capital city: Suspects will be hunted by both Augusta police and the FBI and will face federal prosecution.
AUGUSTA -- A Winslow man on Friday was indicted on a murder charge in connection with last month's shooting death outside a Waterville pub.
AUGUSTA -- The Kennebec Valley Chamber of Commerce handed out awards to local businesses and their owners at its annual awards banquet Friday night at the Augusta Civic Center.
AUGUSTA -- A homeless Seattle man accused of killing of Augusta woman more than 30 years ago has returned to Maine.
When I was 22 years old, I killed a cop. I was serving in the Air Force in San Francisco, and I stood no more than six feet away from him, and I shot him four times and he fell, but not before my ears started ringing and kept ringing for three hours.
RANGELEY -- Friends and relatives of missing snowmobilers huddled together with Rangeley community members Friday evening for a vigil geared toward beginning the healing process and preventing further tragedy.
But officials won't know if the Sarah Long Bridge lift mechanism is fixed until they try to raise the span.
The Maine author, a gun owner, releases a nonfiction, digital-only essay that endorses 'reasonable measures to curb gun violence.'
Despite the federal directive, Maine schools are already getting kids with disabilities to be part of the team.
NEWPORT -- A chocolate Labrador retriever named Ben saved his owners from their burning home on Elm Street early Friday morning.
MOUNT VERNON — A family is homeless but uninjured after their Poplar Point home caught on fire Thursday night.
Denis McDonough, 43, will take over the key West Wing role from Jack Lew, Obama's nominee for Treasury secretary.
John Kiriakou pleaded guilty last year to violating the Intelligence Identities Protection Act. No one had been convicted under the law in 27 years.
SOMERVILLE -- A fire that killed a homeowner here Thursday rekindled twice the following morning, leaving firefighters to battle it with equipment that once again froze in the cold.
Prosecutors immediately appeal the decision by Justice Nancy Mills, and the trial against defendant Mark Strong Sr. in the Kennebunk case grinds to a halt.
The end of the ban on women in combat comes more than 23 years after U.S. Army Capt. Linda L. Bray made national news and stoked intense controversy after her actions in Panama were praised as heroic.
Agents seize more than 330 retail bags of heroin, $2,100 in cash and two handguns, one of which was loaded.
Production at the former White Rock Distilleries in Lewiston will gradually be phased out over the next year and operations moved to Frankfort, Ky. 
Insurers won't be allowed to charge more for people with pre-existing conditions like a bad back, acne or asthma, but they can charge smokers significantly more.
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