Olive F. Watson, age 60, appeared in Maine State Supreme Court on Tuesday to appeal an adoption annulment that was originally granted in April.
Ms. Watson, the granddaughter of I.B.M. founder Thomas J. Watson and daughter of former chief exec Thomas J. Watson, Jr., legally adopted her longtime lesbian partner, Patricia Ann Spado, also age 60, […]

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New Jersey art dealer, George Wieschenberg of Lambertville, was sentenced to six years of prison for being a marijuana “farmer.”
According to MSNBC, Wieschenberg, pleaded guilty to “operating a marijuana production facility,” in which he grew marijuana plants, said State Attorney General Anne Milgrim.
Back in October of 2007, New Jersey State Police officers saw large marijuana […]

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New Bill in Maine Makes “Visual Sexual Aggression” a Crime
Maine has moved to criminalize staring and while the calendar claims it’s 2008 in the rest of the United States, it appears that it’s 1984 in the Pine Tree State.
“Visual Sexual Aggression” is the crime and a Class D or C felony–depending upon the age of […]

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A legal opinion issued Thursday in Connecticut may allow lawmakers to extend a state smoking ban to the American-Indian casinos, which claim that smoking restrictions would be a threat to tribal sovereignty.
Lawmakers in Pennsylvania have debated this week to make casinos completely smoke-free or limit smoking to 25 percent of the gaming floor which is […]

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(London, UK) The Autism Awareness Campaign UK is urging the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rt.Rev. Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of York, Rt.Rev.Dr.John Sentamu, the Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormack Murphy O’Connor and other senior church leaders to speak out on the suffering of some parents, carers and people with autism and Asperger’s Syndrome on Autism Sunday […]

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Results from this Weekend’s Maine Caucuses
Updated Delegates Totals for Republican and Democrat National Convention
Why the States who switched their primaries to early in the year may not make an impact
The latest figures from the Maine Caucuses.
68% of towns in Maine reporting results:
Mitt Romney — 52% of the vote.
John McCain— 21% of the vote.
Ron Paul —– […]

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Early Results from the Maine Caucuses Show Romney ahead, Paul 2nd
Seven Quotes from Ron Paul’s Denver Speech yesterday
Paul to be Represented at WV GOP Convention Tuesday; WV GOP Paul Delegate Totals
Is Ron Paul the Anti-McCain?
UPDATE: SATURDAY, February 2, 2008 2:15 pm
Mitt Romney took an early lead in presidential preference voting by Maine Republicans as […]

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The Ron Paul Campaign Update for Sunday evening, January 27, 2008
Efforts to Ensure Accurate Delegate Count in Louisiana Continues
Re-count in New Hampshire
Paul will Campaign in Maine on Monday, January 28.
Super Tuesday Schedule with Delegate Counts
With the primary season getting ready to kick into high gear, the Ron Paul campaign is moving behind the country […]

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University of Maine sophomore Rebekah McDade, a journalism and political science double major, says she dropped a History of Mass Communications course on the first day when associate professor Paul Grosswiler “offered extra credit to class members if they burned the American flag or the U.S. Constitution or were arrested defending free speech,” reports the […]

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Last month, New York State Gov. Eliot Spitzer announced that the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) would reverse a post-9/11 policy by the Pataki administration to deny a driver’s license to anyone who could not prove legal status – immediately prompting at least a dozen county clerks who operate DMV offices as agents of […]

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The city of South Portland Maine has a problem on their hands.
Two families have placed yellow ribbons on trees in public parks and on utility polls to commemorate their sons who were killed in Iraq.
Presumably other families have placed similar ribbons on trees and polls, both private and public, to do the same: to remember […]

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The media coverage of this story makes it sound much more dire than it really is. The headline is “Bangor Makes it Illegal to Smoke in Cars,” but the municipality didn’t really do that at all.
From the story:
“The Bangor City Council approved a measure Monday that prohibits people from smoking in vehicles when children are […]

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The new identity theft protection and recovery service by Truston is live. The service is unique because it doesn’t require you to give up your personal information, which could be stored in a database, and used to commit identity theft if it falls into the wrong hands.
In case you’ve missed the weekly stories, databases are […]

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The great state of Maine has just denied an application for a beer label based on the grounds that it “appeals to children.” The label: A drawing of Santa Claus, sitting on a stool, checking his list twice, and drinking a cold one. A few things immediately come to mind. The first […]

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First gypsies impersonate Dr. Phil and now someone is selling tickets to the Oprah show that smell a little “phishy.”
Illinois Attorney General, Lisa Madigan warned the public in a official statement:
In this case, e-mail recipients are asked to submit personal information and told they will receive tickets to The Oprah Winfrey Show after verification of […]

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Apparently, New England is not only the land of pretty white churches and gorgeous fall leaves, we’re also the land of cheapskates. In Forbes Magazine’s survey of the habits of individual state’s charitable giving, New England states were in the bottom half of the survey. Oddly, the highest ranking New England state for charitable giving […]

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I’ve had the opportunity to look at a lot of identity theft services, but until now - I’ve never run into one I considered “victim friendly.”
I’ve written off most of the services I’ve seen — either because they were financial services products (created by those who had compromised victims themselves) — or they were selling […]

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