The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News, Wed, 28 Nov 2007 0:00 AM PST
A test of Maine regulations on Internet tobacco sales to minors http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20071128/ts_csm/akidpuffs_1
If a teenager in Maine wants to buy a pack of cigarettes in a store, the teen is required to prove he or she is at least 18 years old. No proof of age, no cigarettes. That's the law.

Boston Globe, Wed, 28 Nov 2007 4:22 AM PST
In Maine woods, moose are his calling http://www.boston.com/travel/articles/2007/11/28/in_maine_woods_moose_are_his_calling
RANGELEY, Maine - We were quite the duo, Matt Tinker playing horn with me on string. Tinker's instrument was handmade from birch bark, while mine was a piece of wet rawhide dangling from a can. My husband, Wessel, waited with camera poised, while our friend Erik just waited.

AP via Yahoo! Finance, Tue, 27 Nov 2007 3:38 PM PST
Maine: $20M State Investment Questioned http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/071127/mainsail_investment.html?.v=1
Maine Senate Republican leaders Tuesday called for an investigation into the state treasurer's $20 million investment of cash pool funds in Mainsail II commercial paper whose rating slipped from highest to subprime within two weeks this summer.

WCSH 6 Portland, Wed, 28 Nov 2007 4:42 AM PST
Southern Maine ompany wins machine gun contract http://www.wcsh6.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=75621
SACO, Maine (AP) -- The Army has awarded Saco Defense a 37 million dollar contract for M-2 machine guns.

The Barre Montpelier Times Argus, Wed, 28 Nov 2007 3:34 AM PST
Maine regulatory report opposes Fairpoint-Verizon telephone deal http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071128/NEWS02/711280329
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- A report to Maine utility regulators recommends against the proposed merger of Fairpoint Communications Inc. and Verizon Communications' landline business in northern New England. ...

WMTW Auburn, Wed, 28 Nov 2007 3:58 AM PST
Maine To Defend Anti-Tobacco Law Before U.S. Supreme Court http://www.wmtw.com/news/14712306/detail.html?rss=port&psp=news
The U.S. Supreme Court hears a challenge on Wednesday from motor transport associations in three New England states to a 2003 Maine law that seeks tighter regulation of online sales of tobacco products.