NEWS
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Someone in NH took the time in Fall 2005 to save a life
It's estimated Sophie lost 350 CC of blood when she hemmorhaged inside her mother's womb. A full-term baby is born with only 550.


NY man pleads not guilty to killings, arson


ICE arrests 111 across New England in criminal immigrant sweep, 6 in NH


College administrators, union declare impasse at Keene State College
Both sides say this was a difficult negotiating climate as the college tries to make up massive cuts to its state funding — from $13.3 million last year down to $7 million this year.


Keene Sentinel: Former state representative in legal hot water; lean place on Alstead home
In a phone interview this morning from Florida, Young downplayed the report, characterizing the “raid” as more of a cordial visit by representatives of the Internal Revenue Service with questions about Hernando County Holdings.


NH man arrested in Vt. after another man shot out his tires


NH public policy grup predicts 2020 'Silver Tsunami' in Granite State
By 2030, a third of the state's population will be over the age of 65.


Sex addiction comes out of the shadows
A University of New Hampshire study found that two-thirds of the junior high school students they surveyed looked at pornography on the Internet when they're supposed to be studying. About 34 percent of them go on to have a problem with Internet porn.


Salem photographers avoid jail — again


Medicare study: Readmissions come back to bite hospitals
The report released today by the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care found hospitals have done little to reduce the number of Medicare patients with congestive heart failure, heart attacks, pneumonia or hip fractures who quickly return to the hospital. In the past this failure might have helped pad the bottom line, but beginning next year new federal rules will penalize hospitals for avoidable readmissions.


Group seeks help finding boys abducted in Rochester 25 years ago


Vt. pleads guilty to stealing gold coins, selling them in NH


Police investigate Plaistow company
"We're not calling it an Internet scam; he's calling it an Internet scam," said Det. Patrick Caggiano said. "This is what's been alleged to us. There may be thousands of people complaining about it online, but our issue is it might not have broken the law. I'm not sure if this company even exists in Plaistow."


NH police officers have killed five people this year, four of them were in a mental health crisis at the time


Laconia ramps up effort to collect boat fees locally
Since 2006, when the city collected $117,000, receipts from boat registrations have plummeted 45-percent to $64,495 in 2010.



BUSINESS
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Dartmouth investments return 18 percent boosting endowment
Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, said today that investments rose 18 percent for the year ended June 30, boosted by stocks and venture capital and gains across asset classes.


Cate Street closes deal on Katahdin paper mills


SNHU Holds Fall Open House at All Locations in NH & ME



Berlin receives $1M grant to improve blighted neighborhood



General Catalyst, Battery Ventures among top backers of IPO contenders


NH tightens criminal liability for unemployment insurance fraud
Rules change lowers bar for "gross misconduct" from $500 to $250.


Radio stations owner faces involuntary bankruptcy
Nassau Broadcasting Partners operates or owns radio stations in New Jersey, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maryland and Pennsylvania.


Imperial Holdings: Here Come the Downgrades


When feds raid your life insurance policy buyer
Imperial Holdings is involved in the often controversial field of providing liquidity solutions with a focus on individual life insurance policies and purchasing structured settlement payments. It is under investigation in the District of New Hampshire with respect to its life finance business.


Boca Raton financial firm's stock drops 60% after FBI raid on headquarters


HAEC to buy electricity from Concord Steam biomass plant


Owner of Vermont Yankee nuclear plant asks federal judge to limit state's power to shut it down


Unitil looks to give away polluted waterfront property in Portland
Unitil acquired the property in 2008 with the purchase of Northeast Utilities. From the 1800s to 1965, the property was the site of a coal gas manufacturing plant.


BAE Systems ALE-55 wins $36M full rate production contract
80% of the work will be done in Nashua. More on ALE-55


Union vote planned for Bob's Discount Furniture stores


Court sets hearing date in NH Medicaid lawsuit


COURTS / PUBLIC OVERSIGHT
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BRAUN v. GT SOLAR INTERNATIONAL, INC. - Class action suit settled on Sept. 27


Francis E. Kepple v. Unknown Warden, Northern New Hampshire Correctional Facility. - Writ of habeas corpus denied
Kepple was convicted in the 2001 sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl.


FEATURES / ENTERTAINMENT
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Astronaut Alan Shepard's letter sells for $106,000


Mike Gordon Band plans two NH dates supporting new studio album


Proof is in the cosmos: General relativity confirmed (again)


Film festival honors NH visionary
Anna's Vision Film Fest is named after Anna Hunt Marsh, the New Hampshire visionary who in 1834 founded the institution that is known today as the Brattleboro Retreat.


New Hampshire woman inventor of the modern paper lunch bag
Margaret Knight invented the square-bottom paper bag, designing the machine to manufacture them in her spare time. When she applied for the patent, somebody else had already taken one out for a suspiciously identical machine. Investigations revealed that a person called Charles T. Annan had spied on the machinist who was building Margaret's first working model. She sued Annan, won, and was one of the first women in the U.S. to be awarded a patent - No. 116842, dated July 11, 1871. She went on to found a company and author 26 patents.


NH folk singer Ray LaMontagne quietly ends Stage AE season
Even if you've never heard of him, you'd know his raspy voice from that Traveler's Insurance commercial that uses the song "Trouble."


Profile of NH native and "Happy Endings" actress Eliza Coupe
Coupe, 28, came to “Happy Endings” after two other ensemble shows: “Scrubs” and “Scrubs: Interns.”


POLITICS
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House panel moves from lemonade to ham sandwiches


Non-profits tell town they are overwhelmed with demand


The online gambling battle is slowly being won in America – just not by the Department of Justice


NH #1 in list of Politico's top governors races


PRIMARY
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Georgia presidential primary will be March 6, 2012



Palin explains how she'd have more impact as a non-candidate



Gingrich Inc. wounded by presidential bid





Vice President Biden lauds early primary in Florida
"It is appalling that Republican leaders in some states are not planning to adhere to the agreed upon calendar for the presidential contest,” New Hampshire Democratic Party Chair Ray Buckley said in response to Florida's decision.


Democrats, fellow Republicans join to bash Mitt Romney as flip-flopper


The Atlantic: If Christie runs, he'll face a tough road to the White House


Christie's Calif. speech may not quash rumors
Dante Scala, chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of New Hampshire, said elites want Christie because they "feel they can do business with him."


Romney brushes off talk of a Christie candidacy


Michele Bachmann campaign manager: 'She has to Win Iowa'


Politico: Perry camp defiant in face of criticism


New PAC adds to Facebook's growing political clout


OPINION
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New York University student newspaper on UNH short-lived energy drink ban
"It is up to the individual to apply his or her own critical thinking in reaction to problems of the world, be they issues of human rights or human health."