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BANGOR, Maine — A 43-year-old man in a Park Street residence who fired 70 or more rounds from a gun was taken into custody unharmed early Thursday afternoon, according to police. Perrin Oliver of Detroit, Mich.,

This thing invaded my machine. What kind of scum does this for amusement? Warnings and info at FBI - New internet scam and here

BANGOR, Maine — Waterfront Concerts promoter Alex Gray said Sunday that he doesn’t plan to call off Ted Nugent’s Bangor performance despite remarks from two city councilors that the controversial rock star shouldn’t be allowed to play in the city. Last week, Councilor Charlie Longo emailed a letter to Gray saying that the concert series shouldn’t allow Nugent to perform because of comments he made during a National Rifle Association convention in St. Louis. Longo later posted the letter to his website.

Underpants for the hands and other unspeakables among the holiday horrors for presents...

BANGOR, Maine — A local woman who police believe robbed a downtown bank on Tuesday morning and then fled in a waiting taxi was arrested about two hours later at an apartment building in Bangor. Matisha Marie Pitts, 25, of Bangor has been charged with bank robbery and will be detained until her initial court appearance, which is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at U.S. District Court in Bangor.

She called in sick. Then, police say, she robbed a bank.

This is what appears to anger today's Russian historical establishment: accounts of Red Army crimes on the march to Berlin; assertions by the Baltic countries and others in Eastern Europe that Soviet forces came as occupiers as much as liberators; any suggestion that Stalin's Soviet Union and Nazi Germany were anything but complete opposites and bitter enemies.

By far the movie’s gravest insult to posterity, however, is its treatment of the Texas Ranger captain, Frank Hamer, who may (or may not) have been instrumental in bringing them down. As seen in the movie, Hamer (played by Denver Pyle in an uncharacteristically dour performance) is a kind of harsh Puritan ideologue, so righteous that when Bonnie (whom Dunaway has made us love) flirtatiously poses for a funny snapshot with him, he spits savagely in her face. He considers her so morally tainted that he is sickened by her. Then later, like a serpent in a garden, he coos...

Lancaster Morgan Funeral Home Darlene L. Brennan (August 6, 1942 - June 7, 2008) DARLENE L. BRENNAN CARIBOU – Darlene L. Brennan, 65, passed away Friday June 6, 2008 at a Caribou hospital. She was born August 6, 1942 in Thomas, West Virginia the daughter of the late James and Lillian (Watring) Nutter. Darlene served in the U.S. Military and then as a civilian worked as a travel agent. She is survived by a daughter Robbin Persing and her husband Henry L. Persing of Madison, Alabama, as well as a grandson Brennan Persing. A memorial service will be conducted...

Why am I running?I really like this man's attitude, but in a state whose governor blames all shortcomings on lack of federal funds, I'm afraid he doesn't have a chance...What say you?

<p>BANGOR, Maine â€” Stephen King has fired back at conservative critics who attacked him over a remark he made a month ago at a writers symposium for high school students.</p> <p>A blogger jumped on King’s statement at the Library of Congress about the importance of reading in which he suggested poor readers have limited prospects, including service in the Army.</p>

Kennedy poised to endorse Obama Key Democratic nod a setback for Clinton By Susan Milligan, Globe Staff  |  January 28, 2008WASHINGTON - Senator Barack Obama will collect the endorsement of Senator Edward M. Kennedy today, winning the support of a powerful icon of the liberal Democratic establishment as Obama challenges Senator Hillary Clinton before the crucial Super Tuesday showdown on Feb. 5.Kennedy confidants said Massachusetts' senior senator will appear this morning with Obama and Kennedy's niece, Caroline Kennedy, at a rally at American University in Washington to announce his support. Their joint appearance will suggest Obama's claim to the mantle...

