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Santa's Butt Beer Causes Stir in Maine

By Jeanne Baron on Friday, December 1, 2006.

Several brands of European beer are causing a stir in Maine.

Regulators object to illustrations on the labels and have denied approval for the distributor to sell the beer in Maine.

But an attorney for the Maine Civil Liberties Union says the action violates the first amendment.

And he's filed suit in Federal Court.

Maine Public Radio's Jeanne Baron reports from Portland.

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A Letter from Iraq: Staff Sergeant Rick Pinette

By Mark Bevis on Friday, December 1, 2006.

The AP reports that President Bush's National Security Advisor has told reporters he thinks changes to US policy toward Iraq could come in "weeks rather than months.''

Those comments come ahead of next week's anticipated report from the Iraq Study Group which may propose a pullback of some U.S. troops.

But it's not clear whether any possible troop pullback would effect the members of the New Hamsphire National Guard.

For the past several weeks, NHPR's Mark Bevis has been checking in with members of the Guard's 36-43rd company.

Today Staff Sergeant Rick Pinette describes some of the difficulties of being so far from home, even though communications are better than ever.

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