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Beyond the Stigma: 'The next wave of gun safety'
The New Hampshire Firearm Safety Coalition has promoted trigger locks, and created a suicide prevention campaign for gun shops that has become a model for the nation. Now they want to enlist firearms instructors to promote suicide awareness.
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Had 'em all the way: Red Sox rally for 10-inning win, four-game sweep of Yankees
Jackie Bradley Jr. scored the tying run on a throwing error by third baseman Miguel Andujar with two outs in the ninth inning, and Andrew Benintendi hit a game-winning single with two outs in the 10th as the Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees 5-4 Sunday night, completing a four-game sweep at Fenway Park.
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Goffstown falls to Pittsfield in LL regional opener
The Goffstown Little League all-stars rallied for two runs in the sixth inning but fell, 4-2, to Pittsfield Mass. American in their first game at the New England Regionals in Bristol, Conn., on Sunday night.
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NYC man rescued after canoe capsizes
A New York City man whose canoe capsized on Lake Winnipesaukee treaded water for about five minutes before being rescued by a fisherman who was passing by and saw him in the water, the New Hampshire State Police Marine Patrol said.
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TDS epidemic is spreading
To the Editor: Quick, alert the New Hampshire health authorities! There's been another confirmed case of Trump Derangement Syndrome TDS in New Hampshire.
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Running with Naomi Andrews
To the Editor: I've come to know Naomi through running. She shows up, rain, shine, heat or cold. As a runner, she's motivated, intentional, driven yet somehow still down-to-earth, relatable, and optimistic. It strikes me now that she is, and will be as the representative for New Hampshire's First District, the very same in her role representing...
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Trump concedes son's meeting with Russians was to get dirt on Clinton
Trump concedes that his son's 2016 meeting with Russians was to get dirt on Clinton
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Mass. girl injures foot on boat propeller
Officials say a 10-year-old girl from Massachusetts hurt her foot after kicking a boat propeller while tubing on Lake Winnipesaukee in Meredith on Sunday.
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Police: Nashua man found dead on Maine river beach
Police say a Nashua man was found dead Sunday morning on a Saco River beach in Fryeburg, Maine.
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Consolidated, unions hammer out tentative agreements on contracts
Consolidated Communications and The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and Communications Workers of America reached tentative agreements on new contracts late Saturday, avoiding a possible strike.
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Vacant Manchester building damaged by fire wasn't insured
The three-story Central Street apartment building damaged in a fire last week ' a long-vacant building frequented by vagrants ' was not insured and not on a city list of derelict buildings, a city fire official said Friday.
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4th Hampton Falls crash victim dies
State police say a fourth person ' a teen from Manchester ' has died as a result of injuries sustained in a crash last weekend in Hampton Falls that killed three other people.
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Roger Brown's The State Of Sports: Numbers that need to improve for UNH football
SOME NUMBERS from 2017 that will have to improve for the University of New Hampshire football team to live up its lofty preseason expectations:
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Joe McQuaid's Publisher's Notebook: Innocent until politically embarrassing
MUCH OF THE political reaction to the arrest of Jeffrey Woodburn last week would once have been considered astonishing but is now the new normal.
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A note of caution: Tax revenues will slow down
The New Hampshire Treasury began Fiscal Year 2019 in the same manner it ended FY18, with business tax revenue pouring in.
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Jonah Goldberg: On the constant hunt for fresh outrage
IT'S A PERFECT mess befitting our imperfect age. The New York Times announced it was hiring a Sarah Jeong to join its editorial board. A respected reporter on technology and the internet, Jeong is Asian-American.
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Standing tall: A chance to correct the court
It is rare that any of us have a chance to correct a judge, much less the New Hampshire Supreme Court.
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NH Senior News: AARP Foundation Tax-Aide program seeks volunteers
AARP Foundation Tax-Aide is looking to expand its team of volunteers for the next tax season. Tax-Aide, now in its 51st year, offers free in-person preparation and assistance to anyone, especially those 50 and older, who can't afford a tax-preparation service.
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Low-budget soup kitchen a model for others
Soft strains of 'Amazing Grace' and 'Build My Mansion' fill the second floor of the old police headquarters on Chestnut Street. Music trickles down the stairwell and booms from inside the room housing the 1269 Cafe, a soup kitchen serving lunch six days a week to the city's homeless and anyone on the brink.
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Jack Falvey's Investor Education Briefs: A side business goes full time with sleep deprivation
The investment of time is the most valuable of all resources. Each person is given the exact same amount to use each day. Society is far more egalitarian than one might think. Working full time usually leaves time to sleep.
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