Maine woman gives birth to her grandson after heart condition prevents her daughter from getting pregnant 49-year-old Linda Sirois gave birth to her own grandson earlier this month. Linda Sirois of Madawaska, Maine offered to carry and deliver her grandkid for her daughter, Angel Hebert, when Hebert learned that it would be too dangerous to […]
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Feds: Man sets fire to nuclear sub to get off work early
At some point, we’ve all had days we wanted to leave work early. But no matter how desperate we are to duck out, most of us do not set fire to our offices.
3 arrested in separate ‘Dark Knight’ incidents
At least 3 men accused of making threats during or after watching the new Batman movie have been arrested in separate incidents, underscoring moviegoers’ anxieties and heightened security in the wake of a deadly mass shooting at a Colorado theater showing the film. Timothy Courtois of Biddeford, Maine A New England man was arrested after telling authorities that he was on […]
Why Drugs Cost So Much / The Issues ’04: Why We Pay So Much for Drugs
Helen Clark of Kennebunk, Maine, is a smuggler of sorts. At 77, the retired registered nurse doesn’t look the part.
Recreation: Splendors at Home
RECREATION The fine-limbed young woman rising from the foam on TIME’S cover is neither a naiad nor the creation of a fashion editor’s imaginative whim. She is Mrs
POLITICS: Campaign Teardrops
Aside from trying out for the Olympic decathlon, there may be no more enervating enterprise in the U.S.
Birth Control for Kids?
When the Portland, Maine, School Committee voted 7-2 Wednesday night to make birth control pills available to middle school girls as young as 11, the response provided the latest evidence that adults still have trouble talking about sex with each other, much less with our kids.
After California ruling, will more states favor same-sex marriage?
While California’s Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a ban on same-sex marriages that voters voters passed in November, the fight will undoubtedly go forward. The ruling by the court allows about 18,000 same-sex marriages performed before the ban to remain valid. The decision was met with chants of “shame on you” from a crowd of about 1,000 people gathered outside the court building in San Francisco on Tuesday.
New Hampshire House opposes governor on same-sex marriage
New Hampshire’s move to become the most recent state to legalize same-sex marriage hit a bump Wednesday, after the state House of Representatives failed to agree to changes made by the governor. The House and Senate have approved allowing gay couples to marry. But Gov.
Maine legalizes same-sex marriage
Same-sex marriage became legal in Maine on Wednesday as Gov. John Baldacci signed a bill less than an hour after the state legislature approved it