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  • Christians in Mauritania Tense after Murder of Aid Worker
    47 Edward Ross/ Compass Direct News News - Featured News As funeral services were held in Tennessee for Christian aid worker Christopher Leggett Tuesday, tensions remained high for Christians in the capital of Mauritania, where he was slain last week.
  • Japanese dancehall comes to South
    JAPANESE sound system Mighty Crown will be in action at the Sting Night Club, La Romaine, tomorrow night in an event titled ?For the Love of . . . Music, Ladies and Dubs?. Mighty Crown was founded in 1991, by a group of friends from Yokohama, Japan.
  • Gaza aid boat passengers still in Israeli custody (AP)

    A ship carrying foreign peace activists, left, is escorted by the Israeli navy before entering the port in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod, Tuesday, June 30, 2009. The Israeli navy intercepted a ship carrying foreign peace activists trying to break a blockade of Gaza on Tuesday and forced it to sail to an Israeli port, the military said.  (AP Photo / Tsafrir Abayov)AP - Most members of a group of foreign peace activists seized at sea by the Israeli navy remained in custody Friday, three days after their failed attempt to run Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip, relatives and supporters said.



  • Maine church group returns from Honduras
    BANGOR, Me. --A Maine church group that was in Honduras during the military coup has returned home to Bangor. More than 60 members of All Souls Congregational Church were in the Central American country to build two houses and a kindergarten when they
  • Dems: Ripping off Obama's Web site a no-no
    O no -- Maine Democrats are accusing a potential Republican state legislative candidate of ripping off President Barack Obama's Web site. State Republicans say it's a case of pettiness, the Bangor Daily News reported Thursday. The Maine Democratic Party
  • Los Angeles: Jackson family wants Neverland burial
    MICHAEL Jackson's elder brother Jermaine says he hopes the tragic King of Pop would eventually be buried at his Neverland Ranch estate. In a tearful interview with NBC television overnight, Jermaine Jackson said Neverland - his brother's sprawling
  • U.S. Vice President Biden visits Baghdad
    Print E-mail BAGHDAD - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, on a previously unannounced visit to Baghdad on Thursday to meet Iraqi leaders, U.S. military commanders and troops, said he was optimistic about Iraq's future but much work remained. Bidens three-day
  • Jermaine Jackson Talks Michael: "I Wish It Was Me" (E! Online)

    Jermaine Jackson Talks Michael: E! Online - Exactly one week after Michael Jackson's death, brother Jermaine Jackson became the first member of the still-mourning musical family to sit down for an in-depth interview about the late icon, speaking to the Today show this morning from the grounds of Neverland Ranch.



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Maine became the United States twenty-third state on March 15, 1820. The capital is Augusta. Maine is a reference to the "main land", as opposed to the offshore islands of that region. The Pine Tree State is ranked 39th in size and has a total land area of 30,865 square miles.

State web site www.state.me.us

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