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Indian drugmaker OK’d to sell Lipitor TRENTON, N. J. ( AP) — India’s largest maker of generic drugs won approval late Wednesday to sell a generic version of cholesterol blockbuster Lipitor. The world’s top-selling drug ever lost U.S. patent protection earlier in the day. The U. S. Food and Drug Administration said it granted Ranbaxy […]
European Central Bank’s chief hints at more support
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi hinted the bank is prepared to play a bigger, yet limited role in the resolution of Europe’s debt crisis — but only after the 17 countries that use the euro tether their economies more tightly. Speculation is mounting that EU leaders will align their spending policies […]
Cain ponders his future
MANCHESTER, N. H. ( AP) — He’s still plotting an aggressive campaign schedule across several states, but Herman Cain also has begun to outline a possible exit strategy from the race for the Republican presidential nomination. The former business executive, facing a woman’s allegation of a 13- year extramarital affair, says a heavy emotional toll […]
‘Little Mole’ Czech cartoonist Miler dies
PRAGUE In the 1950s, Zdenek Miler stumbled over a molehill in woods west of Prague, giving him the idea for an animated cartoon character that has enchanted millions of children around the world and even made it into space on a NASA shuttle. Miler, creator of the Little Mole character, died Wednesday. He was 90 […]
More kids are skipping school shots in 8 states
ATLANTA A rising number of parents in more than half of states are opting out of school shots for their kids. And in eight states, more than 1 in 20 public school kindergartners do not get all the vaccines required for attendance, an Associated Press analysis found. That has health officials worried about possible new […]
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Three suspected of taking oil from home BELFAST (AP) — Police in Belfast say three men are suspected of siphoning oil from an outdoor oil tank at the vacant home of a woman who recently died. Police say the three were detained early Monday after attempting to hide in the woods behind the home. Detective […]
Probe continues into shootings
DOVER-FOXCROFT (AP) — State police investigators have not pinpointed why a sheriff ’s department dispatcher gunned down his wife’s ex-husband before he was fatally shot by a trooper, officials said Wednesday. No single issue emerged Wednesday to suggest what sparked the violence, said Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety. “Trying to […]
LISBON POLICE
Arrest Holly D. Chamberlain, 36, of 9 Mill St., Oct. 18, 7:06 p.m., charged on an Augusta Police Department warrant for failure to appear in court for an operating after suspension charge; summonsed for permitting unaccompanied person under the age of 16 to operate an all-terrain vehicle, on Mill Street.
SAGADAHOC COUNTY SHERIFF
Summonses Aaron Morse, 30, of 80 Old Bath Road, Wiscasset, Nov. 18, 8:46 p.m., charged with operating with a license expired more than 90 days, on Route 1 in Woolwich. Anthony Cugno, 19, of 15 John Tarr Road, Litchfield, Nov. 16, 8:35 a.m., charged with possession of a usable amount of marijuana and possession of […]