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LEWISTON — With the 10th annual Dempsey Challenge less than two months away, organizers have added a new up-close-and-personal incentive for fundraisers: a chance to have dinner with event namesake Patrick Dempsey at his home in Kennebunkport.
Dempsey Center officials will randomly select five lucky fundraisers to have dinner with the movie star and race car driver two days before the event takes place Sept. 29 and 30 in Lewiston.

Q: What is a 3-D-printed gun and how is it created?
A: The firearms are usually made out of ABS plastic – the stuff that Lego pieces are made of – and are created using special printers that can cost thousands of dollars. Unlike metal firearms with magazines that can usually hold several bullets, 3-D guns can hold a bullet or two and then must be manually reloaded. There is no mandate for licensing 3-D guns and they can be created without a serial number, making them untraceable by law enforcement.
Q: How did the debate over 3-D-printed guns begin?

BRUNSWICK — The Federal Emergency Management Agency says it has obligated more than $1 million in assistance to Maine stemming from a severe storm and flooding last fall.
The agency says the storm affected 13 of the state’s 16 counties. It hit the state hard from Oct. 29 to Nov. 1. FEMA has been working with state and local officials in Maine on disaster aid since early this year.

When French students return to school in September they’ll have to leave one of their most prized possessions at home – their smartphone.
French lawmakers on Monday passed legislation banning students as old as 15 from bringing smartphones and tablets to school or having them turned off at least, according to the Agence France-Presse. Officials in support of the new rule described the policy as a way to shield children from addictive habits and to safeguard the sanctity of the classroom.

Brunswick police say the fox killed by a police officer Friday after apparently attacking four people on Moody Road has tested positive for rabies.
Cmdr. Mark Waltz said police got the test results Tuesday morning from the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. He said earlier that he couldn’t be sure the one fox was behind all of the attacks Friday.
In a separate incident, Waltz said, a skunk found Sunday on Range Road also tested positive for rabies. It doesn’t appear that the skunk had any contact with people.

WASHINGTON — When North Korea handed over 55 boxes of bones that it said are remains of American war dead, it provided a single military dog tag but no other information that could help U.S. forensics experts determine their individual identities, a U.S. defense official said Tuesday.

It was a game of high-low for the Portland Sea Dogs’ fans at Hadlock Field.
One moment, the fans’ only fret was the infield single in the fourth inning that ruined Teddy Stankiewicz’s no-hit pitching.
The next moment, the Sea Dogs trailed 7-2.
From that low came hope. Portland rallied for four runs in the ninth, and had the bases loaded with two outs.
But Erie Seawolves reliever Trent Szkutnik entered to face Deiner Lopez, and struck him out, giving the Seawolves a 7-6 win over Portland before a crowd of 6,067.

Two Portland restaurants have been nominated by Bon Appetit for a spot on its coveted list of America’s Best New Restaurants.
Drifters Wife, an eclectic, modern American restaurant on Washington Avenue that has garnered rave views, and Rose Foods, an updated version of a Jewish deli on Forest Avenue, won two of 50 spots on the food magazine’s annual list of nominees. The list will be whittled down to the “Hot 10” restaurants in America, and the results will be announced Aug. 14.