NEWS
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Trial nears for suspect in ’04 Norwich killing of NH cold fusion expert Eugene Mallove
Mallove, 56, of New Hampshire, was found beaten to death on May 14, 2004, outside his 119 Salem Turnpike rental home in Norwich. Two meninitially charged with murder in his death were freed because of a lack of evidence, leading to the re-investigation of the case by cold casedetectives.


Ossippee man goes on trial for allegedly stabbing and trying to kill tenant over a year's unpaid rent


Kevin McGregor trial: Jury seated in Boulder murder case
After three days of questioning, a jury was empanelled late Wednesday afternoon in the trial of Kevin McGregor, charged with murder in the March 2011 shooting death of University of New Hampshire football player Todd Walker on University Hill.


AAN guide to neurologists on abused patients
More than 90 percent of all injuries from "intimate partner violence" (IPV) occur to the head, face, or neck region, and can lead to traumatic brain injury, particularly over long periods of exposure.


'Mastermind' In Brink's Burglary Sentenced To 20 Years, $1.3 Million Payment
Investigators said that Sean Murphy, 47, used fake documents to rent a truck in New Hampshire and a storage facility in Pennsylvania prior the burglary.


Dartmouth Student Who Wrote Op-Ed Exposing Frat Hazing Is Planning On Writing A Book


Defense targets DNA of blood on girlfriend at New York triple homicide trial
Matthew Slocum allegedly fled to New Hampshire after the shotgun slaying of his mother, her husband, and their 24-year-old son. Police said he confessed to the killings and he said Colegrove was not involved after he was arrested in New Hampshire, but Slocum has since denied making those remarks. Slocum has told friends who have visited him in jail that Colegrove committed the homicides and forced him to leave with her.


Investigation clears ex-Salisbury Chief L'Esperance
The study's conclusions dispel some of the accusations made against L'Esperance, 51, in a highly publicized report released last year. That 31-page report, written by Robert St. Pierre and released last January, accused L'Esperance of 15 violations of police policy for misconduct, such as mishandling evidence seized by police at drug busts, improperly granting favors, nepotism and trading drugs for sex with known criminals. The new report appears to clear L'Esperance of at least two accusations related to handling of evidence


Fosters: Trial of former UNH football player set for Feb. 1


Gloucester man also suspected in Seabrook bank robbery


Eagle-Tribune: Autopsy concludes NH wife killed husband then herself in Mass.


Why Is Type 1 Diabetes Rising Worldwide?
Here’s a puzzle: Type 1 diabetes — the auto-immune disease that begins in childhood and used to be called juvenile-onset diabetes — is rising too, around the globe, at 3 percent to 5 percent per year. And at this point, no one can quite say why.



FEATURES
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Top tips for writers from J.D. Salinger – advice from beyond the grave: world exclusive
In a career spanning sixty years, author J.D. Salinger gave very few interviews. Now another interview has been discovered, two years after his death in January 2010. Just 1,200 words long, it was written by 18-year-old journalism student Shirley Ardman after she met the man in the bar of a New York hotel who would go on to write The Catcher in the Rye .


Sikh sues Jay Leno over joke about Mitt Romney's New Hampshire home


Members of Britain's Parliament condemn Leno's Romney home joke


Colonial Theater owner says appraisal was 'low-balled'


'Silence of the Lambs' for Real: 'Dark Minds' Uses a Serial Killer to Catch Serial Killers
In the premiere, Phelps and Kelly call on "13" for insight into the Valley Killer, who viciously murdered seven women in the 1980s in Vermont and New Hampshire.


Q&A with JoJo yields shoutout for the Granite State
"And for my last question: if you were running for President of the United States in 2012, what would your official campaign slogan be?

(laughs) Wow. Great question. Hmm … well okay, I’ll say this because it’s the first thing that comes to mind and I just got it tattooed on myself. I grew up in Massachusetts and New Hampshire and it’s the New Hampshire state motto, “Live free or die.” I don’t know if that’s a slogan for a campaign but that’s what I’m going to say. Live free or die. (laughs)"


Video: Clips from documentary 'Love Free or Die'
The new documentary about gay New Hampshire Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson is premiering thise week at Sundance.


