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Murder suspect said to have known Glenburn teen
A 15-year-old girl found dead in woods north of Bangor knew the man charged with killing her, her best friend said, contrary to early reports that before her disappearance she had headed outside her Glenburn home to see someone she had only recently met on Facebook. Kyle Dube, 20, of Orono, had been friends with the victim, Nichole Cable, for a couple of months, and they had made plans to see ...
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Convicted rapist faces sentencing 30 years later
DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) - A man convicted of raping three women in Massachusetts faces sentencing more than three decades after he fled the state and began living a secret life in ...
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Girls murder suspect silent amid grief in Maine court
Nichole Cable's mother is being shielded by a coat as her family leaves Penobscot County Superior Court in Bangor on Wednesday after Kyle Dube's arraignment on a charge of murdering ...
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No deal in sight to rescue Maine health bill
mshepherd@mainetoday.com State House Bureau AUGUSTA - Gov. Paul Le-Page's office hinted Wednesday that he will veto a bill backed by Democrats to link his hospital debt repayment plan to expansion of the health care program for low-income ...
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Maine womans summer trip Cover One Direction
rrouthier@mainetoday.com Staff Writer Kylie Keene is a blogger and aspiring journalist with one hot summer assignment – cover the boy band One Direction as it plays to throngs of screaming girls at sold out shows across the ...
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PUC looking at Electricity Maine for possible false ads
tturkel@mainetoday.com Staff Writer Maine's Public Utilities Commission is trying to determine whether the state's largest competitive electricity provider has used false or misleading advertising to attract and keep customers. Among other things, the agency is looking into whether Electricity Maine LLC developed radio ads that gave the impression that its rates for homes and small ...
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Portland-area police chiefs oppose bill to allow Mainers to carry concealed weapons without permit
A group of southern Maine police chiefs gathered Tuesday morning to oppose a bill that would allow most Mainers to carry concealed weapons without filing for a ...
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New Maine shipyard leader will be aboard soon
- The next commander of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is about to take charge. After 3½ years at the helm, Capt. L. Bryant Fuller will step down in a ceremony Friday. He is to be relieved by Capt. William Greene, who serves as the military deputy for shipyard operations at the Naval Sea Systems Command. Greene, a native of Ann Arbor, Mich., has served in numerous engineering and combat ...
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Bouffard named warden of Maine State Prison
Rodney Bouffard served in other state government positions before becoming acting warden months ago and has more than 30 years of management experience, Department of Corrections Commissioner Joseph Ponte said in a ...
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Maine man charged in death of missing teen girl
BANGOR, Maine — A 20-year-old Orono man was charged Tuesday with murder in connection with the death of Nichole Cable, a 15-year-old girl from Glenburn. Police discovered a body they believe is Cable’s on Monday night in a wooded area of Old ...
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Dispute leaves thousands in Maine without phone service
USA Telephone has been planning to end its service next month, but Fairpoint shuts down the transmission lines USA used because the company stopped paying to use ...
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Historical schooner Bowdoin is a state asset
The Bowdoin recently undertook a short tour of Maine’s coastline, stopping in Portland and Bath so that the public could explore the ship and get a taste of the state’s maritime history, the historical schooner, built in 1921 and operated by the Maine Maritime Academy, is a historical jewel with a rich and fascinating history.
Nowadays ships are built to be big and imposing, the Oasis-class cruise ship Oasis of the Seas, the biggest cruise ship in the world at 47 meters wide, 360 meters long and capable of carrying 6000 passengers and the Mærsk E-class container ship Ebba Mærsk at 397 meters long and 47 meters wide, have set benchmarks in the size of these various kinds of ships. Read more
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