OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The day after heavy snow hit the Pacific Northwest, people are dealing with icy roads, power outages and the dangers of snow causing flooding when it melts. Ice on three runways shut down Sea- Tac Airport this morning. Spokesman Perry Cooper told KOMO-TV crews hoped deicer would allow it to reopen […]

COLUMBIA, S. C. ( AP) — Rick Santorum edged Mitt Romney by 34 votes in a surprise flip to the final tally of the Iowa caucuses, but no winner will be declared because some votes remain missing in the event’s closest finish ever, Republican officials said today. Romney had initially been considered the winner — […]

SACO ( AP) — Central Maine Power Co. has ordered one of its contractors to stop work pending an investigation into the death of an employee who fell from a utility pole. John Plante of Oakland was working for Hawkeye LLC of Hauppauge, N. Y., when he fell 40 to 50 feet from the wooden […]

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A 65-year-old lawyer was arrested Wednesday for carrying a loaded handgun aboard an American Airlines jet at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. Judith Kenney was released later Wednesday on her own recognizance, said her attorney, Dallas lawyer David Finn. Kenney carries a handgun for protection but had forgotten that it was […]

ROCHESTER, N. Y. ( AP) — Is Kodak’s moment past? The glory days when Eastman Kodak Co. ruled the world of film photography lasted for over a century. Then came a stunning reversal of fortune: cutthroat competition from Japanese firms in the 1980s and a seismic shift to the digital technology it pioneered but couldn’t […]

BANGOR (AP) — A Maine man who asked to be publicly flogged instead of being sent to prison will undergo a psychiatric evaluation. U. S. District Judge John Woodcock on Tuesday ordered the evaluation for 34- year-old Domingos Nobrega of Bangor. Nobrega faces sentencing following his conviction last May of being a felon in possession […]

AUGUSTA ( AP) — State environmental regulators have approved a revised plan for the Oakfield wind power project in northern Maine. The Department of Environmental Protection on Wednesday approved First Wind’s project, which will consist of 50 turbines of 3 megawatts each. Together they’ll have the capacity to produce enough energy for 48,000 homes. The […]

COLONIE, N.Y. (AP) — A regional jet made an unscheduled stop at the Albany International Airport after its crew noticed a problem with a fuel gauge. Airport spokesman Doug Myers says the Delta Airlines flight with 51 passengers and three crew members was en route from Detroit to Portland, Maine, when it was diverted Wednesday […]

LEWISTON ( AP) — Gov. Paul LePage is meeting with business and community leaders in Androscoggin County for his 12th Capitol for a Day event. The governor today is visiting Geiger Bros. in Lewiston, K & K Excavation in Turner, and three businesses in Auburn — Savage Safe Handling Inc., Newfab Inc. and Proctor & […]

AUGUSTA ( AP) — A legislative committee is holding hearings on a pair of bills requiring notification of authorities when a child is missing. Both bills before the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee today are modeled after “Caylee’s Law,” which is being considered in Florida. That legislation was inspired by the case of 2-yearold […]