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President Manuel Zelaya was removed from office Sunday morning, as soldiers disarmed the presidential guard at his palace.

BIBLE CLUB Court won't get involved in Bible club question WASHINGTON The Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal from Christian students whose proposed Bible club was denied official recognition and funding at their high school.

With the support of Senator Susan Collins, the Senate Armed Services Committee has approved the fiscal year 2010 Defense Authorization bill, which authorizes $679.8 billion in funding for the U.S. Department of Defense.

Sen. John Ensign , caught in the middle of a sex scandal, apologized to his Senate Republican colleagues during a closed-door luncheon, several senators said Tuesday.

If ocean waves can turn solid rock into grains of sand, maybe persistent requests can get the federal government to lift its truck weight restriction on I-95 in Maine.

The former editor of the Portland Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram has taken a post in Washington, D.C., as communications director for the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs.

Young Mainers looking for a summer job should visit their local Department of Labor CareerCenter to apply for the nearly 1,000 jobs available statewide because of the federal Recovery Act.

Senator Susan Collins is urging her fellow lawmakers to give Maine truckers a break.

Commerce Secretary Gary Locke on Wednesday urged Congress to immediately end a GOP block on President Barack Obama's nominee to lead the 2010 census, saying continued delays are putting the high-stakes head count at risk.

In 2006 I wrote an article entitled "This Great State" that outlined my vision for the state of Maine.

WASHINGTON, D.C. : Most people, smokers and non-smokers alike, know that tobacco products are harmful to their health.

WASHINGTON, D.C. : In an effort to address the federal weight-limit restriction that prevents heavy trucks from traveling on much of Interstate 95, Sen.

How to get a bank to spend $16 million on a new call center in the middle of a recession: Have a mall owner willing to deal; extend a Pine Tree zone just a bit; have the bank anxious for space and in the rare position of expanding.

Captain Rick Curtis remembers that afternoon's weather, typical for the spring 2009 scallop fishing season on the Elephant Trunk grounds east of Cape May: winds blowing 30 knots, seas eight to 10 feet, and 'raining as hard as it could rain.' At the helm, first mate Todd Curtis, the captain's son, was steering the 71-foot fishing boat Dictator, his ...

These "courtesy calls," which may seem mostly grist for photo opportunities, can yield valuable information for the senators, the nominee and her White House escorts.

The national service agency's inspector general, fired by President Barack Obama, disputed on Wednesday claims from the White House that he was "confused" and "disoriented" at an agency meeting.

House Minority Leader John Boehner says that Republicans will not support the a war supplemental bill that 'provides for a global bailout to the International Monetary Fund.' To hold up a war-funding bill would be "the equivalent of waving a white flag to al Qaeda." It would be "nothing less than a disgrace." Why, it would be using "our troops as ...

Sen. Olympia Snowe has a vivid recollection of a December 2004 call from then-Navy Secretary Gordon England.

President Obama is scheduled to unveil his proposals to overhaul financial regulation this week, and members of Maine's congressional delegation are watching closely, hoping for changes they believe are necessary.

's team said Sunday that they are open to a compromise: a cooperative program that would expand coverage with taxpayer money but without direct governmental control.