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Shiloh Pepin Dead: Mermaid Girl Dies, 10, Legs Fused

AP | Posted 10.25.2009 | Home

Read More: Mermaid Girl Dies, Mermaid Girl, Oprah Show, Oprah, Kennebunkport, Mermaid Girl Dead, Sirenomelia, Health, Mermaid Syndrome, Shiloh Pepin, Maine, Home News

PORTLAND, Maine — Shiloh Pepin, a girl who was born with fused legs, a rare condition often called "mermaid syndrome," and gained a wide following o...

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Sam Stein and Ryan Grim

Leaderless: Senate Pushes For Public Option Without Obama's Support

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein and Ryan Grim | Posted 10.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ads, Health Care Bill, Trigger, White House, MoveOn.Org, Public Option, Olympia Snowe, Filibuster, Obama, Trigger Option, Health Insurance, Barack Obama, Maine, House, Insurance Industry, Obama White House, Senate, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Rahm Emanuel, Nancy Pelosi, Health Care Reform, Harry Reid, Health Care, Politics News

President Barack Obama is actively discouraging Senate Democrats in their effort to include a public insurance option with a state opt-out clause as p...

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Nate Silver: Anti-Gay Marriage Arguments "Literally Stop Making Sense"

FiveThirtyEight | Nate Silver | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stand for Marriage, Gay Marriage Maine, Religion, Nate Silver, Gay Marriage Religion, November Election, Gay Marriage Public Education, Gay Marriage Referendum, Public Education, Anti-Gay Marriage, Gay Marriage, Maine, Politics News

Yesterday, I was sent an e-mail from the Stand for Marriage Maine campaign, which I signed up for under a secondary e-mail account. The message sugges...

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Susan Collins: Maine's Other Centrist Republican Senator

The Washington Post | Ceci Connolly | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Susan Collins, Centrist Republicans, Health Care Reform, Health Care, Maine, Politics News

BANGOR, MAINE -- A week ago, all eyes were on the senior senator from Maine, Republican Olympia J. Snowe, as she pondered the prospect of defying her...

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Harry Potter Fans Take On Maine's Proposition One

Andrew Slack | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wizard Rock, Andrew Slack, Maine, Proposition One, Proposition 1, Harry Potter, Civil Rights, Gay Marriage, Harry Potter Alliance, Marriage Equality, Harry-and-the-Potters, Politics News
Andrew Slack

If Maine's Proposition 1 (aka California's Proposition 8) passes on November 3, the movements for intolerance and bigotry will gain momentum, and same-sex couples will lose more rights.

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Philip Spooner VIDEO: WWII Veteran Makes Case For Gay Marriage

The Huffington Post | Gazelle Emami | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Philip Spooner, Speech, World War Two Veteran, Maine Judiciary Committee, Maine, Republican, Gay Marriage, Marriage Equality, Voting, Beyond Left and Right, Politics News

Philip Spooner is a lifetime Republican, World War II veteran and, to everyone's surprise, a gay marriage supporter. The 86-year-old gave a heartfelt ...

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Maddow: Group Who Worked To Pass Prop 8 Using Same Campaign To Repeal Gay Marriage In Maine (VIDEO)

Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Maine Gay Marriage Referendum, Video, Jesse Connolly, Same Sex Marriage, Maine Gay Marriage, Maine Gay Marriage Ban, Maine Same Sex Marriage, Gay Marriage, Maine, Politics News

An initiative to repeal existing gay marriage rights in Maine, called Question 1, is headed for a vote soon, and Rachel Maddow takes a look at how tac...

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Readers' Photos of Fall Leaves

Huffington Post | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Slidepoll, Leaves, Best-Fall-Foliage-Pics, Autumn, Fall, Green Living, Fall Foilage, Colorado, New York, West Virginia, New Hampshire, Ohio, Utah, Maine, Montreal, Alabama, Nature, Illinois, New Jersey, Michigan, South Dakota, Green News

Following our slide show of the best places to go for autumn leaves, readers sent in their favorite photos of fall foliage. From Michigan to New Hamp...

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New Medical Marijuana Policy: Obama Administration Will Not Seek Arrests For People Following State Laws

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pain, White House, Marijuana, Marijuana Policy Project, Orgeon, Doj, Eric Holder, Decriminalization, Nevada, Marijuana Laws, Obama, War on Drugs, Patients, New Mexico, Colorado, Prescriptions, California, Suppliers, Washington State, State Laws, Weed, Michigan, Medicine, Maryland, Montana, Users, Medical Marijuana, Vermont, Rhode Island, Justice Department, Drug Enforcement Agency, Maine, New Medical Marijuana Policy, Health, Hawaii, US Attorneys, Alaska, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will not seek to arrest medical marijuana users and suppliers as long as they conform to state laws, under...

