Personal Incomes

2010-03-17T13:16:04Z

In this Feb. 18, 2010 photo, a Shopper loads her car with goods as she leaves Wal-Mart in Brunswick, Maine. Personal spending jumped by a larger amount than expected in January but Americans' incomes barely budged. The weak income growth could depress spending in the months ahead, acting as a further drag on the fragile economic reco...

Diocese Faces Budget Woes After Aiding Gay Marriage Repeal

2010-03-18T08:45:40Z

<div id="subtitle">The Catholic Diocese of Phoenix is facing a budget shortfall just months after donating to the campaign that reversed a gay marriage law in Maine</div><div><p> <p>The Catholic Diocese of Phoenix is facing a budget shortfall just months after donating to the campaign that reversed a gay marriage law in Maine, the '

Senate roll vote on jobs bill

2010-03-17T09:00:56Z

<div id="subtitle">Roll Vote: Senate OKs legislation giving businesses more incentives to hire the jobless</div><div><p>The 68-29 roll call Wednesday by which the Senate passed legislation giving tax breaks to companies that hire unemployed workers.</p><p>A "yes" vote is a vote to pass the bill.</p><p>Voting yes were 55 Democrats, 11 Maine and as anyone would guess there simply is not an abundance of things for children to do. We still decided that there was sufficient interest on our part to visit this great part...

Missing Woman

2010-03-15T16:01:16Z

This undated photo released by Ora Sorensen shows her daughter, Sarah Rogers of Barrington, N.H. Police believe Rogers died from exposure in Maine, but they'll have to wait a while longer before they know for sure. An autopsy was performed ...

Body of missing NH mother found in Maine

2010-03-15T15:45:09Z

<div><p>Police believe a woman who disappeared from her New Hampshire home in December died from exposure to cold weather in Maine, but they'll have to wait a while longer before they know for sure.</p><p>The Maine state medical examiner's office couldn't reach a definitive conclusion Monday about a cause of death for Sara...

ME maritime buff catalogs vast US marine history

2010-03-14T12:30:32Z

<div id="subtitle">Maritime buff in Maine documenting US shipbuilding history _ 1 vessel at a time</div><div><p>Thousands of ships over hundreds of years have navigated the rolling waters of Maine's Penobscot River across the street from Jon Johansen's home.</p><p>Inspired by that history, Johansen set ...

Maine man acquitted in 'lobster wars' trial

2010-03-12T16:15:57Z

<div id="subtitle">Lobsterman, daughter acquitted of all counts in Maine's 'lobster wars' trial</div><div><p>A Maine lobsterman and his daughter were acquitted Friday of all counts stemming from the shooting of a lobsterman in a dispute over fishing territory off the coast of Maine.</p><p>Vance Bunker, 68, was charged with elevated aggravated assault for shooting 44-year-old Maine's larger electric utilities would merge under an agreement announced Friday, creating a greater impetus for a north-south power transmission line for wind farms.</p><p>In a deal valued at about $108 million, BHE Holdings Inc., the parent company o...

Book clubs for doctors show human side of medicine

2010-03-12T00:00:08Z

<div id="subtitle">Scalpel, stethoscope, Tolstoy: Doctors embrace literature as tool to connect with patients</div><div><p>Doctors, nurses and other health care workers are tapping into their inner Tolstoys to better connect with patients.</p><p>With increasing regularity, they're meeting in monthly book clubs to discuss medical-themed literature. Humanities courses are now required in many medical schools.</p><p>"The humanities can remind them tha...

Maine high court upholds state wind farm law

2010-03-11T14:30:25Z

<div id="subtitle">Maine high court upholds law aiming to speed up permit process for wind farms</div><div><p>Maine's highest court on Thursday upheld a state law that aims to hasten the permit process for wind farms in the state.</p><p>The Maine Supreme Judicial Court unanimously rejected arguments from the Friends of Lincoln Lakes nonprofit group, which challenged the Dep...

Lobster Wars

2010-03-10T14:01:10Z

FILE - This Aug. 18, 2009 file photo shows lobster traps and buoys sitting on a wharf at dawn on Matinicus Island, Maine. It was here on the morning of July 20 that longtime lobsterman Vance Bunker shot a fellow lobsterman in the neck. The shooting cast a spotlight on the long-standing territorial system that gives fishermen unofficial rights to specified waters. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Maine jobless rate rises to 8.2 percent in January

2010-03-10T12:45:43Z

<div id="subtitle">Unemployment rate in Maine rises slightly to 8.2 percent in January from previous month</div><div><p>The Maine Labor Department says unemployment in Maine rose in January to 8.2 percent.</p><p>Commissioner Laura Fortman said Wednesday that January's rate is up from Dec...

Maine fire chief dies on way to fatal snow crash

2010-03-06T13:15:11Z

<div id="subtitle">Fire chief dies of medical condition while driving to fatal snowmobile crash on Maine trail</div><div><p>A man who crashed his snowmobile into a tree in Maine has died — along with a fire department chief who was on his way to rescue him.</p><p>The Maine Warden Service says Jason ...

Maine panel weighs cell phone cancer warning

2010-03-04T00:32:18Z

<div id="subtitle">Maine legislative panel hears testimony on proposal for cell phone warnings on cancer risk</div><div><p>Ignoring the health risks of heavy cell phone use invites a cancer epidemic, supporters of a bill requiring manufacturers to put labels on mobile phones and packaging said Tuesday.</p><p>"We can do nothing and wait for the body count. That's what happened with smoking" before warnings on cigarette packs were mandated, Reuters) - Maine's state Legislature could soon vote on a bill making the Northeast U.S. state the first to require that cellular phones carry warnings of a possible link between mobile phone radiation and brain cancer.</p><p>Dozens of studies on the issue have shown no link, but have not ended the debate. Any requirement for warning labels could be ...

Lobster Catch

2010-03-01T16:31:31Z

This Sept. 2009 picture shows a female lobster being released back into the ocean off Long Island near Harpswell, Maine. The Maine Department of Marine Resources announced Monday, March 1, 2010 that Maine lobstermen had a record harvest in 2009, but the value of the catch continued to plunge amid th...

Maine lobster catch hits record, value goes down

2010-03-01T16:16:33Z

<div id="subtitle">Value of Maine lobster catch plunges from 2005 peak amid global economic woes _ despite record</div><div><p>Officials say Maine lobstermen had a record harvest in 2009, but the value of the catch continued to plunge amid the sour global economy.</p><p>The Department of Marine Resources announced Monday that lobstermen caught 75.6 million pounds last year, up 8 percent from 2008. But the value of the ...

Power restored in much of storm-battered Northeast

2010-03-01T13:45:08Z

<div id="subtitle">Power is restored in much of the Northeast, hit by windy winter storm late last week</div><div><p>Many of the more than 1 million Northeastern homes and businesses plunged into the dark by a storm were running on electricity Monday, three days after the hard-hitting combination of snow, rain and hurricane-force winds.</p><p>New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch called rest...

Power crews at work days after Northeast storm

2010-03-01T07:30:27Z

<div id="subtitle">Crews work to restore power in Maine, NH, NY days after winter storm blasted region</div><div><p>Utility crews are working to restore power to tens of thousands of homes and businesses still in the dark in the Northeast after a winter storm last week.</p><p>Blustery weather in Maine is pushing the numbers up Monday. That state has about 15,000 customers without power.</p><p>More than a mi...

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