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• Fatal storm: Deaths related to the Northeast snow

  February 10, 2013 11:49 AM

  Here's a look at the deaths related to the massive snowstorm that blanketed the Northeast in 1 to 3 feet of snow and battered the coastline with high winds and some flooding: CONNECTICUT: - A 73-year-old man fell while cleaning up in Danbury and later died. - 49-year-old man in... more »

• Fateful Maine flight salvaged B-52s 50 years ago

  January 13, 2013 2:51 PM

  ELEPHANT MOUNTAIN, Maine (AP) - The B-52 Stratofortress is a legendary aircraft, one of the longest-serving in U.S. military history, even flying missions in Afghanistan and Iraq. But it would not have become the workhorse it is without one disastrous flight 50 years ago next week, when a B-52 on... more »

• UPDATE: Police identify KC Chiefs player dead at Arrowhead Stadium

  December 1, 2012 1:32 PM

  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Police say Kansas City Chiefs linebackerJovan Belcher fatally shot his girlfriend early Saturday, then drove to Arrowhead Stadium and committed suicide in front of his coach and general manager. Police spokesman Darin Snapp confirmed it was Belcher, a fourth-year player from West Babylon, N.Y., who... more »

• Separate trials in Maine Zumba prostitution case

  November 13, 2012 9:06 PM

  KENNEBUNK, Maine (AP) - A judge has ordered separate trials for two people accused of being involved in a prostitution business at a Zumba fitness studio in a Maine seaside town. A lawyer for insurance agent Mark Strong Sr. said Tuesday the judge put Strong's case on the January trial... more »

• Plane diverted after suspicious passenger hands flight attendant a note

  May 23, 2012 7:21 AM

  BANGOR, Maine (AP) - Officials say there is no evidence a US Airways jet traveling from Paris to North Carolina was ever in danger after it was diverted to Maine because a passenger handed a note to a flight attendant saying she had a surgically implanted device. Two F-15 fighters... more »

• LL Bean celebrates 100th with a boot on wheels

  January 16, 2012 8:11 PM

  FREEPORT, Maine (AP) - Oscar Mayer has its famous Weinermobile. Now outdoors retailer L.L. Bean has a Bootmobile. The Freeport, Maine-based company has built a four-wheeled version of the founder's famous hunting boot. It's more than 20 feet long and will be unveiled to workers Tuesday before making a road... more »

• FBI increasing search for missing toddler

  December 21, 2011 7:31 AM

  WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) - The FBI is stepping up its effort to find a missing 20-month-old toddler as investigators comb through trash bins and pore over more than 100 leads. Waterville Police Chief Joseph Massey refuses to speculate on whether Ayla Reynolds is still alive, saying the investigation remains a... more »

• States suing over health care law collect funding

  November 29, 2011 12:11 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal officials are awarding more money to help states carry out President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. The surprise? The list includes seven states suing to overturn the landmark law. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced Tuesday that 13 states will split grants totaling... more »

• Ski lift derailment injures 8 at Sugarloaf

  December 28, 2010 12:13 PM

  CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine (AP) - Officials at a Maine ski area report that there are about eight injuries in an accident on a chair lift. Sugarloaf spokesman Ethan Austin told The Associated Press that Tuesday's accident was "a big deal." He says one of the ski lifts derailed and... more »

• Hurricane Earl weakens to Category 1

  September 3, 2010 11:30 AM

  Hurricane Earl has weakened to a Category 1 storm as it heads for the Northeast and some watches and warnings have been reduced or dropped from Long Island to Maine. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Friday that a hurricane warning for the southeast coast of Massachusetts was... more »

• For sale: Maine lighthouse

  August 12, 2010 1:59 PM

  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - The property has a million-dollar view, but the quarters are cramped, the grounds are nothing to brag about and a loud fog horn blares every 10 seconds. For the right price, the picturesque Ram Island Ledge Lighthouse can be yours. The 72-foot conical light tower... more »

• Judge: USFWS plan excluded possible lynx habitat

  July 30, 2010 8:06 AM

  A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is arbitrarily excluding "critical habitat" that could be occupied by the elusive Canada lynx. U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy ruled Wednesday the agency excluded large swaths of Western habitat from protection when it recommended in 2009 that... more »

• Facebook reunites woman with stolen class ring

  July 12, 2010 11:04 AM

  A Maine woman's high school class ring is back in her possession 28 years after it was stolen. Michelle Bilodeau of Auburn hadn't seen her Edward Little High School class of 1983 ring since it was stolen during her junior year. But on Friday, it was returned to her... more »

• Travolta family dogs killed in accident

  May 18, 2010 4:23 PM

  A spokesman for John Travolta says the actor's two dogs were leashed when they were run over and killed at Maine's Bangor International Airport. Paul Bloch said Tuesday that the dogs were being walked from the tarmac to a grassy area when the accident happened last Thursday. The city says... more »

