Build a 700 Mile Fence or That Makes No Sence

I think its useless to build a 700 foot fence because so how they will figure out how to get over it. And its just a waste of our countries money.

Local

The Maine Warden Service is urging people not to venture out onto any ice that may be covering Maine’s waterways.
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In some parts of the state, Maine’s lakes and ponds may appear to be frozen, but safe ice conditions cannot be assumed even though temperatures have been below freezing in recent days and at night. Also, any snow covering thin layers of ice acts as insulation and slows the freezing process.

“There are no safe ice conditions anywhere in the state right now. Period,” said Col. Joel Wilkinson, chief warden of the Maine Warden Service.

As the temperatures fall in the coming weeks, and the ice begins to thicken, the Maine Warden Service recommends people check the thickness of any ice before venturing out for any activity on frozen water.

Ice Saftey Tips:
• Do not guess the thickness of the ice. Check it in several different places using an auger or some other means to make a test hole and determine the thickness. Make several holes, beginning at the shore, and continuing to do so.
• Check the ice with a partner, so if something does happen, someone is there to help. If doing it alone, wear a lifejacket.
• If ice at the shoreline is cracked or squishy, stay off. Watch for thin, clear or honeycombed ice. Dark snow and dark ice are other signs of weak spots.
• Avoid areas with currents, around bridges and pressure ridges. Wind and currents can break ice.
• Parents should alert children of unsafe ice in their area, and make sure they stay off the ice. If children want to use new skates, suggest an indoor skating rink.

Anyone who breaks through the ice is encouraged to remember:
• Don’t panic.
• Don’t try to climb out immediately -- people will probably break the ice again. Reach for solid ice.
• Lay both arms on the unbroken ice and kick hard. This will help lift one's body onto the ice. Once on the ice, roll, do not walk, to safety.
• To help someone who has fallen through the ice, lie flat and reach with a branch, plank or rope or form a human chain. Don’t stand. After securing the victim, wiggle backwards to solid ice.

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National

Two days after two men killed each other in a shootout inside a crowded Toys "R" Us store in Palm Desert, no motive had been publicly disclosed by investigators to explain the violence.

Alejandro Moreno, 39, of Desert Hot Springs, and Juan Meza, 28, of Cathedral City, were fatally shot around 11:30 a.m. Friday inside the store near Fred Waring Drive and Highway 111, which was jammed with parents and children shopping for Christmas gifts, said Sgt. Dennis Gutierrez of the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.

http://www.cnn.com/CRIME/

Local

The select boards of both Camden and Rockport have scheduled a meeting for Tuesday, Nov. 18 to discuss the stop sign at the intersection of Elm and School streets in Camden.
Advertisement. The stop sign is one of only two in Maine that stops traffic on Route 1. The other is located in the Aroostook County town of Mars Hill. The meeting, labeled a workshop by the towns, will start at 6:30 p.m. at the town office in Rockport. Rockport Town Manager Robert Peabody said from Rockport's viewpoint, a full traffic light is needed at the Camden intersection.

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National

Citigroup said Monday it planned to cut more than 50,000 jobs, the latest move by the struggling bank to cut costs in order to weather the credit crisis plaguing Wall Street. In an investor presentation on its Web site, the company said it would reduce its staff levels to approximately 300,000 employees. As of the end of September, the New York City-based bank had about 352,000 workers.

http://money.cnn.com/2008/11/17/news/companies/citigroup/index.htm

Local

Maine State Police Trooper Shawn Porter said George Grotten, 73, of Montville, was behind the wheel of his 1990 GMC truck around 2:50 p.m. Saturday when he pulled onto Route 3.
Grotten was entering the highway near the 10-4 Diner. When Grotten pulled out, he reportedly drove into the path of an Irving oil tanker truck.
The Irving vehicle, a 2005 Freightliner, was driven by Francis Paradis, 65, of Northport. Paradis was traveling east, Porter said, while it appeared Grotten was going to be heading west.
Porter said emergency personnel believed Grotten sustained a broken arm and other injuries and Paradis had a broken hip. Porter said the LifeFlight helicopter was called, but could not respond because of weather conditions.

