DALLAS (AP) — If you’re buying an airline ticket soon, get ready to pay a few bucks more. According to fare trackers, JetBlue Airways and Southwest Airlines are leading a round of price increases that will boost the base fare on many medium-length and long flights by $10 per round trip. United, Delta, American and […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Amanda Knox has a book deal. The young exchange student whose conviction and eventual acquittal of murder charges made headlines worldwide has an agreement with HarperCollins to tell her story. The 24-year-old Seattle resident, imprisoned for four years in Perugia, Italy, has not publicly discussed her ordeal beyond a brief expression […]

BERLIN (AP) — Hundreds more flights were canceled today at Frankfurt Airport, Europe’s third busiest, as a ground workers’ strike entered its second day. However, international flights were not affected, and airport lines and delays otherwise appeared to be limited. Mike Peter Schweitzer, spokesman for airport operator Fraport AG, said “ just over 290” flights […]

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A federal immigration agent shot and seriously wounded a co-worker during a Thursday evening workplace confrontation before another agent pulled his weapon and shot the gunman to death inside a Southern California federal building, the FBI said. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were shot on the seventh floor of […]

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — As workers cleaned up the rubble of the century’s deadliest prison fire, a collective rage built among relatives who gathered at the morgue and said the official explanation of a mattress fire was absurd. Details of the investigation remained thin, and mystery swirled around the possible cause, from a crazed inmate […]

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s president resigned today in a scandal over favors he allegedly received before becoming head of state, creating a major domestic distraction for Chancellor Angela Merkel as she grapples with Europe’s debt crisis. Christian Wulff announced his resignation a day after the slow-burning affair escalated dramatically with a request by prosecutors for […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — A state lawmaker thinks public employees convicted of crimes should forfeit their state pensions. Alna Republican Les Fossel has proposed legislation that would put Maine in line with at least 15 other states. He says the bill addresses crimes that bring prison sentences of at least five years. Public employees found guilty […]

GARDINER (AP) — A former Gardiner city councilor is facing charges after allegedly firing several shots from a high-powered rifle at his ex-girlfriend’s truck as she stood nearby. Police say 58-year-old Allie Vigue was charged with aggravated reckless conduct and criminal mischief in connection with the Wednesday night shooting. He was held on $5,000 bail. […]

WATERVILLE (AP) — The grandfather of a toddler who went missing two months ago in Maine is challenging the girl’s father to explain what happened to the youngster. Ron Reynolds said Thursday he wants to know why Justin DiPietro didn’t protect Ayla Reynolds, who was 20 months old when she was reported missing on Dec. […]

PORTLAND (AP) — A 52- year- old Portland man has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison for stealing another man’s identity and fraudulently obtaining nearly $200,000 of government benefits, including financial assistance for housing, health care, food and school. Besouro Abdul Zagon was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Portland. He was […]