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  1. racism
    Maine Governor Suggests People of Color and Hispanics Are the ‘Enemy’Governor LePage had challenged a state lawmaker to “prove that I’m a racist” just a day earlier.
    By Chas Danner
  2. Restaurant Creates 100-Pound Burger Just to Troll Its CustomersAnd, surprisingly, to help fight hunger.
    By Chris Crowley
  3. aging gracefully
    Here’s What a 40-Year-Old Twinkie Looks LikeNot bad!
    By Clint Rainey
  4. Guns Out
    Maine Restaurateur Bans Customers Who Own Assault Weapons“If you own this gun, or you condone the ownership of this gun for private use, you may no longer enter.”
    By Clint Rainey
  5. Bernie Sanders Wins Maine CaucusesSanders won by a wide margin. 
    By Claire Landsbaum
  6. Shortages
    Climate Change Is Decimating Maine’s Lobster PopulationAn alarming study says a warm-water disease threatens Maine’s whole industry.
    By Clint Rainey
  7. early and awful
    Paul LePage Claims Racist Remarks Were Part of a Clever StrategyShocker: He was talking about black drug dealers the whole time!
    By Margaret Hartmann
  8. oh state politics!
    Paul LePage Floats Idea of Publicly Beheading Drug Dealers With GuillotineThe Maine governor says it was just a joke.
    By Jaime Fuller
  9. The Chain Gang
    Chipotle’s Pitiful Sales Have Forced Suppliers to Lay Off EmployeesThe chain’s burrito-bowl manufacturer has shed 5 percent of its workforce.
    By Clint Rainey
  10. early and awful
    LePage Blames Maine’s Heroin Woes on ‘D-Money’“I was going impromptu and my brain didn’t catch up to my mouth.”
    By Jonah Shepp and Jaime Fuller
  11. Shortages
    Add Maine’s Cod to the List of Things Decimated by Global WarmingScientists now blame rising water temperatures more than overfishing.
    By Clint Rainey
  12. In Vacationland with John HodgmanBestselling author, comedian, and self-proclaimed “minor television personality” John Hodgman is living a life of great privilege. His current […]
    By Isaac Kozell
  13. Barbaric Yelp
    Yet Another Restaurateur Has Accused Yelp of Tweaking ReviewsApparently, one chef claims, Yelp will punish you if you don’t buy ads.
    By Clint Rainey
  14. Kids In Restaurants
    Parents Irate After Restaurant Owner ‘Snaps’ at Screaming Child“Her parents said, ‘Are you screaming at a child?’ ‘Yes I am. And she shut up.’”
    By Clint Rainey
  15. News
    A Restaurant Discriminated Against One of Its Servers for Not Going to ChurchIt turns out, however, the owner just disapproved of his son’s choice of date.
    By Clint Rainey
  16. ebola panic
    Rebellious, Ebola-Free Nurse Is Getting Out of Maine Just don’t go to Jersey, Kaci Hickox.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  17. snowstorms
    Snowstorm Cancels Democracy in MaineAnd 80,000 are without power.
    By Katie Zavadski
  18. ebola panic
    Kaci Hickox Cannot Be Quarantined in MaineA judge rejected the state’s request to keep her inside and away from everyone.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  19. ebola panic
    Tough Quarantine Nurse Now Fighting With MaineShe won’t agree to stay inside through the 21-day incubation period.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  20. Fire
    Fire Destroys Legendary Blueberry-Pie Destination in MaineIt’s been a terrible week for restaurants on both coasts.
    By Clint Rainey
  21. misleading headlines
    Maine Woman Beats Husband …… at democracy!
    By Dan Amira
  22. coming out
    Maine Gubernatorial Candidate Mike Michaud Announces He’s Gay“But why should it matter?”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  23. Phone Home
    UFO Sightings Over Maine Turn Out to Be Restaurant Party SpotlightLocals called the cops.
    By Hugh Merwin
  24. the post-racial world
    Racist Maine Official Insists He Would Have Called Mitt Romney the N-Word TooToday in weak excuses by scumbag racists. 
    By Dan Amira
  25. Video Feed
    Watch David Levi Introduce Vinland, His Hyper-Regional Maine RestaurantThe chef intends to get by entirely on very local ingredients.
