DAMARISCOTTA, Maine—-The First Bancorp , today announced unaudited results for the first nine months of 2009, with net income of $10.4 million, down $646,000 or 5.9% from the $11.0 million posted for the same period in 2008.

LEBANON, Ohio—-LCNB Corp. is pleased to announce today that it has redeemed all 13,400 shares of its Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A, sold to the U.S. Department of the Treasury on January 9, 2009 in connection with the Treasury Department’s Capital Purchase Program .

AUSTIN, Texas—-In the course of routine surveillance, Fitch Ratings affirms its ‘AA-’ rating on Kellogg Community College, Michigan’s approximately $6.3 million in outstanding community college improvement bonds, series 2000 and 2002 .

Democrats launched a drive at both ends of the Capitol on Wednesday to strip the insurance industry of its decades-old exemption from federal antitrust laws, part of an increasingly bare-knuckled struggle over landmark health care legislation sought by President Barack Obama.

Republicans don’t hold a single statewide elected office in Illinois, but the crowded field of GOP candidates for governor wants to change that by pointing out their differences with Democrats.

The nation’s health care tab would increase even more under legislation in the House, according to a government report released Wednesday.

HOUSTON—-Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. today declared a cash distribution per common unit of $1.05 payable on Nov. 13, 2009, to unitholders of record as of Oct. 30, 2009. The distribution represents a 3 percent increase over the third quarter 2008 cash distribution per unit of $1.02 .

BEDFORD, Mass.—-iRobot Corp. today announced its financial results for the fiscal quarter ended September 26, 2009.

Kansas officials remained pessimistic Wednesday about the economy, even though the state Department of Labor reported that unemployment dropped in September.