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February 12, 2012

February 11, 2012

Quick response by Hudson firefighters saves woman

New Hampshire education officials deciding whether to leave NCLB behind

Grand Hill Pond proposed as a new name for Jew Pond in Mont Vernon

Protestors balk at drug-testing, GED requirement for more unemployment benefits

Gala celebrates Nashua mayor’s re-election

Foreclosure settlement just the first step, officials say

Finding the answer 4 decades later

NH attorney general regains jurisdiction – to a point

Hudson driver cleared in December crash involving state trooper

February 10, 2012

Hospital tips off police that patient was a fugitive

Nashua man fails to return to Manchester halfway house

SUV crashes into Amherst bank

Bill would protect teachers who want to teach alternatives to evolution

PetSmart agrees to pay fine in settlement over toxic metal allegation

Day after getting out of jail, Nashua man charged with felony burglary

Jury convicts fifth and final suspect in mistaken identity home invasion assault

Nashua, Merrimack air traffic controllers earn national honors for leading a safe landing

Big banks agree to $25 billion mortgage settlement; NH to get $43.6 million

Catching some air

Senate cautious on gun legislation

Insufficient evidence to file charges in road rage allegation, police say

Questions, comments at town hearing

Plan would reward workers

School budget remains unchanged after Deliberative Session

February 9, 2012

Correction

Police: Nashua man faces felony charge after found with ‘dagger-type’ knife, Viagra pills

City permits in hand, Nashua’s ‘hackerspace’ MakeIt Labs has reopened

Hudson man, IRS employee, found guilty of filing false tax forms

Local religious leaders outraged by federal birth control dictate

Nashua board to review Broad Street Parkway contract

Budget would cut job of school nurse

District’s $24.5m spending plan goes to voters March 13

Amherst voters to put budgets to test

Art teacher back to help with Empty Bowls

Book brings Ben Franklin into modern-day America

February 8, 2012

Merrimack police take impaired girl, 14, into protective custody

Woman stole credit cards from locker at Merrimack Y, police say

Nashua shop owner hopes to console Pats fans with free pizza

Nashua Patriots fan satisfies bet with Giants tattoo

Atrium withdraws plan to build facility in Merrimack

Merrimack Planning Board gives final approval to Jehovah’s Witness church

$2.9m bond for repairs at Souhegan High School survives deliberative session

Amherst Country Club opens in February for the first time since 1968

Nashua school budget workshops to talk athletics, special education this week

Mont Vernon students hosted at White House in honor of software project

Trial about Merrimack man’s role in Nashua home invasion

Hollis Brookline School Board’s $19.8m proposal gains favor

Readers suggest uses for the former Building 19 site on Amherst Street

February 7, 2012

Merrimack woman allegedly drove drunk with children as passengers

Amherst fires: One accidental, one of uncertain origin

Assistant Hudson administrator, a top pension collector, to leave post

Litchfield superintendent search down to three with local ties

Merrimack Police plan would do away with deputy chief slot

2 fires at Amherst site in 3 days puzzling

Plenty of ideas for Nashua Millyard makeover narrowed down to 8 submissions

Zoning permits requested ahead of sale, rental of Nashua location

Fair weather fans adapt, retool

February 6, 2012

Charges mount for Mass. man arrested in Hollis accused of DWI, drug possession

Neighbor’s actions led to burglary suspect’s arrest, police said

Pats’ 2nd big loss to Giants a lot like first

Nashua high schools to continue with block scheduling next year

Nashua’s Great American Downtown head is events-focused

Fans weren’t ready for this tough ending

The Week in Preview: ‘No man can be called friendless who has God and the companionship of good books.’ – Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Winter low temperatures aren’t as low as they used to be

Totally tubular find in Rye

state/new england

• Massachusetts reports first case of human rabies in 75 years
• Cash registers jingle on deadline
• NH timber company buys 3,200 acres near Acadia National Park, plans to preserve it
• Komisarjevsky sentenced to death for fatal home invasion
• Massachusetts sues big banks over foreclosures
• Jurors convict man on 17 counts in deadly home invasion
• Women from Nashua, Hudson charged with prostitution in Maine
• Blame Tropical Storm Irene for pumpkin shortage

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world/nation

• Whitney Houston found dead in Beverly Hills at age 48
• Crowds turn out for service for Charlie and Braden Powell
• Romney’s good day: Wins conservatives, Maine caucus
• The greening of Guantanamo Bay
• Obama urges middle-class tax cut extension
• Obama accommodates religious groups, changes birth control rule
• Robert Hecht Jr., controversial dealer in classical antiquities, dies at 92 in Paris
• $25 Billion Mortgage Agreement Doesn’t Let Lenders Off Hook

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business

• Net for needy expanded
• Worst averted for 2012
• Bedford man launches site to make traveling with friends easier
• Analyst praises FairPoint’s handling of massive Primary Night workload
• Lowell bank will cross into NH
• Average movie ticket price up to record $7.93 in 2011
• iPhones end in loss
• Food service expands in convenience stores

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sports

• Defenders lose again
• Celtics need Rondo to recover quickly
• Wade prefers his footing to Gronk’s
• Patriots’ Super Bowl XLVI strategy had a catch
• Past meets present as Milford celebrates historic 1972 boys basketball championship
• BG boys win D-I swimming title
• Bruins regroup versus Preds
• US stuns Switzerland as Federer, Wawrinka both lose

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