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Garrison Keillor: An ordinary weekend in July, nothing more
I WENT FOR A WALK in the rain Saturday under a big black umbrella, which I chose over the kitty-cat one as being more age-appropriate, seeing as I turn s-s-s-s-s-s-s-seventy-six in a week. Cat kitsch is for teen girls, not grandpas. A black umbrella, black shoes, jeans, white shirt, tan jacket with black ink stains on the lining. I'm a writer, I...
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Jonah Goldberg: Russia is rooting for confusion and discord, not either political party
'I'M VERY CONCERNED that Russia will be fighting very hard to have an impact on the upcoming Election,' President Trump tweeted last week. 'Based on the fact that no President has been tougher on Russia than me, they will be pushing very hard for the Democrats. They definitely don't want Trump!'
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Kremlin critic: Shaheen targeted by hackers
We don't know for sure if Russian hackers were behind the most recent attempts to infiltrate the computer networks of Sen. Jeanne Shaheen and several of her colleagues. But that would be a pretty good guess.
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Race to the left: Marchand leapfrogs Kelly
It takes some effort to get to the left of Molly Kelly.
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Another View: Envy thy neighbor
It's as if an invisible fence emerging from the Piscataqua River north to the Androscoggin separates these two mostly rural states. Our governing processes, our tax philosophies and our economic profiles ' Maine's and New Hampshire's ' are vastly different.
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Alleged Manchester gang leader's trial set for September
The case against purported drug kingpin Brandon Griffin keeps growing smaller after prosecutors agreed Tuesday to sever several charges from an upcoming trial and drop other charges altogether.
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NH man charged in fatal Vt. crash
A Charlestown man has been charged in connection with a fatal motor vehicle accident in Vermont in June.
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Sen. Shaheen's office targeted with phishing attacks
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen's office has been the target of several phishing attacks and suspicious hoax emails, prompting her and fellow Granite State Sen. Maggie Hassan to call for a bipartisan response to foreign hacking leading up to the 2018 election.
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State Legion Tournament: Rochester leaves no doubt
Faced with the possibility of having to beat Merrimack's Post 98 twice to win the title, Rochester took the easy route instead and secured this year's championship with a 6-0 victory in Tuesday's only tournament game at Gill Stadium.
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Summer of success continues for Pelletier, Paradis
Pat Pelletier's 4-under-par 68 and Matt Paradis' 3-under 69 have them ahead of the rest again after the first round of the NHGA Stroke Play Championship on Tuesday at Canterbury Woods Country Club.
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Trump asks Kelly to remain chief of staff until 2020
Trump asks Kelly to remain chief of staff until 2020
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Judge halts release to internet of blueprints for 3-D printed guns
A U.S. judge on Tuesday blocked the imminent release of blueprints for 3-D printed guns, hours before they were set to hit the internet, after several states sued to halt publication of designs to make weapons that security screening may not detect.
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Sunflowers to be celebrated in Lee through Sunday
While passing by Coppal House Farm in Lee it is easy to see the distinctive bright yellow from rows upon rows of sunflowers.
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Community rallies around 26-year-old police officer diagnosed with colon cancer
A 26-year-old Rollinsford police officer who is battling colon cancer says he is surprised by the outpouring of support he has received from the community.
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Strafford man receives suspended sentence for allegedly luring teen boy online
A man who allegedly used a computer to try and lure what he believed was a teen boy into sexual acts will not serve any additional jail time.
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Police: Fake DEA agent admitted he made traffic stops, said he felt 'important'
James Behen admitted to Kensington police that he stopped vehicles while posing as a Drug Enforcement Administration agent and that pretending to be a member of law enforcement 'made him feel important,' according to a police affidavit.
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Hampton selectmen vote to withdraw suit against state, but legal battle isn't over
Hampton selectmen voted unanimously Monday night to withdraw the town's lawsuit against the state over maintenance costs and other issues at Hampton Beach until they gather more information to file a revised case within a year.
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Victim of fatal Bristol car crash was standout golfer
The woman who died in a head-on car crash on Route 3A on July 20 was a former All American golfer.
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Smoking, medical oxygen suspected in midnight fire that killed elderly Merrimack couple
Firefighters attempted to resuscitate Larry and Pauline Hall, both 84, however the couple was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Split decision in lawsuit over forged paintings
A federal judge awarded a split decision of the six-count lawsuit in which a wealthy Florida art collector claimed a former Franklin Pierce University professor and her son conned him into buying nearly 700,000 of what were proven to be 'clever forgeries' of a noted American artist's paintings.
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