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Why do zebras have stripes? Perhaps to shoo away flies

by DANICA KIRKA Associated Press February 21, 2019February 21, 2019

Zebra stripes are dazzling, particularly to flies and scientists say that might be the answer to how zebras got their stripes

Lewiston-Auburn

Missing Mechanic Falls man walks into Lewiston police station

February 21, 2019February 22, 2019

Jeremy Wayne Thompson, 46, saw news reports about himself and went to Lewiston police.

Nation / World

Feds: Coast Guard lieutenant compiled hit list of lawmakers

by MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press February 21, 2019February 21, 2019

Prosecutors say a Coast Guard lieutenant is a “domestic terrorist” who wrote about biological attacks and had what appeared to be a hit list that included prominent Democrats and media figures

Girls Basketball

Vikings moving on to regional final

February 21, 2019February 21, 2019

Ella Pelletier, left, Sophia Green, middle, and Abby Toohey cheer on the Oxford Hills Vikings girls’ basketball team during Wednesday’s tournament game in Portland. Sun Journal photo by Russ Dillingham

Nation / World

US steps up winter-warfare training as global threat shifts

by LOLITA C. BALDOR The Associated Press February 20, 2019February 20, 2019

MARINE MOUNTAIN WARFARE TRAINING CENTER, Calif. (AP) — Hunkered down behind a wall of snow, two U.S. Marines melt slush to make drinking water after spending the night digging out a defensive position high in the Sierra Nevada. Their laminated targeting map is wedged into the ice just below the machine gun. Nearly 8,000 feet […]

Maine, Nation / World, Politics

Angus King wants the US to unplug parts of electric grid

by Joseph Marks The Washington Post February 20, 2019February 20, 2019

Replacing some digital systems with physical ones that hackers can’t compromise helped Ukraine recover after a massive 2015 cyberattack.

Nation / World

New York considers preventing police from sharing suspects’ mug shots

by CHRIS CAROLA Associated Press February 19, 2019February 19, 2019

New York’s governor doesn’t want state police to routinely release mug shots of criminal suspects, or booking records about exactly what they’re being arrested for.

Nation / World

Americans shocked by impact of new tax law

by SARAH SKIDMORE SELL AP Personal Finance Writer February 19, 2019February 19, 2019

Husband and wife Andy Kraft and Amy Elias, of Portland, Ore., pose with their 2018 tax paperwork in their Portland home on Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. The couple got a small refund last year but this year owe more than $10,000 in taxes under the new tax law. AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus Wait, I owe the […]