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Maine

  • Maine Newsstand. Proquest database of selected Maine newspapers (MaineCard required for off-capus access)
  • Bangor Daily News.  Includes state and local news, obituaries, local columns, special reports, and classified advertisements.
  • Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram Online.  Includes state and local news, columns, obituaries, classified advertisements, and special reports. 
  • Maine Media provides links to Maine newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations, blogs and online forums.

National and International News

  • CNN Interactive. Top stories in world, US, and local news, plus weather, sports, travel, entertainment, politics, and health. Older stories and CNN transcripts can be retrieved through topical and chronological searches.
  • BBC News.  News stories on international affairs and on British culture, politics, and society.
  • Government Documents in the News (University of Michigan Documents Center). Identifies government issues in the news (1995 to present) and provides links to web sources with additional information.
  • Euronews World news from a European perspective.
  • Al Jazeera World news from a Middle Eastern perspective.
  • Online Newspapers  Online newspapers from around the world searchable by country.
  • Mondo Times Nearly 30,000 media outlets (newspapers, magazines, radio & TV stations and news agencies) from 212 countries
  • AlertNet Focus on global humanitarian news from Thomas Reuters Foundation

Places in the news (Library of Congress)
Learn more about places that are in the headlines

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