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For three-plus hours on Sunday, the only question surrounding the 1000Bulbs.com 500 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Talladega Ala. Superspeedway appeared to concern which Stewart-Haas Racing driver would get the victory.

For all the good vibes of a great start to the season, there was one cold dish of reality served to the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday: They still can't beat the Pittsburgh Steelers.

IT'S NOT flag football, although flags can be used. It's not tackle football either, but contact, at least a limited amount, is allowed.

Chris Sale didn't know why he wasn't right, the Red Sox didn't think his velocity was an issue and since Alex Cora said he expected Sale to pitch again in what will be a 'long series,' Sale must not be hurt again.

David Pastrnak is giving all indications this could be a breakout season, which is strange to say about a 22-year-old who already has posted two 30-goal seasons. But if he continues along in his current vein, the young Czech star will be in the Hart Trophy discussion.

CONCORD ' The state could make up to 57 million a year by taxing the sale of marijuana, according to the draft report of a legislative commission that has spent the past 12 months studying the legalization of marijuana for recreational use in New Hampshire.

Five years after creating a 'hub-and-spoke' system of care for opioid addiction, Vermont reached a milestone: There are no longer any waiting lists for treatment anywhere in the state.

Adam Marcoux, president of the Nashua Teachers' Union, described the problem as a substitute crisis.

It cost Lakes Region General Hospital 10,000 in staff and equipment for every healthy baby delivered in its labor ward.

DURHAM - The University of New Hampshire's president focused on the topic of freedom during his installation ceremony on campus Friday afternoon.

Complicating mental health care for seniors is a nationwide and statewide shortage of neurologists, gerontologists and geriatric psychiatrists who provide testing, referrals, diagnosis, inpatient and outpatient care ' many of whom are nearing retirement without replacements in line to meet the needs of New Hampshire's aging demographic.

ONE OF THE MOST popular plays produced today in regional, academic, community, and summer stock theaters is 'Our Town' by the celebrated American playwright and novelist Thornton Wilder 1897-1975.

An attempted conversation between a Georgia Tech student and Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., ended abruptly with the lawmaker snatching the student's cellphone away while he was being asked about possible voter suppression in the state.

BOSTON ' During the past six months, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has quietly built a shadow war room designed to elect Democrats across the country in the midterm elections, overtaking some of the traditional duties of Democratic Party campaign committees and further positioning herself for an all-but-certain 2020 presidential bid.

Many of us have witnessed individuals seemingly consumed with a desire for power. Often it is ego driven ' an opportunity for self-aggrandizement. These energized colleagues would seem to let nothing get in their way of reaching the next level of success on the organizational ladder.

DERRY - Last week, the Sal's Pizza stores in Derry and Salem closed and utility services shut off as construction crews prepare to demolish and rebuild the properties. And the company will be adding delivery services at all corporate locations by 2019.

Small can be good if it is by intention. Fear of failure is a powerful force, and once breakeven is achieved, or a reasonable income is reached, it is normal to avoid risk and attempt to maintain what you have accomplished. Mom-and-pop corner candy stores outnumbered chain candy stores until they didn't!

MANCHESTER - The New Hampshire Union Leader is now accepting nominations for the 2019 class of 40 Under Forty, presented by Dartmouth-Hitchcock.

DURHAM ' John St. Pierre and two of his friends from a men's hockey league started LEGACY Global Sports in 2003 as a hobby. Now such leagues are big business: Parents pay billions of dollars annually to have their children participate in elite youth sporting events.

I know this place well. It's in my blood, really. My family has a long history of running their own independent companies in Manchester. In fact, our agency corporate headquarters is located in the same building that long ago housed my grandfather and his family partners' athletic shoe factory ' and later, my parents' original sporting goods...