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Competency issues ongoing for alleged Nashua killer
Competency issues continue to stall a murder case involving a Nashua man accused of killing a resident in his apartment building in 2017.
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No arrest in alleged white supremacist's killing
Officials are keeping mum on the murder of reputed white supremacist Jesse Jarvis, who was shot to death outside a Washington Street restaurant in May.
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U.S. slashes number of refugees it will allow into the country
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday the United States would cap the number of refugees allowed into the country at 30,000 for fiscal year 2019, a sharp drop from a limit of 45,000 it set for 2018.
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Kavanaugh accuser to testify before Senate committee
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and the woman who accused him of a 1982 sexual assault will be called to testify in the Senate next Monday, the chamber's Judiciary Committee chairman said, pushing back a key vote in the judge's confirmation process.
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Coke eyes cannabis market
Coca-Cola Co. is closely watching the fast-growing marijuana drinks market for a possible entry that would expand the world's largest soft drink maker's ambitions further away from sugary sodas.
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Trump to declassify records related to Russia probe
Moving to undermine the Russia investigation that has threatened his White House tenure, President Donald Trump moved Monday to declassify sensitive Justice Department records and personal text messages that White House allies hope will show the special counsel probe was launched from an improper foundation.
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NH employers try to strike balance for aging workforce
At 72, Suzanne Wason decided it was time to slow down, but she didn't want to retire completely. The solution: dropping from five to four days as corporate receptionist at Northeast Delta Dental in Concord, a job she knows well, still enjoys and has held for 17 years.
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NH Business Newsreel: DOJ picks Kate Spiner as communications director
The Department of Justice has for the first time in its history appointed a director of communications to handle public information from the Attorney General's Office.
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Student-athletes kick off effort to raise awareness of mental health
Some pretty important people ' the governor, a former Supreme Court justice and a hospital CEO, to name a few ' were at the State House for Monday's official unveiling of a poster campaign to raise awareness of mental health in the schools.
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Plaistow fish market owner plans to rebuild after blaze
The owner of Donahue's Fish Market plans to reopen after a devastating weekend fire, but it likely won't happen for several months.
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Planet Fitness proposes plan to take over old Bob's Furniture building in Salem
Planet Fitness is moving into the old Bob's Discount Furniture store after Bob's moves to a larger space that was formerly a Shaw's Supermarket.
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Trump slaps tariffs on 200b in Chinese goods but spares some consumer tech
President Donald Trump said on Monday he will impose 10 percent U.S. tariffs on about 200 billion worth of Chinese imports, but he spared smart watches from Apple and Fitbit Inc. and other consumer products such as bicycle helmets and baby car seats.
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Schools try new breathing exercises to manage stress
Ten-year-old Akshay Maheshwari said he likes to help people and solve problems.
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Study examines oxygen use by football players
In these steamy days of late summer, when large men in pads batter one another on the playing field, some try to speed their recovery on the sidelines by breathing pure oxygen.
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Can braille survive in a smartphone world?
On a recent morning, six visually impaired people gathered in a building in Philadelphia's Center City neighborhood, huddled over their iPhones, waiting for Andrew Godwin's intermediate technology class to begin. The day's lesson? Creating and finding contacts in your cellphone.
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Adult-to-child lung transplant saved daughter, now a teen
It has been a little more than five years since Sarah Murnaghan left Children's Hospital of Philadelphia with a new set of lungs, harvested from an adult donor and trimmed down to fit a 10-year-old with cystic fibrosis.
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Grant Bosse: Primary results proved me right, as always
Let's look at how last week's primary proved that I was right all along.
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Don't rezone South Mammoth Road
To the Editor: I oppose the upcoming vote to rezone property located at South Mammoth Road. This has been an ongoing issue for the past two years. The former mayor and alderman have not listened to the concerns of the people who live here.
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Mountain Mints are champions for landscape or backyard habitat
On Gardening: Mountain Mints are champions for landscape, herb garden or backyard habitat
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Kathy Sullivan: Governor's race gives voters a clear choice
IN NOVEMBER, New Hampshire voters have distinctly different candidates to choose from in the race for governor. Anyone who buys the theory that the Democratic and Republican parties are not that different needs to read up on former state Sen. Molly Kelly and incumbent Gov. Chris Sununu.
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