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Netflix selling 2b in bonds to fund new shows
Netflix Inc. announced its third tap of debt markets in a year on Monday, aiming to raise another 2 billion as the streaming video pioneer invests heavily in original shows and acquiring content to fend off intensifying competition.
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Trump unsatisfied with Saudi accounts on Khashoggi
President Donald Trump said on Monday that he was still not satisfied with what he has heard from Saudi Arabia about the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey, but did not want to lose investment from Riyadh.
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Trump administration gives states new power to weaken Obamacare
The Trump administration Monday took new steps to broaden the availability of health plans that don't have to cover patients' pre-existing medical conditions, signaling that the federal government would support state proposals to promote more sales of these skimpier plans.
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Trump seeks middle-class tax cut of 10
President Donald Trump on Monday said he would propose a major tax cut for middle class Americans next week 'of about 10 percent' and that Congress would vote on it soon, but he offered few details and lawmakers did not appear to have any plans to act on the President's promise.
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Russia pledges 'balance' if U.S. quits nuclear arms pact
Russia said on Monday it would be forced to respond in kind to restore the military balance with the United States if President Donald Trump carried through on a threat to quit a nuclear arms treaty and began developing new missiles.
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An uplifting story: Lack of sight? Not Liza Corso
Late baseball games aside, the weekend's New Hampshire Sunday News sports section had some items that reaffirm that there is plenty of good going on in this sometimes weary world.
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For Alford-Teaster
To the Editor: I am supporting Jenn Alford-Teaster for state Senate, District 8, on Nov 6.
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What's Sununu's game?
To the Editor: One of the first things Gov. Chris Sununu did upon becoming governor was to sponsor a New Hampshire trade mission to Montreal.
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Kavanaugh Karma
To the Editor: We must all be leery and fearful of the way Democrats behave ' supposedly adult women acting like incoherent mindless spoiled brats throwing public temper tantrums. It's frankly an embarrassment to our gender.
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Sununu Center to host open house at new treatment facility today, Wednesday
An open house will be held Tuesday and Wednesday in a wing of the Sununu Youth Services Center that has been converted into a 36-bed addiction treatment center for adolescents.
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Difley stepping down from SPNHF in 2019
It won't happen for another year, but the woman who has overseen the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests for more than two decades is retiring.
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Talk of grandfather's mistress called a 'shameful attack' in Carman case
Nathan Carman disclosed in court filings on Monday that his grandfather, who was 87 years old at the time of his December 2013 murder, was carrying on with a 25-year-old mistress who could be responsible for the millionaire's murder.
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Office lottery pools on the rise as jackpot numbers climb
Co-workers are pooling their cash for more chances at grabbing a piece of tonight's record 1.6 billion Mega Millions jackpot.
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Trump and former rival Ted Cruz rally together in Houston ahead of election
President Donald Trump set aside his old feud with Senator Ted Cruz on Monday and headlined a packed rally to help the fellow Republican in his tight race in Texas with rising Democratic star Beto O'Rourke just two weeks before the Nov. 6 elections.
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Mike Shalin's Working Press: Roberts, Cora and drama
It doesn't sound right, but Dave Roberts, who stole his way into the hearts of Red Sox fans everywhere when he swiped second base to start the miracle comeback against the Yankees in 2004, is the guy running the Dodgers as they hit Fenway for the World Series.
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H.S. Football Power Poll: Merrimack vaults into No. 3 spot
Merrimack High won its West conference showdown last Friday night and leaped five spots to No. 3 in today's New Hampshire Union Leader High School Football Power Poll. The victory over Nashua North guaranteed the Tomahawks 7-1 a home game for the first round of the playoffs.
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New dog proved his worth after owner was injured
Home recovering from his injuries after a tree he was cutting fell on his head, Sheldon Pennoyer said Monday that his dog Rusty deserves some of the credit for saving his life.
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Mass. driver charged with striking, killing pedestrian
A Massachusetts woman is charged with negligent homicide and driving under the influence after she allegedly mowed down a pedestrian in Seabrook Sunday night.
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Sununu, Kelly debate wages, pot, voting rights
Republican Gov. Chris Sununu and his Democratic opponent, former state Sen. Molly Kelly, found little common ground as they debated election law, legalizing marijuana, the minimum wage and a host of other issues at a forum on Monday hosted by the Nashua Chamber of Commerce, Nashua Telegraph and Rivier College.
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Somersworth man dies in Barrington crash
A 42-year-old Somersworth man was killed in a motor vehicle crash that shut down traffic on Route 125 for seven hours over the weekend.
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