A Met Office severe bossiness warning Jeremy Clarkson We’re told that a recession is coming. Apparently, it’s got something to do with the Chinese, who have, in a complex way, affected America’s sub-prime. Inflation here will spiral out of control, millions will find themselves on the dole and thousands of immigrants will be eaten by rats. Good. Because this will give the government something to do. And maybe it will then stop sitting around all day finding new ways to boss us around. >snip<

My wife just got a Windows automatic update for Windows Vista. The problem is that her machine is running XP.She tried to reject the update but the machine automatically re-started and now she's getting messages like "No operating system found". We're both just users with not a clue of what to do.

Bangor ready to re-enact Brady Gang shootoutBy Dawn GagnonSaturday, October 06, 2007 - Bangor Daily News BANGOR - People who come downtown for Sunday’s re-enactment of the shootout between the infamous Al Brady gang and the law will find themselves transported back to Central Street as it appeared 70 years ago, or so organizers promise."There are going to be a lot of surprises on Sunday," said Gerry Palmer, a Bangor city councilor and executive director of Northeast CONTACT, the nonprofit consumer advocacy group the event will benefit."We have been planning this for nine months and our goal is accuracy," said...

 The remains of a wooden vessel are visible at low tide in the Sedgeunkedunk Stream which flows into the Penobscot River in Brewer near the future Cianbro module project site. The remains are rumored to be from a scuttled vessel involved in the Penobscot Expedition during the Revolutionary War. (Bangor Daily News/Bridget Brown) Buy this photo A shovel operator from Dravo Co. in Pittsburgh got quite a surprise one afternoon in 1953 while digging the Penobscot River bottom to construct a new bridge. In the scoop in his machine, he discovered an old cannon, 5 feet, 4 inches long, with a...

Odor of Cigarette Smoke Causes School Employee to Lose Job Last Edited: Friday, 14 Sep 2007, 9:53 AM CDT Created: Friday, 14 Sep 2007, 9:36 AM CDT Suzanne Lidster lost her job at a Denton elementary school because she smelled like cigarette smoke. The Denton Independent School District has removed an employee from her position because she smells like cigarette smoke. Suzanne Lidster was thrilled when she was recently hired to assist a student with disabilities at L.A. Nelson Elementary. "It's something that God sent me here to do with this child," Lidster told FOX 4.  "It's like OK,...

We're all big babies Last Updated: 12:01am BST 22/10/2006 How to be an adult Bombarded by petty rules, bossy advice and celebrity tittle-tattle, we have forgotton how to be adults. It's time we grew up, says Michael Bywater I imagine myself to be a grown-up, as, presumably, do you. You think that because you negotiated puberty and developed secondary sexual characteristics, and got qualifications and opened a bank account and subjected yourself to the scrutiny of anti-terrorism laws and anti-money-laundering laws and learned to drive and got a job and perhaps a spouse and maybe children, and quite possibly even pay...

Mon 4 Sep 2006 Malodour on the dancefloor NIGHTSPOTS are being forced to pump out perfume because the new smoking ban is failing to disguise body odours. Air fresheners and scented oils are being deployed in a bid to banish smells caused by sweaty revellers. Licensed trade chiefs say venues are turning some people away because of poor hygiene, which was covered up before by the smell of cigarette smoke. Kay Bennett, of Edinburgh city centre nightclub Cabaret Voltaire, said: "If you walk into a club with a few hundred people dancing, you notice a smell. It's a combination of...

Cook held in Maine B&B murder spreeBy Joe DwinellCommunity Newspaper Company Managing Editor Tuesday, September 5, 2006 - Updated: 03:20 PM EST The 31-year-old cook accused of going on a murder spree in Maine “of horrific proportions” shot and dismembered the bodies of three female victims and shot and burned a man, police said today.     The suspect, Christian Nielsen, also shot and killed three pet dogs in a slaughter police say took four days to complete.     “This is the worst homicide in Maine in the past 14 years,’’ said Col. Craig Poulin, commander of the Maine State Police.     The quadruple...