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Maurice Buzzell was charged in the death of an employee who was struck by a falling tree.


Court complaints say the pastor of a local church, along with three church elders, "knowingly have reason to suspect" a child was raped.

Opinion

Expanding the penalty to include murders during home invasions would not unleash mob vengeance. It would allow juries to find justice, real justice, for victims like Kimberly Cates.

The couple claims in the lawsuit that untrained town employees assigned as flag wavers caused a 30-foot tree branch to crash onto the roof and front windshield of their car in May 2008.

Updated, 7:29 a.m. Flames shot 30 to 40 feet into the air as firefighters battled to put out a two-alarm blaze last night in a three-story building on Main Street. Fire crews are back on the scene this morning to put out flames that flared up again.

Ledger Transcript video of Antrim fire

Southern New Hampshire Medical Center and Premier Medical Staffing Inc. are paying the U.S. government a total of $123,400 to resolve allegations they employed a nurse who was excluded from participating in federal health care programs.

Crime
Leeland Eisenberg

Updated, 2:41 p.m. Authorities have launched an intense manhunt for convicted hostage-taker Leeland Eisenberg after he cut off his monitoring anklet and ran off this morning, less than a day after getting out of the county jail.

Hostage taker back in jail (4)
Eisenberg getting a second chance (14)


Updated, 3:53 p.m. A Keene police officer used a momentary distraction in a small, crowded bedroom to shoot and kill Charles E. Turcotte as he held an eight-inch knife to the throat of his ex-girlfriend.

AG seeks to protect privacy of officer in shooting (22)
Officer shoots, kills hostage taker (129)


Updated, 9:43 a.m. A Keene man is charged with drunken driving Monday night after his car struck two elderly ladies as they crossed Main Street following a Federated Church Ladies Group meeting, police said.


Michael Murphy, the New Boston man at the center of a battle over guns between a Manchester firing range and the New Boston Police escaped contempt charges in Goffstown District Court on Monday, but was ordered to relinquish his hunting and concealed weapons permits.

In front of town hall, a call for chief's ouster (87)
Seizure at firing range triggers dispute (227)


Three women are facing drug charges after a high-speed chase that ended with a crash Saturday night, police said.

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Police chase ends with cruiser rammed (3)


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A Stratham motorist got more than he bargained for when he stopped to help a woman and a man with a bloodied hand who flagged him down Friday.


Mark Paul Drouin, serving time for attempted murder, was found dead in his cell Sunday.

Inmate found dead in prison cell (45)


Updated, 3:33 p.m. A man arrested in Concord last week for child rape is now facing similar charges in Hooksett.

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