Trains carry millions of gallons of oil across Maine
March 25, 2013 in The Dickinson Press
PORTLAND, Maine Millions of gallons of crude oil from the nation’s heartland are crossing Maine in railroad tank cars bound for a Canadian oil refinery, raising concern among environmentalists and state officials about the threat of an accident and spill. The oil is primarily coming from the Bakken shale-oil field in North Dakota. Continue Reading
With centrists becoming few and far between, Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe cited the increasingly polarized climate of Washington in abandoning the U.S. Senate after three terms, giving Democrats new hope of winning the longtime GOP-held seat.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) Three-term Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine announced Tuesday that she will not run for re-election, citing frustration over Washington’s current “atmosphere of polarization” and giving Democrats an unexpected shot at an open seat.
(WDAZ-TV) – Mitt Romney has won the Maine GOP caucus with 39 percent of the vote after Rick Santorum’s string of three victories. Romney also won the CPAC straw poll on Saturday.
Mitt Romney hoped to reinvigorate his presidential prospects with a victory in Maine’s GOP caucuses Saturday while Ron Paul reached for his first triumph in what shaped up as a two-man race because neither Newt Gingrich nor Rick Santorum actively competed in the state.
Maine’s presidential caucuses come at a critical time for Mitt Romney, the one-time Republican front-runner.
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