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Probe examines pilot pairing

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Investigators are examining the cockpit interaction of two Asiana Airlines pilots who had taken on new roles before the crash of Flight 214 — one of whom had seldom flown a Boeing 777 and an instructor who was on his first training flight. There were four pilots on board but the […]

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Drug costs can be cut

Thousands of Mainers again will be able to get their prescription medication at a discount now that some mail order pharmacies located outside the country can do business here. That had been the case until last summer, when then-Attorney General William Schneider ruled that the Canadian-based CanaRx was not licensed to do business in Maine. […]

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Vaccinate against HPV

A new vaccine is proving remarkably effective against certain sexually transmitted infections in teenage girls. Introduced in 2006, the vaccine protects against dangerous strains of the human papillomavirus (HPV), which can cause cervical cancer. A study published June 19 by the Journal of Infectious Diseases found that the vaccine cut infection rates among girls ages […]

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Activists misstate review of train facility

The Times Record reported that U.S. Sen. Angus King, IMaine, who lives in Brunswick, recently sent a letter to Federal Railroad Administration chief Joseph Szabo requesting that the federal agency “conduct a full, fair and transparent” environmental assessment of the proposed Downeaster layover facility in west Brunswick. The senator’s letter was no doubt inspired by […]

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Maine session ends, but bond debate remains

AUGUSTA (AP) — The Democraticcontrolled Maine Legislature finished their business for the session early Wednesday, but a bitter partisan battle over borrowing money to fix the state’s roads and bridges remained heated. Lawmakers adjourned after midnight following a long day of votes on more than 30 bills vetoed by Republican Gov. Paul LePage, who has […]

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Quebec crash missing presumed dead

LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (AP) — Everyone missing in the fiery crash of a runaway oil train in Quebec is presumed dead, police told grieving families, bringing the death toll to 50 in Canada’s worst railway catastrophe in almost 150 years. Meanwhile, attention focused on the CEO of the railway’s parent company, who faced jeers from local […]