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The sun has been setting on the British Empire for decades and now the global recession has forced the country to consider deep cuts to its military.

The U.S. Postal Service is issuing a new stamp featuring Boys in a Pasture, a painting from 1874 by iconic Maine artist Winslow Homer.

The Postal Service will unveil the stamp of its first day of issue on August 12 at a free event at the Portland Museum of Art. The Portland Museum of Art has already been celebrating Homer with an exhibition, "Winslow Homer and the Poetics of Place."

Homer's stamp is the ninth issued in the American Treasures series. Homer also had stamps issued from his painting Breezing Up (A Fair Wind) (1873–1876) on December 15, 1962.

David Bacon, an advocate on issues related to globalization, is giving a talk at USM's Portland campus today on Maine's place in the immigration debate.

Maine households spend less money than households in most other states.