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Step Up to Mike's Challenge

Linda Milazzo | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Roger and Me, Barbara Boxer, Fair Elections Now Act, Houses, Lobbyists, Vermont, Connecticut, Jobs, Fahrenheit 9/11, Dianne Feinstein, Contributors, Arizona, California, Capitalism: A Love Story, New Mexico, New Jersey, Clean Money, Maine, Senator Barbara Boxer, iPhone App, Foreclosure, Congressman Henry Waxman, North Carolina, California Fair Elections, Participatory Democracy, S. 752, H.R. 1826, Campaign Finance, Congress, Democracy, Henry Waxman, Democrats, Sicko, Insurers, Corporations, Senator Dianne Feinstein, Corporate Greed, Medical Treatment, Iphone, Banks, Michael Moore, Republicans, Senate, Campaign Finance Reform, Healthcare, Fena, Hardball, Anderson Cooper, Msnbc, Chris Matthews, Cnn, Politics News
Linda Milazzo

Despite all we've learned from Sicko, Fahrenheit 9/11 and Roger and Me, we continue to take abuse. Our pal Mike is now asking us to act.

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Bill Nelson On Tavis Smiley Show: Senator: I Think You're Going To See A Lot More Bipartisanship On Health Care Bill

The Huffington Post | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tavis Smiley, Sen. Olympia Snowe, Senate Finance Committee, Collins, Olympia Snowe, Maine, Senator Snowe, Reform Bill, Susan Collins, Bill Nelson, Health, Snow, Health Care Reform, Florida, Health Care, Snowe, Politics News

Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) believes more Republicans will vote for the health care reform bill in its final phase. During an interview on Tuesday,...

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President Obama's Maine Chance to Make the Case

Evan Wolfson | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Gay Rights, Respect for Marriage Act, Doma, Evan Wolfson, Freedom to Marry, President Obama, Abraham Lincoln, Human Rights Campaign, Gay Marriage, Maine, Same-Sex Marriage, Big Gay Speech, Obama Big Gay Speech, Politics News
Evan Wolfson

On Saturday, Obama has the opportunity -- and I believe the obligation -- to speak in moral as well as concrete terms about non-gay people's stake in ending the exclusion and discrimination gay people endure.

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Media Discovers WellPoint "Right To Profit" Case

David Dayen | Posted 10.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Anthem, Wellpoint, Insurance Industry, Health Care, Maine, Media News
David Dayen

The new health insurance rates offered by the Maine Superintendent do not prevent Anthem from making a profit. But Anthem wants the state of Maine to guarantee a 3% profit as a Constitutional right.

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New Anti-Gay Ad In Maine Exact Copy Of California Prop. 8 Ad (VIDEO)

AmericanBlog | Joe Sudbay | Posted 11.23.2009 | Style

Read More: Proposition 8, Prop 8, Proposition 8 Ad, Maine, California, Style News

Frank Schubert, the consultant who did the Yes on Prop. 8 campaign, isn't even trying in Maine. He's just recycling his Prop. 8 ads for the campaign i...

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First Day Of Fall 2009: See Harvest Photos!

Huffington Post | Posted 11.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Fall Equinox, India, Lake Constance, France, Bulgaria, Slidehuge, Slidepoll, Agriculture, Autumn, First Day of Fall, Grapes, Wheat, Fall Starts, Germany, Middle America, September 22 2009, Pumpkins, Sugar-Beets, Tobacco, Fall September 22 2009, September 22 First Day of Fall, Radishes, What's the First Day of Fall, Farming, Afghanistan, Crops, Corn, Apples, Fall 2009, Harvesting, Maine, Rice, Local Food, Green News, Autumn Equinox, Food, Vietnam, Belarus, Slideshow, Green News

With the first day of fall upon us, we put together a tribute to the autumn harvest. From grapes and tobacco found in Bulgaria to coconuts from India...

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Maine, The Way Life Should Be

Sara Whitman | Posted 11.18.2009 | Living

Read More: LGBT Rights, Lgbt, Lgbt-Families, No on 1, Maine, Marriage Equality, Proposition 8, Same Sex Marriage, National Organization for Marriage, Gay Marriage, Living News
Sara Whitman

I don't know if anyone from the anti-equality side realizes this, but we are going to have families whether we have rights nor not. Our kids are going to go to public schools, period.

