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PORTSMOUTH, N.H. -- A Portsmouth police officer helped a stranded motorist get his car started, then arrested the driver for marijuana the officer said he found in the car.

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A college in Maine has reached carbon neutrality.

Source: MSNBC
PORTLAND, Maine - Remember those $50 gift cards from Target and J.C. Penney that Aunt Irene and Uncle Harry gave you two Christmases ago? The ones you slipped into your sock drawer and forgot?

Source: Bangor News
The Maine Community College System has unveiled a $6.2 million program designed to expand its reach into rural Maine.

Source: ABC News
Every child born in Maine will be eligible for a $500 college savings nest egg, thanks to the generosity of a shoe company founder who never attended college himself.

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This is so cool!...Shoe baron donates money to children for college...

Source: The New York Times
Starting in 2009, every child born in Maine will be eligible for $500 toward college from the fortune of a shoe magnate who died there last month.

Source: Benefiting the US Army, US Navy, US Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard - Military.com
This is a good story that should remind us that our soldiers are remembered and honored

Source: The New York Times
Maine is seeking to reclaim an early copy of the Declaration of Independence from a private collector who bought it for $475,000.

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YORK, Maine — After refusing to stop for a police officer while driving her pregnant daughter to the York Hospital birthing unit, a Virginia woman was summonsed for driving with a suspended license.

Every vote counts only if the state the voter is living in happens to be the same color as the voter's political party.

Source: SeaCoast Online
RYE — It seems that some area residents are having a bit of difficulty with the new roundabout at Foyes Corner.

Source: The New York Times
Thousands of elderly Americans on fixed incomes face a bitter winter, with declines expected in fuel assistance.

Source: The New York Times
Tonight in the richest country the world has ever seen:

It's Christmas morning for me, Al Franken and the state of Minnesota (to which I have no ties but the rather tenuous tie of being a Packer fan). In a head-to-head matchup between Al Franken and Sen. Norm Coleman, the breakdown is as follows:
Coleman: 46%
Franken: 45%
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Police continue to be on the lookout for a local man who fled into the woods after getting into a fight with his younger sister over shaving the family cat.

Source: Golf Publisher Syndication
Belgrade Lakes Golf Club in western Maine is a Clive Clark-designed golf course that Golf Digest this year called one of the 100 best public golf courses in the U.S. It's a must-play to include on your Autumn New England golf vacation.

Source: American Thinker
An attempt to change the rules of the electoral college from a winner-take-all format to one where electors are apportioned by votes in individual Congressional districts has apparently died for lack of funds:

Source: Yahoo! News
Child told the Sun Journal newspaper in Lewiston that they'd seen the pickup with marijuana plants in the back and that he hopped out of their car and swiped one of the plants at a stop sign. He said he just wanted "to know what it was."...

Source: The New York Times
A grocery store chain based in Maine declared success yesterday for a year-old experiment in using a rating system to direct customers to healthier food items.

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DOVER, N.H. -- A 34-year-old Maine man faces charges he tried to ram New Hampshire State Police cruisers in a wild chase off an interstate bridge, through Portsmouth and onto the Spaulding Turnpike.

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J'Aime Kennels owners, Heidi and John Frasca, now face 14 civil charges for running a kennel without a license; two criminal counts of animal cruelty; and one criminal count for failure to provide necessary medical treatment to animals, according to a written release from Buxto …

Source: The New York Times
When the two leaders met privately to talk about what Mr. Bush called the "complicated world," it really was a family matter: the first President Bush, who steered clear of policy talks when President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia was here in June, joined the tête-à-tête.

Source: The New York Times
KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (AP) -- It is not a summit, not even a working lunch. Just a social meal between two world leaders who happen to be vacationing near each other in New England.

Source: WMTW.com
SANFORD, Maine -- It was no ordinary kitten that wandered into an auto parts store in Sanford. It was a feisty, frightened bobcat.