It would have to be traditional. One of the points that a number of people raise is how can anyone go around the state promising to cut different programs when they're getting their million dollars upfront for their campaign. There is an intellectual disconnect to that.

If you think about the conditions the victims of Katrina endured... the stress and fear must have been unimaginable, ... When real news isn't available, rumors percolate to fill the gap... . People start conjecturing.

We're not too bad out here any more, ... Our main roads held up really well and the very last of the evacuees were home this morning.

Maine's economic performance has been spotty for a long time.

In the middle of the first half, Matt said to me that he felt like there was a lid on the basket. The lid wasn't on the basket much in the last four years. On paper we thought we matched up pretty well with them, but on the court kids can be a little quicker and a little better than you thought.

It was fun watching two of the best go at each other. Unfortunately, three times we wound up on the short end of the stick.

All too often, in the heat of the moment, reporters find themselves in the awkward position of repeating 'unconfirmed reports' as if they were news. But news without fact-checking is nothing more than glorified rumors.