Kennebec Journal

Ralph Nader loses Maine court appeal over ballot

The Green Party candidate had claimed Democrats tried to keep him off the presidential ballot in 2004.

LePage vetoes bill linking Medicaid expansion, hospital payment

The governor says he has filed a bill to separate the two issues.

Two more suspects arrested in London terror attack

Islamic hardliners say the man who appeared with bloody hands in a video following the attack on a British soldier is a convert from Christianity.

HIGH SCHOOLS: Weather forces schedule changes

Forecast forces changes to KVAC track and field as well as tennis singles tournament.

HIGH SCHOOLS: Weather forces schedule changes

Forecast forces changes to KVAC track and field as well as tennis singles tournament.

King co-sponsors bill requiring independent drone strike analysis

The legislation would require the creation of a “red team” to analyze data purporting to support a “targeted strike” against U.S.. citizens and report back to intelligence agencies within 15 days.

Japanese man, 80, oldest to top Everest – for now

Yuichiro Miura, a former extreme skier who also climbed the 29,035-foot peak when he was 70 and 75, reached the summit at 9:05 a.m. local time today.

Thirteen Wyeth paintings fetch $2M at auction

The 1938 oil of a fisherman off the coast of Port Clyde, Maine, by N.C. Wyeth sells for nearly $844,000.

State Police planning additional patrols, enforcement efforts, for holiday weekend

Maine State Police are planning additional patrols as well as several special enforcement efforts beginning Friday for the long Memorial Day weekend, including looking for drunk and aggressive drivers, speeders and enforcing Maine’s seat belt and no texting laws.

UK soldier slaying suspects had been investigated

A British government official said the suspects were part of previous security services investigations for possible terror links.