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After a brief conversation, Hahn allegedly stepped toward the officer, grabbed the officer's genitals through his clothing and said, 'Are we doing this?'

Illicit sex creating concerns for Saco police, Portland Press Herald. May 8, 2013

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Illicit sex creating concerns for Saco police

Actual headline from Portland Press Herald, May 8, 2013

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'I’ve been a cop for 23 years,' Lt. Hutcheson said. 'I’ve never heard of a Ghostbuster and a Stormtrooper getting assaulted.'

Don't worry, guys: This made Gawker because how could it not?

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Police: Man arrested after allegedly assaulting Stormtrooper, Ghostbuster during Free Comic Book Day

Actual headline from Bangor Daily News, May 4, 2013

Also:

"Bobby Daggett of Portland, dressed as Green Lantern, said he witnessed the first assault."

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Moose jumps over guardrail, falls to death on I-95 below Moose jumps over guardrail, falls to death on I-95 below

Actual headline from Bangor Daily News, May 12, 2009

"[The Assistant Town Clerk] said the driver, who was under the bridge when he spotted the falling moose, was 'pretty excited about it.'"

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Collecting postcards brings couple together

Actual headline from Bangor Daily News, December 24, 1991

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I'll tell you, I'm relieved. I love animals and I just couldn't stand the thought of those kittens dying under there.

Postal employees rescue kittens from loading dock, Bangor Daily News. December 23, 1991

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Over the weekend, firefighters and the Maine Forest Service were called to a fire in Livermore Falls where the property owner told forest rangers he set a test fire to check how things would burn.

Maine Warden Service warns of high fire danger, AP. April 29, 2013.

Submitted by Amy Bradstreet

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Local police have charged a Madawaska man named Mike Daigle with aggravated assault and another male, also named Mike Daigle, but of Fort Kent, is recovering from a stabbing incident that occurred in the early hours of Saturday, September 17.

Mike Daigle Stabs Mike Daigle, Fiddlehead Focus. September 19, 2011.

[Submission by Erin Dow]

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A Route 46 resident reported the theft of a gas grill, a box of lesbian pornography, yarn and a canoe paddle from her garage June 9. The woman later found the grill, which had been misplaced.

Bucksport Police Blotter, Fenceviewer. June 22, 2009.

[Submission by Chris Mann]

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Erwin Kreuz, a West German brewery worker on his first visit to North America, has snoozed himself into becoming the biggest celebrity in the state of Maine. Mr. Kreuz, 50, was napping when his charter flight to San Francisco touched down in Bangor last week for refueling and a crew change. He awoke in time to hear the stewardess wish her passengers a pleasant stay in San Francisco. Mr. Kreuz, who speaks no English, grabbed his bags in a fluster and followed, passing through customs and booking comfortably into a hotel. Not until three days later, when he hailed a somewhat astonished cabbie and asked to be driven to San Francisco, did Mr. Kreuz's mistake become apparent.

That'd be a long taxi ride, Bangor Daily News. October 25, 1977.

Check out this Wikipedia article for more on Mr. Kreuz.

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Collision kills moose, hospitalizes woman, rescue vehicle kills a second moose

Actual headline by way of Fiddlehead Focus, August 5, 2011.

[Submission by Erin Dow]

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Police have charged a Portland patrolman with trying to organize a ‘death squad’ within the department to kill criminals he believed ‘merited elimination.’

'Death squad' plot laid to lawman, The Dispatch, October 18, 1974 

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THINGS FOR THE MIND AND THINGS FOR THE BODY

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It Doesn't Pay to Bite Police

Actual headline from Lewiston Daily Sun, September 1, 1978

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The [young thieves] were brought to Cumberland County Jail with their parents for a conference with the sheriff. He asked the parents to make the youngsters pay for the stolen goods out of their allowances. He also gave the boys a stern lecture and left them locked up in the juvenile detention section of the jail for about ten minutes. 'I don't think they'll like the taste of ice cream for a while,' Sharp said.

Maine's missing ice cream case has been solved, Lewiston Daily Sun. October 12, 1965.

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Halloween is a day to acknowledge dark forces at work in the world, the 31-year-old [Stephen King]. He said real fans should wait until about 11 pm, then go off to a graveyard, 'sit down for a while and talk about spirits.'

Halloween Called Dispirited, The Press Courier. October 31, 1979.