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Associated Press - November 20, 2009 4:05 PM ET
MAINE:
TOPSHAM, Maine (AP) - Topsham police say a local teenager missing for two days has been found trapped in her car in a ravine. Police say 17-year-old Kourtney Thibeault was alert and was taken to the Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. Police say she had not been heard from since late Tuesday night.
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - Governor John Baldacci has ordered state agencies to curtail current spending by $63 million. Preliminary estimates showed a 2-year revenue shortfall approaching $400 million. Baldacci says he plans to submit a budget reflecting the plunging revenues to lawmakers in December.
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - State Labor Commissioner Laura Fortman says the state's unemployment rate fell three-tenths of a percentage point in October to 8.2 percent. She says the drop is due mostly to a shrinking labor force and is not a sign that workforce conditions have improved much.
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) - State police have released the name of the driver who was killed on the Maine Turnpike while trying to outrun a trooper at speeds of more than 100 miles per hour. Authorities say Luis Andrades-Garcia of Portland crashed last night in Lewiston. Police say he did not have a driver's license.
NEW HAMPSHIRE:
BRENTWOOD, N.H. (AP) - A jury in Brentwood has convicted a man accused of helping his father plot a 2005 murder. The New Hampshire Union Leader reports the jury convicted 32-year-old Jesse Brooks this morning in connection with the death of Jack Reid of Derry. Brooks' father, John, is serving life in prison.
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - A Manchester man has been sentenced to two consecutive life sentences in the baseball bat beating deaths of a woman and her boyfriend. Thirty-6-year-old Todd Peters was convicted yesterday in the deaths of Edith Riley and Timothy King, who were killed in October 2008, at Riley's apartment.
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - The father of a teen charged with burglary in connection with a fatal attack in Mont Vernon wishes his son had been sent to jail after a previous mistake. James Marks says his son William received a suspended sentence last summer after he and a friend chased down a vehicle and rammed their car into it.
CLAREMONT, N.H. (AP) - The Sullivan County Sheriff's office says a prisoner who cut a hole in the ceiling of his cell and escaped this week was last seen in Colchester, Connecticut. Forty-5-year-old Robert Hale might be in a Chevy S-10 gray pickup with New Hampshire registration 259-8874.
VERMONT:
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Labor Commissioner Patricia Moulton Powden says the state's unemployment rate dropped two-tenths of 1 percentage point in October to 6.5 percent. But she says the drop likely reflects a smaller work force. She says the state has not seen any significant job growth.
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - State Auditor Tom Salmon says he will plead guilty to a driving under the influence of alcohol charge, and he's apologizing to Vermonters for his actions. Salmon is the son of former governor Thomas Salmon. He was cited for DUI in Montpelier last Friday. e says he plans to seek re-election.
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) - The director of the Windham Orchestra is facing charges he possessed child pornography and that he tried to lure a minor via electronic means. Brattleboro police says 50-year-old David Runnion was cited yesterday after an investigation by police in Brattleboro and Keene, New Hampshire.
PLAINFIELD, Vt. (AP) - The Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation is getting ready to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first state forest. Monday marks the centennial of the state's purchase of a 642-acre parcel of land in Plainfield that became known as the L.R. Jones State Forest.
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