BUSINESS
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Fishermen fear feds might close the Gulf of Maine


NH industry sees hope in extended lumber deal


Corporate tax loophole could be closed - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
"In almost every other state in the Union, businesses can carry forward their net operating losses without restriction," said Brian Kennedy, vice president of government affairs for the council in South Oakland. The only other state with the cap is New Hampshire.


These are America's 10 Oldest Public Companies
"By many accounts, the first was Tuttle's Red Barn, established in 1632 on a settlement near the Maine-New Hampshire border with a small land grant from King Charles I."


New Rules Could Boost New England Renewable Power Sources


Bloomberg BNA: Second ‘enterprise-wide' action launched, as secretary cites DeMoulas food chain
The recent complaint against DeMoulas is only the second time DOL has filed an enterprise-wide complaint with the commission. The department brought its first such complaint against the U.S. Postal Service for electrical violations at its 350 processing and distribution centers in July 2010.


National Grid takes to the skies to inspect transmission lines by helicopter
New Englanders may notice increased helicopter activity in the coming weeks as National Grid undertakes its twice-a-year helicopter inspection of more than 2,900 miles of high-voltage transmission lines in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Vermont.



COURTS / PUBLIC OVERSIGHT
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Paper Thermometer Company v. Murray


POLITICS
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House bill would end practice of rewarding women on welfare with a higher check if they have a baby, hearing today
The change would only save about $34,000 a year by nixing the $72.50 monthly difference.


Sen. Shaheen scores perfect 100 percent in "Biggest Smiles" analysis
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/01/ranking-the-members-of-the-us-senate-according-to-their-smiles/251931/


NH third worst interest-to-revenue ratio
New England came in as the most indebted region, with New Jersey close behind and Illinois faring not much better. Mass. had the worst revenue-to-interest burden, followed by Connecticut, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Illinois.


Ex-AG Phil McLaughlin bows out of run for governor
New Hampshire Attorney General Phil McLaughlin announced that after much serious consideration during the past three months he has decided against seeking the Democratic nomination.


Tax Foundation - 2012 State Business Tax Climate Index
New Hampshire held steady as the nation's 6th best business climate, so there is plenty of room for improvement. Mass fell four spots to #28, Vermont fell four spots to #43, Maine fell 1 spot to #38.


Scott Brown leads session to plot strategy for saving Hanscom base
Also in attendance were representatives for Senators John Kerry, Democrat of Massachusetts; Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe, Republicans of Maine; Jeanne Shaheen, a Democrat, and Kelly Ayotte, a Republican of New Hampshire; Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat, and Joseph Lieberman, an Independent of Connecticut; and Jack Reed, a Democrat from Rhode Island.


PRIMARY
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Ron Paul to campaign in Lewiston on Friday


OPINION
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NH author P.J. O'Rourke explains why progressive elites hate poor people


Politics of Romney's tithing: generous philanthropy or dogmatic Mormonism?


Mitt Romney Is Hardly A Pig When It Comes To Tax Deductions
Notice Romney didn’t try to move to New Hampshire (tax-free on portfolio income) or Florida or another tax-free state, like so many wealthy people do these days to avoid state taxes


Free Keene's Kelly Voluntaryist explains how she became a rebel with a cause
"My grandparents on my dad’s side were Holocaust survivors who met and married after each lost their respective families in the concentration camps. After my grandmother gave birth to my dad and his twin brother, they immigrated to the United States to start anew. My mom is the youngest of three daughters born to Italian immigrants. My parents are products of the sixties; not hippies but the Clinton-esque big government types which that era created."


SPORTS
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Some in Vegas badly want Patriots to win


Canine Guardians for Life raffling Tom Brady photo
The non-profit organization formed in 2003 and based in Wolfeboro has, to date, rescued and placed 525 dogs into loving homes in New Hampshire and surrounding areas


Margin of error gets increasingly smaller in Hockey East


d'Arnaud named Blue Jays' top prospect


Sachem, NY running back Crossan commits to UNH


Huskies look to tame Wildcats


Wilmot, NH's Sam Morgan among dozen freshmen new to Goucher lacrosse