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Check out the news headlines and listen to the latest update for Friday, May 10.

Residents of Perth-Andover, New Brunswick have been returning to their homes after a huge forest fire was brought under control last evening.

A 58-year-old Houlton man was sentenced yesterday to 10 years in prison on child pornography charges.

A Bangor area woman is being treated at Massachusetts General Hospital after she was seriously burned in a house fire late Wednesday night.

Proposals by Gov. LePage that would bar food stamp recipients from using benefits to buy junk food and make convicted drug felons ineligible for public assistance were rejected by lawmakers at the committee level.

The U.S. Postal Service is helping out food pantries through its 21st annual 'Stamp Out Hunger' food drive on Saturday.

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