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Same Sex Marriage: Adam & Eve? or Adam & Steve

1 and 2 think that there should be same sex marriage because it should be people that make there own choice who they marry or love. Its how they feel about someone because its there choice like guy & guy, girl & girl or guy & girl. Its the way they think about each other. Its there life, they can do what they want with it.

Death Penalty Keep It or Kill It

1 and 2 think we should kill it because I isn't right to kill a person just because they did something. But also would kind of right if the person was a cereal murder or Rapped and killed the person. But I think it would be better if they had to stay in jail to they die so they can think about what they did or some times they get killed by inmate.

Local

Most tagging stations are reporting lower-than-average numbers of whitetails, but often the deer that are being taken are good-sized; including many trophy bucks.
Although it’s too early in the season to predict a final harvest count, most of the state’s deer biologists believe that last winter’s deep snows and cold temperatures will keep this year’s success rate down, especially in Northern and Eastern Maine, and in the western mountains. If weather conditions over the final weeks of the season remain favorable, Midcoast hunters should — according to the experts — have an average season.


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International

A car bomb killed one of Israel's most prominent crime bosses in Tel Aviv Monday, Israeli police sources say. Police at the scene of the car bomb blast which killed crime boss Yaakov Alpheron. Police at the scene of the car bomb blast which killed crime boss Yaakov Alpheron. Police say Yaakov Alperon was killed instantly when an explosive device was apparently detonated by remote control on a busy street in Tel Aviv. The blast injured two other people, including a 13 year-old boy.


http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/11/17/israel.crime.boss.bomb/index.html

National

President-elect Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain are meeting Monday for the first time since the presidential election to talk about how they can work together on problems facing the country.
Barack Obama and John McCain, pictured at a 9/11 memorial service, will meet in Chicago on Monday.

Barack Obama and John McCain, pictured at a 9/11 memorial service, will meet in Chicago on Monday.

The former rivals will sit down at the Obama transition headquarters in Chicago, Illinois.

The meeting comes as Obama is trying to fill out his Cabinet with the most capable people and show he can reach across party lines.

Obama aides have said the president-elect is expected to focus on common ground issues, like climate change and ethics reform, in Monday's meeting.

The two are not expected to talk about any possible Cabinet position for McCain, according to both McCain and Obama advisers. Video Watch what to expect at the meeting.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/17/transition.wrap/index.html

International

She was 86.

At a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, Monday night, the Illinois senator said "she has gone home and she died peacefully in her sleep with my sister at her side."

"I'm not going to talk about it long because it's hard to talk about," he added.

Obama remembered her as "one of those quiet heroes we have across America, who aren't famous ... but each and every day they work hard. They look after their families. They look after their children and their grandchildren."

In a statement released Monday afternoon, Obama and his sister said that Dunham was "the cornerstone of our family, and a woman of extraordinary accomplishment, strength, and humility."


http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/03/obama.grandma/index.html

School Uniforms Sounds Cool Or No Way Fool !!!!!

1 and 2 think School uniforms would be okay if all you had to wear was a shirt that button down with a pair of jeans with no holes that would be okay. But if we had to have a full down button shirt with a pair of dress pants and I tie and pair of dress shoes. Maybe even a dress shirt with a tie with a pair of jeans would be okay. I think That school uniforms would be cool and also it could be werid

National

An 8-year-old boy died after accidentally shooting himself in the head while firing an Uzi submachine gun under adult supervision at a gun fair.

The boy lost control of the weapon while firing it Sunday at the Machine Gun Shoot and Firearms Expo at the Westfield Sportsman's Club, police Lt. Lawrence Vallierpratte said.

Police said the boy, Christopher Bizilj (Bah-SEAL) of Ashford, Conn., was with a certified instructor and called the death a "self-inflicted accidental shooting."

As the boy fired the Uzi, "the front end of the weapon went up with the backfire and he ended up receiving a round in his head," police Lt. Hipolito Nunez said. The boy died at a hospital.

