Turkey condemns Syria for killings BEIRUT (AP) — A team of Arab observers headed to Syria today as neighboring Turkey condemned President Bashar Assad for turning his country into a “bloodbath” after the regime killed more than 200 people this week alone, drawing international condemnation and dramatically raising the death toll in the nine-month uprising. […]

BAGHDAD (AP) — A wave of at least 14 bombings ripped across Baghdad this morning, killing at least 60 people in the worst violence Iraq has seen for months. The apparently coordinated attacks struck days after the last American forces left Iraq and in the midst of a major government crisis between the country’s top […]

NEW YORK A young Iowa man’s plea for marriage rights for his lesbian parents drew 18.3 million views to become the most-watched political video of the year, according to YouTube’s ranking of viral political videos. President Barack Obama’s speech to the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in April was second on the list, while Republican […]

Woman abducted from Augusta store lot AUGUSTA (AP) — Augusta police are looking for a man they say abducted a woman walking to her car after shopping at Walmart and drove her to an ATM in her own vehicle where he forced her to withdraw money. Police say the man fled on foot after Tuesday […]

PORTLAND ( AP) — The U.S. Census Bureau released new population statistics Wednesday, and it was either good news or bad news for Maine depending on how you read the numbers. Maine was one of three states that lost population for the 15-month period between April 1, 2010, and July 1 of this year, with […]

WATERVILLE (AP) — More than 60 people prayed for hope at a candlelight vigil for a missing 20-month-old girl in Maine, as tips poured in and the search was expanded Wednesday to include trails and more waterways. Fifty trained volunteers from the Maine Search and Rescue Association joined 75 to 80 law enforcement officers already […]

TOPSHAM Following a 45-minute discussion about whether to schedule a special town meeting to consider stalling or banning the sale or use of commercial fireworks, the Board of Selectmen voted unanimously to continue work on a fireworks ordinance to bring to a May 2012 town meeting. On Jan. 1, a new state law goes into […]