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Friday, November 20, 2009

THE H1N1 VACCINE IN MAINE

'We don't know what we will get'
At least 100,000 at high risk are still waiting to be vaccinated

Holiday Craft Fairs are everywhere. Check out our map. Feel free to add your fair if you don't see it.

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See photos, stats and stories from the 2009-10 season.

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Cosgrove may be facing the 'crossroads'

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'Messy'? Officials got that prediction right

Air traffic disruption puts FAA in hot seat
A computer glitch that delayed hundreds of flights is traced to a single circuit board. Lawmakers are livid.

Panel: Was fort rampage preventable?
Maine Sen. Susan Collins wonders if the signs of a threat were there, but like 9/11, authorities failed to 'connect the dots.'

Game inventor: If disaster hits, just play along
An Auburn-based entrepreneur is among 10 'Top Guns' who pitch new products to potential investors at a Portland event.

Gun taken to school wasn't loaded
Police say the handgun was inadvertently brought in by a teacher's aide, who could be charged with a crime.

Award recognized subject as well as the author
Phillip Hoose said it took four years to convince Claudette Colvin to tell her heroic story.

Photo: A day for playing in the park

Panel calls for elected city mayor
The Portland Charter Commission's proposal, still in progress, will go to voters next November.

BILL NEMITZThe 21 who would be governor

Witnesses admit lying about Old Port shooting
Five people who were present when James Sanders was shot have given conflicting accounts.

Affidavit describes scene of stabbing death
The filing says Marion Shea tried to defend herself, and knives were found in a sink.

Fundraising practices scrutinized
Ethics questions arise over a group that worked to fight same-sex marriage.

City eludes probe of flier it included in tax bills
Whether South Portland's TABOR flier was a lesson or a spiel, its cost rules out an investigation.

Dispatches

Congestion solutions due soon
A group studying the effects of growth on traffic in Portland-Gorham will begin brainstorming.

Panel asked to safeguard public campaign funding
With a shortfall in financing dollars looming, candidates for governor suggest ways to address the problem.

Woman hit by police car files lawsuit

Feature Obituary: Arlene Turner, 72, had a passion for outdoors and travel

Driver dies in fiery crash in Lewiston

Veggie eating muppet too hard to swallow

Business Friday

Briefcase

Photo: A Dash of Diva special delivery

Fewer able to study abroad in tight times
Two years ago, college numbers hit an all-time high – then the global economy soured.

Special Projects

State House: Coverage and resources.

Same-sex marriage in Maine

Jim Morse: Portland's new superintendent

Literary Map of Maine
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The gubernatorial wind trade mission in Europe

Swine Flu

Troubled Times
Economic woes from Main Street to Wall Street.

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Latest News

Man bites corrections officer at county jail

5:45 PM

Maine jobless rate drops to 8.2% 4:27 PM

State proposes school funding cuts 3:22 PM [1 comment]

Chief: School aide should lose gun permit 2:26 PM

Portland man killed after high-speed chase 2:22 PM

OOB assistant principal wins statewide honor 12:56 PM

Update: Missing Topsham teen crashed into ravine 12:17 PM [7 comments]

Curtailment targets Education, DHHS

12:00 PM [6 comments]

Bangor Land Trust has plan for city land 11:27 AM

Power out on Munjoy Hill 11:16 AM

State spending cut pegged at $63 million 11:10 AM

Mall to host food drive Saturday 10:17 AM

4th arson fire in Medway since Oct. 28 9:39 AM

N.H. man facing prostitution, sex charge 8:37 AM

Maine governor ordering cutbacks 8:23 AM [2 comments]

Despite recent spike, traffic deaths down 8:07 AM

Nation & World News

The governor is cutting $63 million from the budget, including $38 million in school aid and $11 million from DHHS. How much will this hurt Maine residents?(polls)