• Paris-to-Atlanta flight diverted to Maine airport

  April 27, 2010 3:59 PM

  The Transportation Security Administration says a flight from Paris to Atlanta has been diverted to an airport in Maine after federal air marshals responded to a passenger causing a disturbance. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Jim Peters says the plane is an Airbus 320, but he doesn't know how many... more »

• So long sardines: U.S.'s last sardine plant closing its doors

  April 14, 2010 10:34 AM

  The last sardine cannery in the U.S. packs its last can tomorrow in Prospect Harbor, Maine. Stinson Seafood has succumbed to the same pressures as other canneries: declining demand triggered by changing tastes, a differing business climate, and stiff competition from overseas. Lela Anderson has worked in sardine canneries since... more »

• Man charged with setting fire at topless coffee shop

  April 6, 2010 12:25 PM

  Fire investigators in Maine say a man is being charged with setting a fire that destroyed the topless coffee shop where his girlfriend worked. Officials say an arrest warrant has been issued for 49-year-old Raymond Bellavance, of Augusta. The fire in June destroyed the Grand View Topless Coffee Shop... more »

• Heavy rain threatens to topple records in East

  March 29, 2010 2:01 PM

  Residents along the East Coast are bracing for heavy rains, flooding and the wettest March on record in some areas. The National Weather Service posted flood warnings and advisories Monday from Maine to the Carolinas. Several inches of new rain over the next three days is expected to push... more »

• 4 snowboarders spend night lost in Maine

  March 1, 2010 12:55 PM

  Officials say four teenage snowboarders have been found alive and well after spending the night in the woods near the Sugarloaf ski area in Maine. Officials say a group of three snowboarders plus another boarder who was on his own went out of bounds on the back side of... more »

• 240 year-old elm tree, Herbie, comes down

  January 19, 2010 12:12 PM

  New England's largest and oldest elm tree has been cut down. Workers using a bucket truck and crane cut down the tree, known as Herbie, on Tuesday. It had stood in Yarmouth since before the American Revolution. The ground shook when the tree fell with a thud. Frank Knight, who... more »

• 240-year-old elm tree to get the chop

  January 8, 2010 11:10 AM

  The massive elm tree that shaded the corner of East Main Street and Yankee Drive was sick. Like so many others in so many of America's towns in the 1950s, it was stricken with Dutch elm disease. Tree warden Frank Knight was so smitten with the tree that he... more »

• Fierce winter storm hits Midwest with snow, wind

  December 9, 2009 8:30 AM

  Wind advisories and warnings are in effect from New Mexico to the Mid-Atlantic states as a massive storm brings snow, ice and rain over much of the country. At least five deaths are being blamed on the weather. Forecasters say parts of Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin could get a foot... more »

• Neighbors threaten woman over her use of a clothesline

  November 20, 2009 4:59 PM

  Residents and town officials in Perkasie, Pennsylvania don't want to see Carin Froelich's unmentionables, but she is determined to show them. "It's your freedom, it's your right," Froelich said. Though it's not illegal, more and more people across the country are being bullied and criticized by local government... more »

• Handful of elections shed light on US politics

  November 2, 2009 12:19 PM

  Election '09 won't pack the same oomph of last year's presidential spectacular. But a handful of ballots in a few states will offer hints to the country's state of mind. In Virginia and New Jersey, voters will reveal whether President Barack Obama's campaigning has paid off. The states are... more »

• Maine fugitive captured, charged in father's death

  October 30, 2009 9:47 AM

  Authorities in Maine have captured a man after several days of searching and charged him with murdering his father. The Maine State Police say 45-year-old Perley Goodrich Jr. of Newport was charged Friday, several hours after he was captured at a convenience store in his hometown. A waitress recognized Goodrich... more »

• Giant pumpkins smashed at Maine festival

  October 14, 2009 9:40 AM

  Maine's annual Damariscotta Pumpkin Fest included pumpkin growers smashing some of their best produce. The three-day pumpkin fest was started by growers Bill Clark and Buzz Pinkham, who persuaded local businesses and others to join them. They had pumpkin boat races, shot pumpkins from a cannon, baked pumpkins... more »

• Health bill fate still in doubt; GOP hits it anew

  October 2, 2009 3:40 PM

  The health care reform plan that's ready for a vote by the Senate Finance Committee is coming under renewed fire today from Republicans. The Senate's GOP leader, Mitch McConnell, is warning that the latest version would have a "dampening effect" on what he says is already a "very, very difficult... more »

• Senate panel rejects public health plans

  September 29, 2009 5:33 PM

  Liberal Democrats have tried twice, and failed both times, to make a government-run insurance option part of the health care legislation coming out of the Senate Finance Committee. There's bipartisan agreement that private insurance companies must change their ways, and some Democrats see the public option as a way to... more »

• Maine worker discovers new hire is lost brother

  September 22, 2009 9:16 AM

  A furniture delivery man in Maine says so many customers told him his co-worker looked just like him that he did some research. And it turns out they're brothers - separated as babies 35 years ago when they were given up for adoption. Randy Joubert says he and Gary Nisbet... more »