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Maine Campaign Heats Up; "No on 1" Fights Back

Paul Hogarth | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Maine Gay Marriage, Proposition 8, Question One, Gay Marriage, Marriage Equality, Polls, Television, California, Same Sex Marriage, Maine, Politics News
Paul Hogarth

Polls show gay marriage losing narrowly in Maine, but a new TV ad with Maine's 2005 Teacher of the Year may help turn the tide.

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Lobster Wars Turn Violent In Maine

AP | CLARKE CANFIELD | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Lobster Wars, Maine Lobster Wars, Animals, Fisheries, Lobster, Maine, Green News

MATINICUS ISLAND, Maine — Life here is defined by the ocean. It's the ocean that feeds the livelihoods of the lobstermen. It's the ocean that di...

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Maine's Gay Marriage Law Now In Hands Of Voters, Ads Hit The Airwaves (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Video, Pro Gay Marriage Ads Maine, Maine Gay Marriage Ballot Initiative, Gay Marriage Ads Maine, Gay Marriage, Gay Marriage Ads Video, Maine, Politics News

Governor John Baldacci of Maine has formally put the state's marriage equality law into the hands of voters after he signed a measure allowing a refer...

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A World On Pause: The Joys Of Being Unplugged At Summer Camp From A 16-Year Old Experiencing It

Cassie Goldring | Posted 10.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Unplugging, Television, Connectivity, Children, TV Turnoff, Computers, Nature, Teens, Childhood, Technology, How-to-Unplug, Maine, Teenagers, Living News
Cassie Goldring

As a 16 year-old girl, turning in my Blackberry to the camp director, not to see or hold it again for 7 weeks, was certainly not my ideal way to begin my summer vacation.

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Clio Dahyun Axilrod, 7-Year-Old Girl, Named As Drowning Victim In Maine Killer Wave

AP | GLENN ADAMS | Posted 09.24.2009 | New York

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AUGUSTA, Maine — Rangers at Acadia National Park insisted Monday that they had done all they could to warn visitors before beauty suddenly turne...

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U.S. Pulp-Maker Creates New Biofuel

Reuters | Posted 09.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Green, Biofuels, Biofuel, Maine, Renewable Energy, Biofuel Renewable Energy Source, Renewable Resources Biofuels, Green Energy, Biofuels Energy, Biomass Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy Resources Biomass, Pulp-Maker, Bio Fuels, Bio Fuel, Evolving Energy Tech, Renewable Biofuels, Biofuel Impact, Green Technology, Sustainability, Green News

But along with its usual business of pulp-making, the century-old mill is doing something unprecedented: Developing technology to produce bio-butanol,...

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Massachusetts Sues Feds Over Defense Of Marriage Act

AP | DENISE LAVOIE | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Massachusetts, Gay Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage Equality, Defense of Marriage Act, Doma, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Iowa, California, Proposition 8, President Barack Obama, Politics News

BOSTON — Massachusetts, the first state to legalize gay marriage, sued the U.S. government Wednesday over a federal law that defines marriage as...

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Gay Marriage Bill Takes Effect In Nation's Capital

AP | GILLIAN GAYNAIR | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Washington DC, Washington Dc Gay Marriage. Gay Marriage, Marriage Equality, Marion Barry, David Catania, Connecticut, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, California, New Hampshire, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics News

WASHINGTON — A law recognizing same-sex marriages performed in other states and countries went into effect Tuesday in the nation's capital, and ...

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Hot Dog Road Trip: A Patriotic Party Plan

Craig "Meathead" Goldwyn | Posted 08.01.2009 | Style

Read More: Push Cart, Sausage, Frankfurters, Nathan's, Atlanta, Weenie Royale, Red Hots, Nich Tahou's, Sabrett, Tonawanda, The Varsity, Italian Dog, New Jersey, Boston, New York, Rhode Island, Coleslaw, Rutt's Hut, Paterson Nj, July 4, Tube Steaks, Phoenix, Slawdog, Kayem, Weenies, Dogs, Independence Day, Coney Island, Tucson, Maine, Meat, Franks, Wieners, Hots, Wienies, Furters, Dodger Dogs, Wisconsin, Bratwurst, Corndog, Mustard, Eastwood, Greek, Flo's, Rochester, Cincinnati, Texas, Sonora, Fenway, Puka, Chicago Dog, Chicago Style Hot Dog, Vienna Beef, Chicago Food, Style News
Craig

If you're planning a cookout for this most patriotic of days, here's an opportunity to celebrate the American dream. Because hot dog culture is American history.

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