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Check out the news headlines and listen to the latest update for Wednesday, March 13.

State Police are calling the death of a 68-year-old man “suspicious.” They say it’s connected to a standoff on Interstate 95 in the Lincoln-Medway area that ended with another man fatally shooting himself.

State fire investigators say careless disposal of smoking materials is likely what sparked a deadly fire early Sunday in Presque Isle.

Mild temperatures and heavy rain has prompted New Brunswick's River Watch to issue a flood advisory for parts of the province.

Workers compensation insurance rates are going up in Maine at the 1^st of April.

Maine lawmakers may be cracking down on fireworks, less than two years after the sale and use became legal in the state.

Heating oil prices have fallen in Maine for the third week in a row and are considerably lower than this time last year.

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