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Stanford Lewis pumps diesel fuel into his rig at Mr. T's gas station, which is part of TTT truck stop at Craycroft Road and Interstate 10.

WASHINGTON, D.C. : The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Assistance program has awarded $148,156 in grants to two Maine emergency service organizations.

Republican presidential candidate John McCain flew into Maine Sunday evening, making his first visit to the Pine Tree State since clinching his party's nomination.

Scott Conner is a unique performer in the Opera New Jersey company. For the festival's three-week summer season, he portrays two distinct roles in two different productions - Cinderella and La Traviata.

Working to stimulate innovation and private investment in nanotechnology, U.S. Sen.

Two US Senators from opposite sides of the aisle are teaming up to promote the development of nanotechnology.

Senator Ron Wyden has introduced a bill to encourage nanotechnology development by offering prizes.

A defense industry publication is reporting that Navy brass have decided to limit the new Zumwalt class of destroyers to just the two under construction, and instead build 11 more of the Burke class that has ...

U.S. lawmakers said the Bush administration will reveal it will not take measures to tackle greenhouse gas emissions while the president is in office in a proposal by environmental regulators to be announced on ...

The average US tax rate for most goods is 7.07 percent, but the taxman has a special affinity for wireless phone and data services, which are taxed at a whopping 15.9 percent when you combine state, local, and ...

With this year's red tide outbreak predicted to be worse than 2005's historic levels, shellfish consumers should be reassured that the state's testing system keeps tainted mussels and clams off the market.

Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus is planning to mark up legislation July 23 to expand and modernize the Trade Adjustment Assistance program for displaced workers, he said today.

Former Gov. Angus King is calling it a "catastrophe" and perhaps "the most serious crisis ever to face the state of Maine." U.S. Sen.

People who make energy efficiency improvements to their homes are eligible for a number of tax credits but not nearly as many as are available to small businesses.

Funding for a highly successful buoy monitoring system, which essentially eliminated unnecessary clam flat closures during the last three years, will be gone at the end of August 2008.

U.S. Senator Olympia J. Snowe today announced that the City of Rockland has been approved to receive the highly coveted designation of "Coast Guard City" from the United States Congress.

An 18-foot U.S. flag that flew over a World War II Navy light cruiser named for Tucson, Ariz., is showing its age.

New Englanders who are struggling this summer to pay gas prices topping $4 a gallon should brace for more bad news: Home heating oil costs next winter are expected to hit record highs.

Santanu "Sandy" Baruah has been nominated to head the Small Business Administration.

Visible frustration concerning increased oil prices was displayed by Senators at a meeting of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.