WCSH 6 Portland, Wed, 18 Jul 2007 4:31 AM PDT
Investigators: Maine Plane Broke Up In Flight Before Crash http://www.wcsh6.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=66455
TYRINGHAM, Mass. (AP) -- A preliminary federal report indicates a small plane from Maine that crashed in western Massachusetts earlier this month broke up in flight during severe weather.

Portsmouth Herald, Wed, 18 Jul 2007 3:20 AM PDT
Maine/New Hampshire news briefs http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070718/NEWS/707180376
PORTLAND, Maine â€" Maine's attempt to circumvent arbitration to collect the state's full share of the tobacco settlement was rejected by the state Supreme Court on Tuesday.

The Lewiston Sun Journal, Wed, 18 Jul 2007 2:01 AM PDT
AMA lobbies for halts to cuts in Maine http://www.sunjournal.com/story/221286-3/MaineNews/AMA_lobbies_for_halts_to_cuts_in_Maine/
SOUTH PORTLAND (AP) - Maine doctors stand to lose $27 million for the care of elderly and disabled patients next year because of a 10 percent cut in Medicare payments, the president-elect of the American Medical Association said Tuesday.