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Former hostage taker now a fugitive

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:41:14 GMT

DOVER - 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.

AG: Keene shooting by police was justified

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:53:39 GMT

KEENE - 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.

DWI charge after elderly ladies are struck

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:43:11 GMT

MARLBOROUGH - 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.

Tweets to report I-93 traffic woes

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

CONCORD - Reports of traffic jams, detours and accidents on Interstate 93 will appear on Twitter this week, under a move by the Department of Transportation.

38 jobs to be cut, tuition hike at Dartmouth

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

HANOVER - There will be 38 layoffs this week with more expected in April, and tuition will go up more than 4 percent, according to a plan to bridge the $100 million budget gap at Dartmouth College.

Fire ravages 3-story downtown building

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:29:00 GMT

ANTRIM - 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.

Man ordered to surrender gun licenses

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

GOFFSTOWN - 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.

Women jailed after high-speed car chase

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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

Police: Carjacking followed burglary

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

NORTH HAMPTON - 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.

Autopsy, investigation follow inmate's death

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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

John DiStaso's Granite Status: Ayotte, Hodes tap D.C. PACs for campaign funds

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:48:26 GMT

Political parties defend their candidates over D.C. fundraisers, distance themselves from lobbying interests.

Evergreen 'pay plan' irks towns

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

CONCORD - A two-year-old law that guarantees municipal and school workers raises even when their contracts expire is just now starting to make itself felt at town and school district meetings.

Lynch nominates Bald to another term as DRED head

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

CONCORD - Gov. John Lynch nominated George Bald today for a new four-year term as state Commissioner of Resource and Economic Development.

Official state drink: Milk? Or cider?

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

CONCORD - New Hampshire could end up with two official state beverages, apple cider and milk, under a compromise being brokered on behalf of fourth-graders from Jaffrey and Gilford.

State House Dome: Rocky road for low-cost NH insurance

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

The state's low-cost, high deductible insurance program, HealthFirst, is running into some bumps.

City Hall: Tight budgets have nonprofits on edge

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Nine thousand dollars isn't a lot of money for a city as big as Manchester. To Richard Doran, though, it's a veritable budget-buster.

And the 'Dome' makes three

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

The third of three Sunday News and Union Leader staff-reported columns devoted to New Hampshire politics and government is returning to the newspapers' UnionLeader.com Web site effective today.

Gatsas paid for mayoral debut

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

MANCHESTER - Manchester's new political leader footed the $11,000 cost for his inauguration to spare taxpayers.

GOP: Goley's tax stand a 'trick'

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 05:04:16 GMT

CONCORD - Rivals say a Senate candidate vows to fight LLC tax bill he helped enact.

Passionate testimony on fate of NH death penalty

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 05:04:54 GMT

CONCORD - Both sides of the issue make heartfelt arguments before a study commission.