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Errors cost Fisher Cats in walk-off loss at Portland
A pair of ninth-inning errors on consecutive plays gave the Portland Sea Dogs a 3-2 victory over the New Hampshire Fisher Cats in an Eastern League game Tuesday night at Hadlock Field.
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Two women suffer serious injuries in crash
Fire officials say two women suffered life-threatening injuries Tuesday night when their car slammed into the back of a landscaping truck on the Amoskeag Traffic Circle, closing the busy interchange for hours.
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Chris Duffy's Editor's Notebook: The power of the Purpose
Christine Freitas emphasized that her daughters, Jenna and Kelly, came up with the idea of Playing for a Purpose.
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UNH Blue-White Scrimmage: Jacob Post making transition
About one year ago, Timberlane Regional High School running back Jacob Post suffered a torn ACL in his left knee during the Queen City Jamboree.
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Up Close: Pinkerton has leadership to make it four straight titles
As Pinkerton Academy girls' cross country coach Amy Bernard prepares her team for the upcoming season, she sees similarities between it and her 2015 NHIAA Division I championship squad.
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Shed maker to set up in NH after buying Port City rival
A Colorado maker of sheds plans to set up a factory in southern New Hampshire and expand a Portsmouth call center as a result of buying its Portsmouth rival.
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Gunstock renews pitch for 600K note
Gunstock Mountain Resort is again asking the Belknap County delegation to authorize the borrowing of 600,000 in revenue anticipation notes.
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Index: New Hampshire is least sexist state in U.S.
Arkansas is the most sexist state in the nation while New Hampshire is the least, according to an index of sexist attitudes developed by economists at the University of Chicago, Northwestern University and National University Singapore.
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Whale breaches feet from fisherman's boat off Hampton Beach
Zack Fahey caught more than a fish when he began recording video moments before a large humpback whale breached just feet from his boat while fishing off Hampton Beach.
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Trump's ex-lawyer Cohen pleads guilty to campaign finance violations, other charges
The guilty pleas came in the same hour that a federal jury in Alexandria, Va., convicted former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort of eight charges of tax and bank fraud and failing to disclose foreign bank accounts.
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Man's month-long run from police ends in fatal shootout
ROCHESTER ' Before he was killed in a gunfight with police Monday night, Douglas Heath had been on the run for nearly four months.
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Injured red-tailed hawks soaring once again
Four red-tailed hawks have been given a new lease on life after they were rescued, rehabilitated and released back into the wild one after another at an Epping farm Tuesday afternoon.
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Protecting children now a campaign issue in race for governor
The failures of New Hampshire's child protection agency have become fodder for the gubernatorial campaign in the wake of yet another critical report on the Division for Children, Youth and Families.
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Dover man held without bail on murder charges, police still looking for evidence
DOVER - A Dover man is being held without bail after pleading not guilty to killing his wife and father.
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Call for man hit by branches mistaken as 'man hit by train'
BARNSTEAD ' Local firefighters were called to respond to a report of a tree that had fallen on a man Tuesday morning.
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Collins: Kavanaugh sees Roe v. Wade as 'settled law'
WASHINGTON ' Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh told Sen. Susan Collins on Tuesday that Roe v. Wade was 'settled law,' the Maine Republican told reporters after their meeting.
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Man charged with killing Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts
Authorities have announced a first-degree murder charge against Cristhian Rivera, 24, in the death of Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts.
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Ex-Trump campaign manager Manafort is convicted on 8 of 18 charges
ALEXANDRIA, Va. ' Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was convicted on Tuesday of eight counts of financial wrongdoing, giving Special Counsel Robert Mueller a victory in the first trial arising from his investigation of Russia's role in the 2016 U.S. election.
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Lawmakers seeking further sanctions on Russia
U.S. lawmakers pushed for more aggressive steps to counteract the Russian 'menace' on Tuesday, despite Trump administration officials insisting current sanctions are having an effect and vowing to impose more economic pain if Moscow does not change its behavior.
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Police: Teen set her clothing on fire while in back of cruiser
HAMPTON ' Police say a Massachusetts teen set her clothes on fire in the back of a Hampton police cruiser Saturday night, then kicked an officer in the groin, after being arrested on criminal trespass and loitering charges.
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