The boy's father and older brother were also there at the time, a gun club member and school official said. Francis Mitchell, a longtime member and trustee of the club, said he was told the boy's father was supporting his son from behind when the shooting happened.

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Local:

After evading police for more than a week, Randall Hofland was arrested Friday morning, Oct. 31, after he allegedly held 11 children hostage at gunpoint in a classroom at Stockton Springs Elementary School.Maine State Police Lt. Gerard Madden said Hofland was armed with a loaded, semi-automatic handgun, but that there were no shots fired and that none of the children were physically injured. State officials in Augusta described the gun as a 10 millimeter-caliber Glock handgun.
Hofland, though, went into a fifth-grade classroom where there were initially 11 students. Hofland released two of the students, Madden said, and the remaining nine students were in the room with him when the first police officers arrived.
Madden said the school has a lockdown plan that went into effect immediately. All students were locked in their respective classrooms and remained there until police officers arrived on scene.

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INTERNATIONAL

Massachusetts, could be getting holiday pay on the anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks in what may be a first-of-its-kind contract provision. A proposed new contract between the city and the police union would make the anniversary a paid holiday. The proposed contract still needs budgetary approval from the city council. Officers would receive an extra 25 percent pay for working September 11. The New York Police Department, which lost 23 officers at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, does not recognize the day as a paid holiday.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/22/holiday.pay.ap/index.html

LOCAL

John Bednarik and his wife, Leslie Woods, of Montville, have had their handmade plywood signs supporting the Obama-Biden ticket both destroyed and stolen. Bednarik said that several times during the last month, his signs have been torn down and pilfered. The first time, he said, a pro-Obama sign constructed of thick plastic was hanging in a tree at his lawn's edge. One morning, Bednarik found the sign "ripped right down the middle." He repaired it by using a spray-on adhesive to mount the pieces to a piece of plywood.

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NATIONAL

Boy, 9, shot dead by twin brother,
St. Clair police still haven’t released any details in the ongoing investigation of the shooting of a 9 year old Christian lanese. Streams Elementary school had an emotional day os classes. A crises response team helped students and teachers cope with the third graders death. Flowers and stuff animals sit outside of the families Eton road in remembrance of the boy. Neighbors said the child and his twin brother and both were raised by there father Michael. Its uncertain were the father was at the time of the shooting.

http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/cnn-news/17757545/detail.html

International

Christian families who have fled the northern Iraqi city of Mosul in the past week has reached 1,350, authorities said Wednesday. The families fled, reportedly frightened by a series of killings and threats by Muslim extremists ordering them to convert to Islam or face possible death, Iraqi officials said.
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/

National Story

Gas prices have been going down across the state. You can find the cheapest gas in Newport Me. Regular Unleaded gas is selling for $3.19 a gallon ate the Irving Mobile stations there. The state average is $3.48 a gallon. According to gassbudy.com the national average is 58 and is expected to rise.

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Local Story

In Belfast 5 sea gulls were found on the waterfront, they were covered in grease. The people that had rescued the birds said that their wings were covered in grease and the birds could barley move their wings. The birds were taken to avian Haven, a bird center in freedom were they were getting cleaned. (If there is something in the city that makes birds sick it could very well make us humans sick too)Belfast Police Chief Jeff Trafton is working with the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to identify the substance, Jeff said that should give them some clue as to where it came from.


http://www.wlbz2.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=93766&catid=3

Wal-Mart Yeah or No Way

Wal-Mart Yeah or No Way

Wal-Mart yeah or No Way 1 and 2 think no way because it could really hurt Belfast in many ways and could have many good things happen to. The pros are a lot of people would be coming to Belfast. But the con to that is that there will be a lot more pollution with Wal-Mart and all the cars that will be coming from all over which will hurt Belfast environment like how it looks by the water and how it will effect the hunting in Maine. Another reason why is that all the down stores will lose some of there profits but it could be possible that there profit could increase because there will be a lot more of people to come to Belfast