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Teen appointed to school board

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BANGOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER) --The tables have been turned for students in one northern Maine school district.

Rescue team checks on elderly during heat wave

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LEBANON, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- During this hot spell of weather we're experiencing emergency responders urge us all to check on any friends, relatives or neighbors with medical conditions, especially the elderly.

Short-staffed lifeguards fight dangerous riptides at OOB

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OLD ORCHARD BEACH, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Dangerous riptides, hot weather, and short staffed lifeguard teams are making for a dangerous day at the beach this first day of September.

Lewiston-Auburn seeks young entrepreneurs

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LEWISTON, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Community leaders in Lewiston-Auburn are looking for young and creative business plans.

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Regional News

Mass. coast gets hurricane warning ahead of Earl

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MIAMI (AP) -- A hurricane warning is out for part of the Massachusetts coast including Nantucket as Earl bears down on the Eastern Seaboard.

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National News

Oil rig explodes off Louisiana coast in Gulf of Mexico

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The Coast Guard now says a mile-long oil sheen is spreading from the site of an explosion at an offshore petroleum platform in the Gulf of Mexico.

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NEWS CENTER Sports

2010 World Basketball Championship update

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Health Beat

Journal editors question sale of diet pill Meridia

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NEW YORK (AP) -- Editors of a top medical journal call Meridia "another flawed diet pill" and question whether it should stay on the market as a study shows it raises the risk of heart attack and stroke in people with heart problems.