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Whale's tale: What really happened in Rye
A picture may be worth a thousand words, but sometimes a video fails to tell the whole story.
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David Harsanyi: No reason to further delay Kavanaugh vote
'GUESS WHO'S perpetuating all of these kinds of actions?' Sen. Mazie Hirono explained, boiling down the Senate Democrats' position on Brett Kavanaugh. 'It's the men in this country. I just want to say to the men in this country, just shut up. And step up. Do the right thing for a change.'
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Businesses squirm at collecting sales taxes for others
The 'Live Free or Die' state of New Hampshire is also the 'Live Sales-Tax Free' state, one of only five that do not collect any tax on retail purchases. And despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June allowing states to collect sales taxes when their residents buy online, some of New Hampshire's online retailers don't want...
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UNH to hold open house for Ocean Discovery Day
Touch a horseshoe crab, map the ocean floor and drive a remotely operated vehicle at the University of New Hampshire's Ocean Discovery Day on Saturday.
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Cahill-Yeaton for state representative
To the Editor: Miriam Cahill-Yeaton is running for state representative of Merrimack District 21 EpsomPittsfield. I have known Miriam for several years and find her resume to be topnotch: retired U.S. Air Force officer, registered nurse for 40 years, nurse practitioner for 18 years, American Legion Post 112 officer, and Epsom Public Library...
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Joe McQuaid's Publisher's Notebook: Moose might be smarter than we think
THE KNOCK on moose is that they are supposedly dumb. It is said that their brain is very small. When they are standing in the middle of the road on a dark night, their little brain signals to them that, whatever the object may be that is barreling toward them at a high speed, they are bigger and thus they aren't moving. This is why moose almost...
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Woodburn on trial: Answers before the election
Jeff Woodburn will have his day in court, a month after voters must decide whether to send him back to the state Senate.
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This week's DWI License Revocations
The Director of Motor Vehicles, Elizabeth A. Bielecki, has released the following list of Driving While Intoxicated revocations. Please note the actual date of revocation may have preceded this announcement.
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Cavanaugh opposed student safety
To the Editor: Partisanship should never take priority over the safety of our students.
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More than 30,000 turn out to Loon Mountain for NH Highland Games
To the delight of attendees, the blue and white of the Saltire once again flew high over the largest Scottish cultural event in North America as Loon Mountain Resort hosted the New Hampshire Highland Games and Festival this past weekend.
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Father of boy whose murder remains unsolved is arrested again on drug charges
The father of Christian Jackson, a 3-year-old boy whose homicide is still unsolved after more than seven years, is now facing felony drug charges.
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Newport leaders embracing Sunshine Initiative
Local leaders will meet with state and federal representatives today as part of Newport's Sunshine Initiative to strengthen the town and grow it economically.
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Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center celebrates 26 years of transplants
Since the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center started offering transplant procedures in 1992, more than 1,000 people have been given a new lease on life, said Dr. Michael Chobanian.
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Cooler temps return this week
The first week of fall is here, along with temperatures more fitting of the season.
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Lindsey Graham: 'There's a bureaucratic coup going on' at FBI, Justice Department
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Sunday he believes 'a bureaucratic coup' led by enemies of President Donald Trump is taking place at the Justice Department, and the senator asked that a new special counsel be appointed to investigate.
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OPEC, Russia rebuff Trump's call for immediate boost to oil output
OPEC's leader Saudi Arabia and its biggest oil-producer ally outside the group, Russia, ruled out on Sunday any immediate, additional increase in crude output, effectively rebuffing President Donald Trump's calls for action to cool the market.
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Iran's Revolutionary Guards threaten to avenge military parade attack
Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards vowed on Sunday to exact 'deadly and unforgettable' vengeance for an attack on a military parade that killed 25 people, including 12 of their comrades, and Tehran accused Gulf Arab states of backing the gunmen.
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Multi-vehicle crash shuts down I-95 in Hampton Falls
State and local police responded to a multi-vehicle crash that shut down both sides of Interstate 95 in Hampton Falls on Sunday night.
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In NH, statistics show survival is along fine lines
Allds Street in Nashua is an invisible barrier. But there is no obvious, physical difference between the two sides of the roadway to explain why someone born today in the census tract that begins south of Allds Street is expected to live 20 years longer on average than a person born in the tract to the north.
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Family of slain man wants answers in ex-officer's perjury case
The Attorney General's office is taking a second look at an officer-involved shooting in 2016 after the officer who opened fire, Ian Kibbe, heads to trial on unrelated perjury charges.
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