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1. Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock defeated Republican challenger Herschel Walker in a Georgia runoff election Tuesday.  ensuring Democrats an outright majority in the Senate for the rest of President Biden’s term. (PH)

2. Lewiston, city leaders are considering an ordinance that would make it illegal to camp, sleep, or loiter on city property (public parks, sidewalks, benches, woodlands, cemeteries, municipal buildings and schools) between sunset and sunrise. (WMTW)

3. Gov. Janet Mills has unveiled a nearly half-a-billion dollar plan to help Maine residents cope with inflated energy costs.  The biggest piece is $450 rebate checks for taxpayers earning up to $100,000 a year. (WMTW)

4. The Sea Dogs announced Diamond Baseball Holdings will step in as new owners for the minor league club. DBH owns and operates a number of Single-A, Double-A and Triple-A clubs affiliated with Major League Baseball. (WMTW)

5. If you’ve felt “unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly, or greedy, typically in a way that rejects social norms or expectations” over the last couple of years, then you’ve gone into “goblin mode”, the Oxford English Dictionary’s word of the year. ‘The Guardian’ once described “goblin mode” as when you wake up at 2am and shuffle into the kitchen wearing nothing but a long t-shirt to make a weird snack, like melted cheese on saltines.” “Metaverse”, or a “virtual reality environment” was another choice as was “IStandWith”. (CNN)

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