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Bus Transporting Maine College Basketball Team Crashes In Mass

Jack Peterson — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 13:58:04 +0000

A bus transporting the University of Maine women's basketball team has crashed north of Boston. Nearly two dozen students with minor injuries were taken by ambulance from the scene along Interstate 95 in Georgetown Tuesday night.

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Maine Man Can Whistle but Must Keep Moving

Phil Paleologos — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 01:19:39 +0000

Have you heard about the Portland, Maine whistler, charged with disorderly conduct for whistling a happy tune in front of businesses?

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Rare Baseball Card Found in Maine Worth Hundreds of Thousands

Phil Paleologos — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 19:39:32 +0000

Pity the poor slob who sold a rare baseball card in a yard sale for next to nothing! OUCH! Found in a family photo album, an 1865 Brooklyn Atlantics baseball card will be auctioned off in Biddeford, Maine.

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New Bedford Man Sentenced to Life in Maine

Taylor Cormier — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 16:28:45 +0000

A New Bedford is sentenced to life in prison today in a Maine court, after being convicted of a double murder.

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New Bedford Man Found Guilty In Maine Double Murder

Jim Phillips — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:27:00 +0000

A Maine jury has convicted a New Bedford man in the killings of the mother of his four children as well as a longtime friend in the town of New Gloucester. Witnesses in the trial of Joel Hayden of New Bedford included his 8-year-old son, who was 7 when he witnessed his mother being gunned down in July 2011. T

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New Bedford Man On Trial In Maine For 2011 Double Murder

Jim Phillips — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:27:50 +0000

Jury selection is getting under way in Maine for the murder trial of a Massachusetts man charged with fatally shooting the mother of his four children and his longtime friend.

Thirty-year-old Joel Hayden of New Bedford is charged in the deaths of 27-year-old Renee Sandora of New Gloucester, Maine, and 28-year-old Trevor Mills, also of New Bedford

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Maine Man Sentanced To Prison After Threatening President Obama's Life

BJ Ragone — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 19:45:37 +0000

A Maine man is going to be serving some time after sending a letter to President Obama, threatening to take his life.

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Barnstable Man Goes Missing In Maine Along With Friend

BJ Ragone — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 14:22:18 +0000

Police are currently baffled by the disappearance of two Maine boat building students who have gone missing.

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More Names To Be Realesed In Maine Zumba Prostitution Scandal

BJ Ragone — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:00:10 +0000

Alexis Wright made headlines a few months ago, when the thought to be Zumba instructor was actually running a prostitution ring. Police released several client names already, and are prepared to release more.

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Second Maine Murder Suspect Arrested

Jack Peterson — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 17:26:46 +0000

Massachusetts State Police have arrested the second suspect in connection with the drug-related slayings of three Maine residents whose bodies were found in a burning car in a Bangor parking lot.

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