CORINTH (AP) — Maine State Police are investigating the death of a man who was killed at his estranged wife’s home in a confrontation with another man. Police said 37-year-old Christopher Darner of Corinth was killed about 2:30 a.m. Sunday after entering a home in Corinth occupied by 22-year-old Miranda Darner. Authorities said the Darners […]
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Man’s body pulled from Kennebec River in Pittston
PITTSTON — The body of a young man who is likely from central Maine was pulled from the Kennebec River on Saturday afternoon, according to Department of Public Safety Spokesman Stephen McCausland. An autopsy was performed by the State Medical Examiner’s Office on Sunday revealed no signs of foul play, according to McCausland. The body […]
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Bombings kill 58 in south and central Iraq
BAGHDAD (AP) — A wave of car bombings and other attacks in Iraq killed at least 58 people in mostly Shiite-majority cities on Sunday, another bloody reminder of the government’s failure to stem the surge of violence that is feeding sectarian tensions. Iraq is experiencing its deadliest bout of violence since 2008, raising fears the […]
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4 men given death sentences in India gang rape
NEW DELHI (AP) — An Indian court Friday sentenced to death four men for the gang rape and murder of a young New Delhi woman, ordering them to the gallows for a brutal attack that riveted India, where it became a symbol of the widespread mistreatment of women and the government’s inability to deal with […]
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Augusta cyclist struck by car last month dies
AUGUSTA (AP) — Police said a bicyclist injured in a collision with a vehicle in Augusta late last month has died. Authorities said 20-year-old Terrance Ladd died on Saturday. Police said that on Aug. 30 Ladd collided with a vehicle driven by 27-year-old Leona Peaslee who was driving north on Northern Avenue and trying to […]
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Judge: Brewer man charged in prison death will be held without bail — if he’s found
ROCKLAND — A state judge has ordered that when police track down a Brewer area man, who is charged with manslaughter in the 2009 beating death of a Maine State Prison inmate, he be held without bail. The defendant, 34-year-old John E. Thibeault, failed to appear Thursday morning in Knox County Superior Court for a […]
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Two people killed in head-on crash on Route 108 in Canton
CANTON — A Dixfield couple was killed Thursday when their station wagon collided head-on with a loaded potato truck on Route 108. Howard Child and his wife, Carrie Child, were killed at about 1 p.m. when their Subaru Legacy veered into the path of a dump truck in front of the Victorian Villa Rehabilitation and […]
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N.H. patient likely died of rare brain disease
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Public health officials believe one person in New Hampshire has died of a rare, degenerative brain disease, and say there’s a remote chance up to 13 others in multiple states were exposed to the fatal illness through surgical equipment. Dr. Joseph Pepe, president of Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, said officials […]
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Woman killed in Route 1 crash was teacher who spent last day preparing for first day of school
BELFAST — The woman killed Saturday night after her car was hit by charter bus on Route 1 was a teacher who spent the last day of her life getting ready for the start of the next school year. Jayashree Kalmath, 61, of Camden apparently had been turning left onto Route 1 from Northport Avenue […]
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Bridgton man dies after West Paris crash
WEST PARIS — A Bridgton man died Wednesday morning as a result of injuries he suffered when his pickup collided with a tractor-trailer on Route 26, a Maine State Police trooper has confirmed. Jean P. Bolduc, 83, was traveling south when his 1991 Ford Ranger veered over the center line for an unknown reason and […]