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An aerial view of the devastation after an explosion at the Life Enrichment Advancing People (LEAP) building, in Farmington, Maine killed one firefighter and injured multiple other people, on Monday morning September 16, 2019. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal via AP)

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Maine firefighter killed, 8 injured in propane blast

by Robert F. Bukaty Associated Press, and David Sharp Associated PressSeptember 16, 2019

This undated photo of an Eagle class patrol boat is similar to the USS Eagle PE-56, which exploded and sank off Cape Elizabeth, Maine, on April 23, 1945, killing most of its crew in New England’s worst naval disaster during World War II.

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Warship sunk by German sub found off Maine coast

by David Sharp Associated PressJuly 19, 2019

East Baton Rouge sheriff's deputies release balloons at a noon vigil organized by municipal court workers in downtown Baton Rouge, La., July 20, 2016, in honor of slain and injured sheriff deputies and police.

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More states looking to deflate festive balloon launches

by David Sharp Associated PressApril 28, 2019

Maine Gov. Janet Mills holds a 1-pound block of carbon to make her point as she talks about her decision to support a transmission project that would bring Canadian hydropower to Massachusetts residents, on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019, in Portland, Maine. Mills spoke at the Portland Jetport before heading to the nation's capital to attend the annual National Governors Association winter meeting. She was accompanied by Director Angela Monroe of the governor's energy office and Greg...

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Maine governor boosts regional power project

by David Sharp Associated PressFebruary 21, 2019

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, is flanked by Coast Guard Capt. Brian LeFebvre, left, and Rear Adm. Andrew Tiongson, right, as she addresses reporters after the ribbon-cutting at a U.S. Coast Guard regional command center Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019, in South Portland, Maine. Collins said that she would vote for a congressional resolution disapproving of President Donald Trump's emergency declaration to build a wall on the southern border. She is the first Republican senator to publicly...

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GOP’s Collins critical of Trump emergency

by David Sharp Associated PressFebruary 20, 2019

FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2012 photo, James Rich maneuvers a bulging net full of northern shrimp caught in the Gulf of Maine. Regulators are closing the Gulf of Maine winter shrimp season for another three years after receiving a dismal report on the depleted fishery. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

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Regulators close Maine’s shrimp fishery for 3 years

by David Sharp Associated PressNovember 16, 2018

FILE - This June 6, 2018, file photo shows a green crab in Portland, Maine. A University of New England researcher said green crabs migrating from Nova Scotia are ornerier and angrier than their Gulf of Maine cousins. (AP Photos/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

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Mean Canadian crabs threaten coastal ecosystem

by David Sharp Associated PressSeptember 19, 2018

The blowhole of a North Atlantic right whale is seen from the research vessel Shearwater's upper deck, April 10, 2008, as the whale moves away from the boat off Provincetown, in Cape Cod Bay.

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Study: Blowhole spray offers fast data on whale health

by David Sharp Associated PressJuly 18, 2018

A souvenir shop attracts tourists in Old Orchard Beach, Maine, July 6.

C’est la vie: Canadians still visiting US despite trade flap

by David Sharp Associated PressJuly 15, 2018

Joe Scharpf cross country skis on a trail after a fresh snowfall in the south chagrin reservation of the Cleveland Metroparks, Thursday, Dec. 28, 2017, in Moreland Hills, Ohio. Scharpf said he will ski about 6 miles on the trail. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

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Heating aid stretched thin by cold

by David Sharp Associated PressDecember 28, 2017