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House passes birth control exemption

NEW HAMPSHIRE
By NORMA LOVE
The Associated Press
CONCORD — While the issue of birth control coverage plays out nationally, New Hampshire’s Republican-controlled House voted yesterday to allow employers with religious objections to exclude contraceptive coverage from their health plans. More...

Board gets a look at special ed. programs

By CRAIG LYONS
Staff Writer

The Claremont School Board last night got a brief look at how the $6.6 million for special education programming is spent within the district. More...

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Local News

County to seek USDA grant

SULLIVAN COUNTY
By ARCHIE MOUNTAIN
Staff Writer

NEWPORT — Sullivan County officials are in the process of researching the possibility of applying to the United States Department of Agriculture for a Rural Development Community Direct Loan to finance construction of the proposed biomass facil More...

B.F. NEWS IN BRIEF

Two men arrested for B.F. muggings BELLOWS FALLS — Following an investigation of two mugging incidents, the Bellows Falls Police department arrested two men for their involvement, according to a police statement. More...

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Opinion

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Editorial

Rush’s judgment

Al Franken titled his 1996 book, “Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot.” Not exactly an exercise in erudition as book titles go, but Franken — who now represents Minnesota in the U.S. More...

Romney missed his chance to rail against Limbaugh

M argare t Carlson
Bloomberg View

piece of vitriol from Limbaugh. More...

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Science & Tech

Apple unveils ‘new iPad’ with sharper screen

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE
and PETER SVENSSON
The Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO — Apple gave the new iPad a bunch of new features but no new name. When it goes on sale next week in the U.S. More...

Solar storm headed toward Earth may disrupt power

By SETH BORENSTEIN
The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The largest solar storm in five years is racing toward Earth, threatening to unleash a torrent of charged particles that could disrupt power grids, GPS and airplane flights. More...

Genome study finds some gorilla DNA aping our own

By ALICIA CHANG
The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — Take a trip to the zoo and you can see gorillas are a lot like us. But a new DNA study says we’re even more similar than scientists thought. More...

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Advice

Meanings of mis-spellings remain curiously obsure

JEANNE AND PAULINE PHILLIPS

DEAR ABBY: I’m writing to respond to the letter from the mother of the 12- year-old boy whose grandmother can’t spell his name right. (“His Name Is Joe!”; Jan. 4). The same thing happened to my husband. More...

Do we only use a small portion of our brain?

DR. KOMAROFF

DEAR DOCTOR K: I’ve heard it said that we use only 10 percent of our brains, but I’m skeptical. Could it be true that we use only this small percentage of our brain capacity? More...

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Selectmen look for voter input on fire station

CHARLESTOWN
By CRAIG LYONS
Staff Writer

On Tuesday, Charlestown voters will get to pick whether they prefer the town fix the fire station or build a new one, but fire department officials say the question is not that simple. More...

Back to the drawing board for Springfield

Budget defeated by 31 votes
By IAN LORD
Staff Writer

The Springfield School District administration, school board and budget advisory committee will head back to the budget process after voters defeated the proposed $27.05 million school budget Tuesday. More...

Colorful, creative creatures

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Obituaries

David A. Sclafani - 2013-05-20
Madeline E. Kane - 2013-05-20
Madeline E. Kane - 2013-05-18
Nancy A. McHugh - 2013-05-18
Shirley H. Noyes - 2013-05-18
Brony Budzik - 2013-05-18
Harry Blish Jr. - 2013-05-18
Shirley H. Mitchell - 2013-05-18
John R. Grady Sr. - 2013-05-17
Lawrence H. West - 2013-05-16
Hairdresser ‘Kenneth’ Battelle dies at age 86 - 2013-05-16
Melvyn V. Mitchell - 2013-05-15
Eleanor McDermott - 2013-05-15
Dr. Joyce Brothers dies at age 85 - 2013-05-15

National/World

A teacher’s odyssey: ‘Creative... motivating’ and, ultimately, fired

By BILL TURQUE
The Washington Post

WASHINGTON — By the end of her second year at MacFarland Middle School, 5th-grade teacher Sarah Wysocki was coming into her own. More...

Court ruling disabled some FBI devices

— The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — A recent Supreme Court ruling is forcing the FBI to deactivate its GPS tracking devices in some investigations, agency director Robert Mueller said yesterday. More...

Billionaire list grows

NEW YORK — One made the list on the strength of girdle sales, another powered by electric sports cars. Still others lost billions or fell off the list altogether thanks to the weak global economy and the gyrations of financial markets. More...

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Around Town

Around Town

THURSDAY AARP meets CLAREMONT — The Claremont Area AARP will meet at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 8, at St. Joseph’s Parish Hall on Elm Street in Claremont. Entertainment provided by the Stringalongs. Dems meet More...

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State News

Shaheen plans to run for re-election in 2014

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CONCORD, N.H. — New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s office has confirmed she will run for re-election in 2014. Shaheen, a Democrat, defeated former Republican Sen. John Sununu in 2008.  More...

Lesser sentence for NH man in deadly home invasion

By LYNNE TUOHY
Associated Press

CONCORD, N.H. More...

Vermont officials propose mandatory algebra, geometry

VERMONT
By LISA RATHKE
The Associated Press

MONTPELIER — Vermont students could be required to take algebra and geometry to graduate from high school under plans announced yesterday by the governor and education commissioner to better prepare students for jobs, training and college. More...

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Sports

Breaking News - 3/8/2012 11:30 PM

Windsor boys fall to Rivendell in semis

VT. D-III SEMIFINALS
From STAFF REPORTS

BARRE, Vt. — The 11th-ranked Windsor boys basketball team fell to second-seeded Rivendell, 58-48, in the Division III semifinals tonight at the Barre Auditorium. More...

Against all odds

Windsor set for semis showdown
By MONICA HOGAN
Staff Writer

WINDSOR — Harry Ladue has been to the Barre Auditorium quite a few times in his 29 years as Windsor’s boys basketball coach. His current squad of Yellow Jackets has made zero appearances there. Until tonight. More...

76ers cruise to big win over Boston

CELTICS
By ROB MAADDI
The Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA — Evan Turner scored a career-best 26 points, helping the Philadelphia 76ers rout the Boston Celtics 103-71 last night to maintain their lead in the Atlantic Division. More...

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