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.

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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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