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Seattle Times, 24.04.13 01:43 UTC

Stephen King gives to Maine gun control coalition

Stephen King and his wife have made a donation to a Maine group advocating for stricter gun control laws.

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NPR, 23.04.13 22:49 UTC

Plenty Of Finger Pointing As Budget Cuts Delay First Flights

Blame shifting was in high gear Tuesday on Capitol Hill and at the White House as the first air traffic delays tied to the furloughs of Federal Aviation Administration controllers began to get ...

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NPR, 22.04.13 15:45 UTC

A Rand Paul White House Path Complicated By Dad's Legacy

Freshman Sen. Rand Paul insists that he won't decide until next year whether a 2016 presidential run is in his future. But comments the Kentucky Tea Party Republican made this week at a newsmaker ...

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Seattle Times, 21.04.13 02:54 UTC

History, culture, distrust combined to defeat gun control effort

What began as an energetic effort to finally get something new on gun control on the books wound up last week in defeat after defeat, and the bill was finally pulled. There s no telling when it will return.

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Seattle Times, 19.04.13 17:10 UTC

Gun votes carry big risks for Dems in rural states

There is little mystery, from a campaign viewpoint, at least, about the eight senators who crossed party lines in Wednesday's showdown vote on background checks for gun buyers.

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Seattle Times, 19.04.13 16:35 UTC

Boston travel: Trains, buses halted, planes flying

Mass transportation to and from the Boston area was virtually shut down Friday as police conducted a massive manhunt for one of two suspects in Monday's Boston Marathon bombing. The exception was air travel, as planes took off and landed at Logan International Airport.

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Seattle Times, 18.04.13 19:45 UTC

'SWAT robots' soon to protect US first responders

A Maine company that's developed manned and unmanned tanks with names like "Ripsaw" and "Riptide" for the military and Hollywood filmmakers has unveiled a new contraption - a high-tech police shield that sits atop a miniature, remote-controlled tank-like vehicle.

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Seattle Times, 18.04.13 11:33 UTC

Fund set up to repay Maine hermit victims

A lawyer for the Maine man who lived in the woods as a hermit for 27 years has established a fund to repay people who think they may have been his victims.

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Wired, 17.04.13 18:48 UTC

Trailing in Commercial Space Race, Orbital Sciences Preps Launch of New Rocket

WALLOPS ISLAND, Virginia One of the countryâs oldest commercial space ventures plans to lift off today at one of the worldâs oldest launch facilities, and youâd be forgiven for not having heard ...

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Seattle Times, 17.04.13 13:30 UTC

Questions and answers about gay marriage

New Zealand lawmakers on Wednesday gave final approval to a same-sex marriage bill, joining a dozen other countries. Here are some questions and answers about gay marriage around the world:

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The State of Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordering the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, New Hampshire to the southwest, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is the northernmost portion of New England and is the easternmost state in the contiguous United States. It is known for its scener...

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