AUGUSTA (AP) — People are using welfare cash benefits at bars and strip clubs in Maine even though it's prohibited, Republican Gov. Paul LePage said Tuesday as he continued to call for reforms to crack down on fraud and abuse.  More...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Police investigating the shooting death of a Maine man along an interstate highway in Pennsylvania said Tuesday they are scrutinizing a similar shooting that happened eight hours earlier and about 30 miles away.  More...

BIDDEFORD — “You always think it can never happen to you,” said Trent Bell, a commercial photographer in Biddeford.  More...

SANFORD — Mayor Thomas Cote pledged to lend his support to “Synergize Sanford” Tuesday to promote business growth. More...

OLD ORCHARD BEACH — The town is now officially on board with a proposal to bring rail service from Montreal to Boston.  More...

PORTLAND — Maine's economy is expected to see steady growth this year, providing an opportunity for the state to begin tackling the challenges it will face in the future as its population continues to age, a former state economist said Tuesday. More...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The global chemical weapons watchdog is urging Syria to intensify efforts to get its stockpile of raw materials for poison gas and nerve agents to a port, so it can be shipped out of the country and destroyed.  More...

SANFORD — Councilor Ken Burgess reminded residents Tuesday that the cold temperatures are “devastating” to the city's attempts to clear the roads and streets of hard-packed snow.  While major arteries are cleared, not every st More...

BRUSSELS (AP) — A European masters athletics champion at 95, Emiel Pauwels committed euthanasia because he suffered from cancer ”“ but not before holding a celebration complete with champagne.  More...

The Maine Public Broadcasting Network will once again air the Maine Capitol Connection, beginning today, Jan. 8 at 9 a.m. More...

BERLIN (AP) — A German court has decided to shelve the case against a 92-year-old former member of the Nazi SS, saying there are too many gaps in the evidence some 70 years later to deliver a verdict.  More...