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A PLEA: Leo R. Hylton confers with his attorney, Lisa Whittier, as he seeks to revoke guilty pleas Tuesday for a 2008 assault.
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Prosecution restarts overturned sex assault case
A judge Tuesday set bail in a sex case previously resulting in a guilty verdict that sent the defendant to jail for 31 months.

Appeal targets tax-overhaul repeal signatures
AUGUSTA -- A Hallowell supporter of Democratic efforts to reform the state's tax system filed an appeal Tuesday to challenge the number of signatures submitted to call for a people's veto of the law.

DOWNTOWN AUGUSTA Unisys adding 50 to 60 jobs
AUGUSTA -- About 50 to 60 jobs processing health care data are coming to downtown.

Baldacci won't back charter schools
AUGUSTA -- Maine charter school advocates will have to wait another year before they have a chance at getting the independently run public schools legalized in the Pine Tree State.

Convicted rapist says trial was 'freak show'
AUGUSTA -- Rapist and kidnapper Albert F. Dumas was back in court on Tuesday, calling his trial a "freak show" and asking a judge to vacate his convictions.

STATEHOUSE More cuts in services
AUGUSTA -- Services will be cut as the state looks for ways to balance the budget, Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Brenda Harvey said Tuesday.

AUGUSTA Snow could tangle city
AUGUSTA -- Snow that falls on the roads and sidewalks in the city this winter, especially in the middle of the night, will likely be there longer than it has in the past.

Consolidation frustration
AUGUSTA -- Some of the staunchest opponents of Maine's school-district consolidation mandate had a chance Tuesday to tell lawmakers what should be changed about the law.

Norwegians gauge Maine's wind potential
BATH -- The visitors closely inspected the edge of plate steel cut by Bath Iron Works employees, moving on a tour through the sounds of grinding metal in one of the shipyard's assembly buildings.

Limits on herring catch criticized as 'drastic'
ELLSWORTH -- Commercial fishing regulators have set a limit on the Atlantic herring catch that will greatly reduce the amount of the fish available to Maine fishermen for each of the next three years.

Police Log
GARDINER -- A teenage girl was taken to the hospital and another charged with her assault after a Highland Avenue skirmish Monday.

Waterville to dispatch again for local towns
WATERVILLE -- City councilors on Tuesday voted to renew contracts for emergency and fire dispatch services with five area towns.

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