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Getting Lobsters High?
Recreational marijuana is legal in Maine, and one restaurant is using the drug to get its lobsters high before boiling them in a pot. Talk about high class dining!
UNITED STATES - MARCH 21: Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, right, and Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, conduct a news conference in the Capitol on legislation to lower health insurance premiums for citizens who pay out of pocket on March 21, 2018. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
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POLITICS
Pressure Mounts On Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski To Block Brett Kavanaugh
By Laura Bassett
The Maine and Alaska Republicans are feeling the heat in their home states ahead of Kavanaugh's confirmation vote.
Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) speaks to the media as she leaves a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing evaluating the Intelligence Community Assessment on "Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US Elections" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 16, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
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POLITICS
Don't Count On Susan Collins To Save Roe v. Wade
By Laura Bassett
The Maine senator greenlighted Brett Kavanaugh before Trump nominated him, a source close to her staff said.
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FOOD & DRINK
Maine Hot Dog Restaurant Threatened After It Removes Crinkle-Cut Fries From Menu
By David Moye
The owners of Bolley's Famous Franks in Waterville apologized to customers but said there's no excuse for being so salty.
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WEIRD NEWS
This Video Of A Squirrel Eating Out Of A Condom Sums Up 2018
By David Moye
"It looks like a balloon," one kid says. "Is there stuff inside of it?"
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U.S. NEWS
Senate Candidate Arrested Trying To Deliver Supplies To Detained Kids
By Michelle Lou
Maine Democrat Zak Ringelstein tried to deliver water, toys and books to children housed in a Texas detention center.
PORTLAND, ME - NOVEMBER 7: Sue Vittner, right, walks her completed ballot to the scanning booth at the Merrill Auditorium voting station Tuesday morning. Turnout at the station has been pretty good, according to Election Warden Carol . By 8:20 a.m., the site had processed ballots from 95 voters, which Morrissette estimated was already three times as many voters who cast ballots at the same station during the May election. (Staff photo by Ben McCanna/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Maine Voters Override Lawmakers, Say They Want New Way Of Choosing Candidates
By Sam Levine
Elections in the state will let voters rank candidates in order of preference instead of choosing just one.
AUGUSTA, ME - JUNE 30: During a press conference at the State House on Friday, Gov. Paul LePage said he would not sign any budget that comes out of the legislature today and he will wait the full ten days before vetoing it. If a budget is not passed by midnight, the state will enter into a partial shutdown. (Staff Photo by Gregory Rec/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Maine Gov. Paul LePage 'Probably' Won't Certify Primary Election Results
By Sam Levine
The state's top election official says the governor doesn't need to certify election results anyway.
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QUEER VOICES
Maine To Offer A Nonbinary Gender Option On Driver's Licenses
By Alanna Vagianos
More of this, please. 🏳️‍🌈
Representative Bruce Poliquin, a Republican from Maine, questions John Stumpf, chief executive officer of Wells Fargo & Co., not pictured, during a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016. Stumpf, fighting to keep his job amid a national political furor, will forgo more than $41 million of stock and salary as the banks board investigates how employees opened legions of bogus accounts for customers. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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POLITICS
Democrats Say They Have Proof Health Care Can Turn Trump Voters Against Republicans
By Kevin Robillard
A Democratic experiment in Maine shows the issue hurt GOP Rep. Bruce Poliquin.
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POLITICS
Maine Is About To Try Out A New Way Of Electing Politicians
By Sam Levine
For the first time, people across the state can rank the candidates they want to represent them in the general election.
HOUSTON, USA - APRIL 07: (----EDITORIAL USE ONLY MANDATORY CREDIT - 'BANDAR ALGALOUD / SAUDI KINGDOM COUNCIL / HANDOUT' - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS----) Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud (R) meets with 41st President George H.W. Bush (R) and 43rd U.S. President, George W. Bush (L) in Houston, United States on April 8, 2018. (Photo by Bandar Algaloud / Saudi Kingdom Council / Handout/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
George H.W. Bush Hospitalized For 'Low Blood Pressure And Fatigue'
By Hayley Miller
The 41st president had returned home from a separate hospitalization just weeks ago.
These lawmakers have come under fire for offensive remarks
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HUFFPOST VIDEO
Politicians Slammed For Offensive Remarks
Here’s proof that it’s not just national politicians who say dumb stuff.
BOSTON, MA - MARCH 08: Boston Police investigate the scene where a snow plow ranover a woman near Tuft's Medical Center as another major nor'easter barrels Into northeastern U.S. on March 8, 2018 in Boston, United States. Large portions of the East Coast are facing a second nor'easter in less than a week. (Photo by Scott Eisen/Getty Images)
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ENVIRONMENT
Winter Storm Dumps Heavy, Wet Snow On Northeast, Leaving Thousands Without Power
By Jonathan Allen, Reuters
Up to 2 feet of snow accumulation was expected in some inland parts of New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, New Hampshire and Massachusetts and 18 inches was possible in Maine.
WESTBROOK, ME - FEBRUARY 11: Governor Paul LePage addresses a crowd during a Town Hall Meeting at the Westbrook Performing Arts Center on Wednesday, Februsry 11, 2015. (Photo by Carl D. Walsh/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Mainers Vote To Expand Medicaid Under Obamacare
By Jeffrey Young
The expansion will extend health coverage to 70,000 low-income people.
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ENTERTAINMENT
The Truth Behind The Creepy Connection Between 'It' And 'Stranger Things'
By Bill Bradley
This will turn your world upside down.
AUBURN, ME - OCTOBER 21: Maine Governor Paul LePage speaks at Central Maine Community College about his central themes of tax reduction, welfare reform and lowering college costs for Maine students. (Photo by Derek Davis/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Maine Voters Could Expand Health Care To 70,000 People On Election Day
By Jeffrey Young
A win on the ballot initiative to expand Medicaid would be a loss for Gov. Paul LePage (R), who vetoed five bills to extend health care to more Mainers.
U.S. Senator Susan Collins speaks at the Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce's Quarterly Business Breakfast in Rockport, Maine, U.S., October 13, 2017. REUTERS/Joel Page
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POLITICS
Senator Collins Should Uphold Mainers Rights To Our Day In Court
By Thomas A. Cox, Contributor
An attorney specializing in representing financial institution...
Sen. Susan Collins has long been an independent voice for Maine, acting in the best interests of Mainers, and not narrow
Trading information and the company logo are displayed on a screen where the stock is traded on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., September 8, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
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POLITICS
The Equifax Scandal Could Complicate GOP Efforts To Gut A New Consumer Protection
By Paul Blumenthal
And some conservatives are telling Republicans to back off.
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