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Ken Layne · 12/06/13 05:05PM

Did you know those tasty little Northern Shrimp can live for five years? That's kindergarten age! Anyway, you'll be eating a lot less Maine shrimp next year, because the fishery collapsed due to warming oceans. No more Maine shrimp.

Terrifying Clowns Arrested In New Jersey and Maine

Ken Layne · 10/21/13 02:15PM

Halloween is a special time when drunken adults dressed as horrifying clowns start crashing their cars and freaking people out down at the McDonald's. Over the next 10 days, hundreds of scary clowns will be arrested nationwide for all kinds of terrible behavior. When a person decides to be an evil clown for Halloween, they are basically planning on being arrested.

Hamilton Nolan · 10/09/13 11:31AM

Today, Maine becomes the first U.S. state to allow residents to legally purchase cheap mail-order prescription drugs from foreign pharmacies.

George H.W. Bush Is Witness at Same-Sex Marriage

Lacey Donohue · 09/25/13 07:34PM

Former President George H.W. Bush served as an official witness at a same-sex wedding in Kennebunkport, Maine this weekend. The former president’s spokesman, Jim McGrath, confirmed Bush and his wife Barbara attended the nuptials of Bonnie Clement and Helen Thorgalsen: “They were private citizens attending a private ceremony for two friends.”

Maine Governor: President Obama "Hates White People"

Cord Jefferson · 08/19/13 08:35PM

Loudmouth Maine Governor Paul LePage told a crowd gathered at a GOP fundraiser last week that President Obama "hates white people," according to two state lawmakers who where there.

Feral, Thieving Mountain Men Keep Emerging from America's Woods, Unwillingly

Caity Weaver · 04/10/13 04:44PM

Early last week, authorities in Utah arrested Troy Knapp, the notorious "Mountain Man" outlaw who had been robbing and defacing cabins in the southern portion of the state for nearly a decade. Two days later, officers from the Maine Warden Service arrested a legend known to locals as "the backpack burglar," who had been living alone deep in the woods of Central Maine, burglarizing camps for 27 years.

Maine Zumba Teacher Pleads Guilty to Prostitution, Ending Fantastic Scandal

Max Rivlin-Nadler · 03/30/13 12:45PM

Alexis Wright plead guilty to prostitution on Friday, ending a truly entertaining scandal that shocked the small vacation town of Kennebunk, Maine. Her guilty plea avoids a high-profile trial that would have probably included even more sex videos, bawdy details, and further embarrassment to the johns of the closely-knit town. Of course, Gawker posted several of those pornographic videos a few months ago, and here's a link to them! The names of the johns were also released during the criminal proceedings.

Maine Earthquake Shakes New England And Just Misses Debate In Long Island

MTanzer · 10/16/12 08:15PM

A 4.0 magnitude quake hit Maine tonight at about 7:00. Maine families were just welcoming home their fishermen dads when a quake erupted about 3 miles west of Hollis Center, Maine. Some Bostoners doling out bread bowls at Faneuil Hall might have been shaken and could've spilled spilled some soup on their counters. Some kid probably said that his bed moving back and forth was "wicked awesome," and other smaller kids were probably "wicked scared."

The Collected NSFW Videos of Alexis Wright, the Maine Zumba Madam

Max Read · 10/16/12 03:40PM

Alexis Wright has been accused of running a prostitution ring out of her Zumba studio in the vacation town of Kennebunk, Maine. But she also made dozens, if not hundreds, of porn videos — including some that may have featured clients — and we've got a bunch of them right here. And they're very not safe for work. Consider yourself warned.

Zumba Prostitution Bust Shakes Quaint Maine Town to Its Core

Taylor Berman · 10/09/12 09:35PM

Quiet, peaceful Kennebunk, Maine was shaken to its core by a massive scandal when it turned out that a local Zumba dance studio was doubling as a local brothel. The studio's owner, Alexis Wright, was charged with 106 counts of prostitution and other charges on Tuesday for allegedly using the studio and a nearby one-room office as the headquarters for her prostitution business. Her business partner, Mark Strong, was charged with 59 counts of promoting prostitution.