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A soft-spoken, virtually unknown mathematician from UNH has found himself an overnight a minor celebrity.

WSJ: The mathematician who could be a movie star

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In the distraction of the scandal-fever swirling through Washington and the news media, you might have missed the announcement the other day that one of the great puzzles of number theory had been solved.

Seacoast inventor aims to protect officers with shield

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GREENLAND � Target shooting at the Piscataqua Fish and Game Club on Tuesday morning helped a New Castle inventor move forward on his latest project aimed at protecting the lives of law enforcement officers.

Miracle Man: Army veteran with 'recycled' heart redeems trash from six-mile run route

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Joe Sullivan was an artilleryman with the New Hampshire Army National Guard for six years before going active duty in 1995. In 2004, upon returning from his service in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Sullivan suffered a massive heart attack.

Man charged with running drug biz out of rental storage unit in Laconia

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Police found counter surveillance equipment that is allegedly used to detect police equipment and a GPS tracker during the search of Comeau's second vehicle.

0Chase across two-states lands Virginia fugitive in Keene court

0Exeter Hospital VP reflects on hepatitis C outbreak

0In wake of financial meltdown, Tri-County CAP hires new chief financial officer

0Atop Mount Washington: Extremely cool museum

0NH man sentenced to prison for robbing same Maine cab twice

0Federal cupcake cops catch up with Shaker schools

0Dartmouth College hit with federal sexual assault complaints

0Why N.H.'s medical marijuana bill snubs those suffering from P.T.S.D.

0Attorneys: No way through headwaters conservation easement for Northern Pass

0Scouting leaders to vote on lifting ban on openly gay Boy Scouts at 3-day meeting in Texas

0Video: Widow Of N.H. National Guard soldier details DOMA's impact

0Laconia welcomes 5 new firefighters, 4 initially paid through federal deficit spending

0Quiet death for Bethlehem noise ordinance

0Air Force increases projected KC-46 flying hours, crew ratio to take advantage of new aircraft's capabilities

0Pipeline plan to send crude from Montreal to Maine raises ire in New England

0GTAT chief explains acquisition of Santa Rosa thermal furnace maker

0Meth related arrests made across from Laconia courthouse

0State says no evidence of air pollution in Balsams fire, but fines firefighters $2,601 anyway

0Member of Dartmouth protest group charged with Class-A felony for theft of watch from sleeping alumnus

0Grand jury: Top port officials scammed in $50,000 stock swindle

Features & Entertainment

Phillipines upset with Dan Brown: Manila not 'gates of hell'

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MANILA, Philippines - Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Francis Tolentino on Thursday joined the bandwagon of novelist Dan Brown's critics as he called the depiction of Manila in Brown's latest novel, 'Inferno' as inaccurate.

Darius Rucker rides song with N.H. roots up charts

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A few months after first hearing 'Rock Me, Mama,' Old Crow Medicine Show's Ketch Secor was away from his native Virginia attending school in New Hampshire and feeling homesick for the South. He sat down and wrote a song about hitchhiking his way home full of romantic notions put in his head by the Beat poets and, most of all, Dylan.

0 Country club for racing enthusiasts in Tamworth takes a step forward

0 Six Gun City won't open Memorial Day weekend, but attraction in talks with possible buyer

0 Fox pilot �The Goodwin Games� has some real N.H. scenes

0 NH native Kate O�Phalen fundraises to bring new Anne Boleyn play to NYC

0 Tour Dan Brown's colorful multi-million dollar NH estate

0 Berlin residents want zoning changes to allow raising hens for eggs

0 Forbes: Ivy League town gets first celebrity chef restaurant, luxe lodging

0 New American Legion Post behind bars in Berlin prepares to hold first Memorial Day Ceremony

Politics

Colbert crafts elaborate conspiracy based in IRS official�s refusal to testify

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She pleaded the Fifth. Which then allowed Colbert to craft an elaborate conspiracy theory � encompassing everything from Solyndra to John Sununu � with no concerns about accuracy.

Shaheen bill authorizes Sec. of Veterans Affairs to aid law schools providing legal assistance to veterans

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This bill was assigned to a congressional committee on May 23, 2013, which will consider it before possibly sending it on to the House or Senate as a whole. 54% chance of getting past committee. 10% chance of being enacted.

0 Liberal Super PAC had secret Bain ties

0 NHPR: State�s political-spending rules fail to make the grade - again

0 WaPo: Ex-Sununu aid: Obama not being told of IRS scandal a 'curious whopper'

0 COMPLY-Fiduciary rule, long postponed, shouldn't be rushed says Gregg

0 NHPR: NH casino would mean building addiction services from the ground up

0 NH receives second least federal funding for education after New Jersey

0 Belknap County interest in Medicare rehab biz opoosed by Catholic Charities

0 Keene budget proposal projects 31% revenue parking meter, 63.5% increase in fines

Sports & Outdoors

'Northwoods Nightmare' Kevin Haley aims for ultimate fighting in MMA

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The 30-year-old Haley, billed as 'The Northwoods Nightmare,' defeated Travis Lechern in a light heavyweight bout at Cage Titans XIV by KO at 4:08 in the first round. He previously won two amateur bouts.

Overdue kayakers found safe on island eating lobster

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NEW CASTLE - A pair of overdue kayakers were found safe on an island eating lobster Monday night, after an intensive four-hour search by the Coast Guard along the Piscataqua River.

0 Locke: 'Every day is exciting' in the big leagues