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NH Senate considering school tax credit option

9:26 AM, Jan 22, 2012

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- New Hampshire's Senate is holding a hearing on legislation that would divert business taxes into private organizations to issue as scholarships to schoolchildren to attend private or religious schools.

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Historic Amherst inn holds open house

9:37 AM, Jan 14, 2012

AMHERST, Mass. (AP) -- Amherst College is holding a public open house to celebrate the reopening of the historic Lord Jeffery Inn.

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Child, adult killed in Weymouth crash

6:41 AM, Jan 10, 2012

WEYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) -- State police place two people including a young child have died in a car crash on Route 3 in Weymouth.

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Fall River grocery thief stabs store worker

6:36 AM, Jan 10, 2012

FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) -- Fall River police are looking for a man they say stuffed a backpack full of food at a city supermarket, walked out without paying, then stabbed a store worker who confronted him.

Mass. woman says TSA confiscated frosted cupcake

2:10 PM, Dec 27, 2011

PEABODY, Mass. (AP) -- A Massachusetts woman says an airport security officer in Las Vegas confiscated her frosted cupcake because he thought the icing on it could be a security risk.

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NH man indicted in crash that injured son

6:40 AM, Dec 27, 2011

ROCHESTER, N.H. (AP) -- A New Hampshire man has been indicted on charges stemming from a Rochester car crash that police say occurred when he was passing two vehicles. The driver's 3-year-old son was critically injured in the crash.

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Fare hikes, service cuts loom for Mass. transit

10:00 AM, Dec 24, 2011

BOSTON (AP) -- Public transit in Massachusetts is facing a bumpy ride this coming year.

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UNH bringing in dogs to relieve stress

8:50 AM, Dec 11, 2011

DURHAM, N.H. (AP) -- The University of New Hampshire has a new way to help students relieve the stress of studying for finals -- playing with dogs.

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NH company sues over lobster order cancellation

9:12 AM, Dec 10, 2011

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) -- A New Hampshire seafood supplier is suing over the cancellation of a contract that supplied lobster to military personnel in Afghanistan.

Janitor accused of bringing loaded gun to elementary school

3:30 PM, Dec 8, 2011

WATERBURY, Connecticut (WVIT) - A Waterbury, Connecticut school janitor has been arrested, accused of bringing a loaded gun to an elementary school. 

Vt., NH, Maine in top 8 for Peace Corps volunteers

7:10 AM, Dec 8, 2011

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) -- Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine are among the top eight states in the country in the amount of Peace Corps volunteers they have per capita.

What's in a name? RI Gov. under fire for 'holiday tree'

7:45 PM, Dec 7, 2011

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (WPRI) - Hundreds protested a holiday tree lighting in Rhode Island because the governor refuses to call it a Christmas Tree.

Maine, Vermont and RI senators back home heat aid

4:05 PM, Dec 7, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Three New England senators are pushing a bill to prevent deep spending cuts in the federal home heating assistance program that they say could hurt the poor and elderly this winter.

Our Father, who art in breakfast: Man makes Jesus toaster

3:49 PM, Nov 30, 2011

WALDEN, Vermont (NECN) - When Galen Dively of Walden, Vermont fixes breakfast, he gets a revelation in every slice of toast.

New Hampshire Union Leader backs Gingrich

8:22 AM, Nov 27, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) -- New Hampshire's largest newspaper is endorsing Newt Gingrich, giving the former House speaker a jolt in a state that has the first presidential primary.

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Campbell Soup 1st-quarter net income falls

8:02 AM, Nov 22, 2011

CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) -- Campbell Soup Co. says fiscal first-quarter net income fell 5 percent as price increases were not enough to offset lower volume in its soup and beverage businesses.

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Holyoke man pleads guilty to child rape

7:51 AM, Nov 22, 2011

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) -- A man sentenced to probation in 2010 for downloading child pornography on a computer at Holyoke Public Library has been sentenced to up to 11 years in state prison for raping a 10-year-old boy.

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Police ID victim of Yale-Harvard tailgate accident

9:34 AM, Nov 20, 2011

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- Police in Connecticut say a woman who was killed when she was struck by a truck while tailgating at the Harvard-Yale football game has been identified as a 30-year-old Massachusetts woman.

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Federal HHS secretary to discuss tobacco policies

8:55 AM, Nov 13, 2011

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) -- The assistant secretary for health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is coming to New Hampshire this week to hold a town hall on tobacco.

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NH community dedicates renovated bridge

7:59 AM, Oct 30, 2011

HANCOCK, N.H. (AP) -- Officials in Hancock, N.H., are dedicating a renovated bridge to a former longtime resident.

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Man hit by train in New Hampshire

8:46 AM, Oct 29, 2011

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) -- Police say a man walked away after being hit by a train in New Hampshire before officers located him nearly a mile away.

South Pole rescue a success

3:25 PM, Oct 28, 2011

BALTIMORE (NBC) - A scientist who suffered a stroke at the South Pole says she hoping for a full recovery.

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Mass. home sales climb in Sept.

6:25 AM, Oct 25, 2011

WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) -- Sales of single-family homes in Massachusetts were up in September, the third straight month of increased sales when compared to the year-ago month.

UNH holding food symposium

7:48 AM, Oct 24, 2011

DURHAM, N.H. (AP) -- The University of New Hampshire is holding its first Food Symposium, in which students will hear about activities promoting safe, healthy foods produced in a sustainable, humane way.

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Trapped 7-year-old boy dies in Conn. house fire

7:46 AM, Oct 24, 2011

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) -- A 7-year-old boy who was trapped on the top floor of a burning house died in the early-morning fire in Connecticut.

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UNH expands admissions open house

8:50 AM, Oct 22, 2011

DURHAM, N.H. (AP) -- Hoping to attract more potential students, the admissions office at the University of New Hampshire is moving its annual fall open house to the school's sports arena.

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Mass. AG to testify on school bullying clampdown

8:40 AM, Oct 22, 2011

BOSTON (AP) -- Attorney General Martha Coakley is continuing her campaign to clamp down on bullying in schools.

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Dead body found in vehicle burned in NH

6:27 AM, Oct 11, 2011

SULLIVAN, N.H. (AP) -- New Hampshire State Police are investigating the discovery of a body found by firefighters in a burning vehicle in Sullivan.

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Mass. priest resigns after accused leads trip

6:35 AM, Oct 10, 2011

BILLERICA, Mass. (AP) -- A Massachusetts Roman Catholic priest has resigned from the parish he led for nearly two decades because he allowed a volunteer facing sexual abuse allegations to chaperone a group of teenagers.