WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists figured out how to hide a shot inside a pea-sized pill — creating a swallowable gadget, inspired by a tortoise shell, that can inject medicines like insulin from inside the stomach. Patients usually prefer oral treatment, and comply with it better, but many compounds, including insulin for diabetes, can’t survive the […]
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AAA: Cold weather can cut electric car range over 40 percent
A new study finds that cold temperatures can sap electric car batteries, temporarily reducing their range by more than 40 percent when interior heaters are used
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Livermore Falls voters to decide on treatment plant upgrade, firetruck
LIVERMORE FALLS — Selectmen voted Tuesday to hold a special town meeting Feb. 26 to ask voters to finance a $5.75 million upgrade of the Wastewater Treatment Plant and pay for a firetruck. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. at the Town Office. The treatment plant was built in the 1970s and underwent a nearly […]
Posted inMaine, News
Wintry mix to blow through Maine overnight
The spring-like weather in northern New England is fleeting
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House panel votes to send Russia transcripts to Mueller
The House Intelligence Committee has voted to send more than 50 interview transcripts from its now-closed Russia investigation to special counsel Robert Mueller
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How home security cameras are opening the door to privacy invasion
Ding-dong, your doorbell is looking a bit creepy. Ring video doorbells, Nest Hello and other connected security cameras are the fastest-growing home improvement gadgets since garage door openers. These cameras, often built into buzzers, alert your phone when someone is at your door and save footage online. Mine has helped me get deliveries and catch […]
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Maine sees many welfare fraud claims but few prosecutions
AUGUSTA (AP) — A tiny fraction of the hundreds of welfare fraud allegations made last year ended up being prosecuted by the attorney general’s office, according to state documents. Out of 1,160 allegations of potential welfare fraud last year, only 25 cases were referred to the attorney general by the Fraud Investigations and Recovery Unit […]
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Lindsey Vonn crashes at super-G championship, has one last chance to win
ARE, Sweden (AP) — One of the hallmarks of Lindsey Vonn’s career has been the way she bounces back from major crashes time and time again. So perhaps it’s fitting that the most successful female skier of all time will enter her last race before retiring following yet another tumble into the safety netting. Vonn […]
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Why Harvard’s top astronomer says an alien ship may be among us
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Before he started the whole alien spaceship thing last year, the chairman of Harvard University’s astronomy department was known for public lectures on modesty. Personal modesty, which Avi Loeb said he learned growing up on a farm. And what Loeb calls “cosmic modesty” – the idea that it’s arrogant to assume we […]
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Orland man dies trying to save dog from burning house
ORLAND (AP) — Investigators say a Maine man died when he returned to a burning house to get his dog. Maine Public Safety Department spokesman Steve McCausland says the man escaped with his family before going back inside Monday evening in the town of Orland. Firefighters recovered the body of 40-year-old Sam Crawford hours later, […]