    By Hugh Merwin
  26. Food Politics
    Maine Lawmakers Push Hard for GMO Food LabelsThe bill has bipartisan support.
    By Jessie Cacciola
  27. news of the weird
    How Many Burglaries Can a Hermit Pull Off in Over 27 Years in the Maine Woods?Lots.
    By Adam Martin
  28. chat room
    Pulitzer Winner Elizabeth Strout on Her New Novel, The Burgess BoysIt’s the author’s first book since 2008’s Olive Kitteridge.
    By Zach Dionne
  29. the post-racial world
    Maine’s Charlie Webster Dropping InvestigationThe backpedaling is complete.
    By Dan Amira
  30. the post-racial world
    Maine GOP Chairman Defends HimselfCharlie Webster is not doing himself any favors.
    By Dan Amira
  31. early and awful
    Dozens of Mysteriously Nonwhite People Voted in Maine Last WeekThe outgoing GOP chairman will investigate where these so-called “black people” came from.
    By Dan Amira
  32. Mediavore
    Maine Has Love Affair With Brandy; Larry the Quaker Oats Man Gets a MakeoverPlus Anthony Bourdain’s geriatric collab and more, all in our morning news round-up.
    By Kara Baskin
  33. politics
    Former Maine Governor Angus King to Run for Snowe’s Senate SeatKing served two terms from 1995 to 2003.
    By Brett Smiley
  34. comings and goings
    Olympia Snowe Storming Out of SenateSnow puns! Seriously though, this is big news.
    By Dan Amira
  35. early and awkward
    The Maine Republican Party Lost Some Caucus Results in Its Spam FolderWow.
    By Dan Amira
  36. equal rites
    Maine Will Likely Put Gay Marriage on the Ballot (Again)Gay marriage is on the move!
    By Dan Amira
  37. tv
    J.J. Abrams Working On a CW PilotSet at an inn in Maine.
    By Margaret Lyons
  38. Maine
    If Not Mulberry Street, There’s MaineGoodbye, beach. It’s autumn in New England.
    By Alyssa Shelasky
  39. white families with money
    The Times Explains Why Taking Private Jets to Summer Camp Makes Sense“Sense.”
    By Noreen Malone
  40. other states’ embarrassments
    Removing Labor Mural Could Cost MaineThe federal government paid for the mural, it turns out.
    By Dan Amira
  41. Beef
    Whoopie-Pie Wars Escalate!Pennsylvania and Maine continue to debate the dessert’s origins.
    By Collin Keefe
  42. early and often
    Will Olympia Snowe Pull a Charlie Crist (But Way More Successfully)?She might need to leave the GOP to remain a senator.
    By Dan Amira
  43. ink-stained wretches
    Hundreds Stuck on Broken Chairlift, Says CNN Reporter Who’s Stuck There, TooA truly committed journalist reports from the front lines at Sugarloaf.
    By Mike Vilensky
  44. early and awful
    GOP Nominee for Governor of Maine Will Tell President Obama to ‘Go to Hell’ Over and Over AgainVote anger 2010!
    By Dan Amira
  45. my name is earl
    Hurricane Watch: One, Two, Earl Is Coming for YouA roundup of the latest as Hurricane Earl moves toward the East Coast.
    By Nitasha Tiku
  46. Mediavore
    Dantanna’s Cleared of Copying Dan Tana’s; Pink’s Opens in LAXThe President can’t even have dessert without being bothered, while a West Hollywood classic tries to sue an Atlanta restaurant with a similar name.
  47. family vacations
    Obama’s Vacation Location Faces CriticismAnd what are the political implications of the president’s ice-cream choice?
    By Mike Vilensky
  48. photo op
    President Obama Hikes in Khakis and a Button-DownThe First Family is already out and about up in Maine.
    By Chris Rovzar
  49. Mediavore
    Jay-Z Loses Restaurant Lawsuit; Jersey Shore’s Snooki Gobbles DonutsA rap star doesn’t get his way and an MTV star gets stuffed.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  50. Mediavore
    Costco Protects Sarah Palin; Teacher In Trouble for Hooter’s TripTomatoes hidden for Palin’s safety and a teacher takes an ill-advised field trip.
    By Hadley Tomicki
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