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Until the Supreme Court clarifies what constitutes quid pro quo political corruption, Americans engage in politics at their peril because prosecutors have dangerous discretion to criminalize politics.
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We wish Berlin state prison warden Edward Reilly well in his new job at the new facility. We also wish Gov. John Lynch and the Executive Council would be a little more probing the next time they make...
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The proposal for a privately run state prison on Hackett Hill near the Manchester-Hooksett line is worthy of serious consideration. Dismissing the idea out of hand, NIMBY fashion (Not in My Back...
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In a decision striking for its simplicity and unanimity, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the First Amendment protects the right of religious organizations to choose their own ministers.
CHARLES LANE
The most important social trend of the past 20 years is as positive as it is underappreciated: the United States’ plunging crime rate.
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Are New Hampshire burglars getting off too lightly?
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Drug cartels were not the only ones the Obama administration tried to set up in its infamous “Fast and Furious” operation. Law-abiding gun shops were, too.
JONAH GOLDBERG
The truth about the "prison-industrial complex."
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In abusing its authority, the Weare Police Department has inadvertently done every Granite Stater a favor.
FLEMING

Man said he fired to stop burglar, now faces felony charges

READER COMMENTS: 131

After discovering someone had rummaged through the drawers and taken items from his home on Ten Rod Road, Dennis Fleming said he grabbed a .38 caliber handgun from a shelf, went outside and spotted a...

Peter Merchant, the owner of the Lakeside Restaurant in Kingston, is facing sexual assault charges after two former employees claim he assaulted them.

Kingston restaurateur charged with sex assault

READER COMMENTS: 1

The owner of the Lakeside Restaurant in Kingston is facing charges after two former female workers accused him of sexually assaulting them as teenagers.

Police officials process the scene of a methamphetamine lab found at a West Merrimack St. residence in Manchester on Tuesday afternoon.

Team dismantles 'one-pot' meth lab

READER COMMENTS: 9

Federal drug agents in white jumpsuits and respirators dismantled a methamphetamine laboratory inside a West Merrimack Street townhouse apartment discovered by Hillsborough County deputy sheriffs...

Robber pulled knife on hair stylist

READER COMMENTS: 1

MANCHESTER - A robber put a knife to the throat of a stylist washing a customer's hair in a robbery Friday night of a South Willow Street salon, police said.

Purse snatched in restaurant parking lot

READER COMMENTS: 3

MANCHESTER - A 55-year-old woman had her purse snatched Saturday in the parking lot at the Puritan Restaurant.

BEATRICE MUNYENYEZI

Trial in Manchester brings Rwandan genocide to NH

READER COMMENTS: 62

Beatrice Munyenyezi of Manchester is accused of personally participating in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, then lying about it to enter the United States and gain citizenship. She is set to stand trial...

Two charged in burglary/home invasion in Hampstead

READER COMMENTS: 3

Two people are facing charges in connection with a Hampstead home that was burglarized then became the target of a home invasion a month later.

Wendy Holden

Nashua woman allegedly forges numerous checks

READER COMMENTS: 8

NASHUA - A city woman has been arrested for allegedly forging multiple checks and cashing them at a local bank.

LABBE

Plaistow woman faces new indictments in dog torture

READER COMMENTS: 17

A Plaistow woman accused of force feeding two of her ex-boyfriends dogs with a variety of metal objects is facing a new round of indictments after a judge threw out evidence against her in November.

Pair offering to fix Tilton chimneys raise suspicions

READER COMMENTS: 0

Police said two men tried to scam some elderly residents into paying them hundreds of dollars to repair their chimneys Saturday. A similar incident was reported Saturday in Belmont, police said.

ANTHONY WHITE

Victim's death comes 6 years after shooting

READER COMMENTS: 7

The mother of a Manchester man who was partially paralyzed in the double shooting outside Domino's Pizza on the West Side six years ago wants the shooters to now face homicide charges in the wake of...

This is a Facebook photo of Christian Jackson, 3, who died Feb. 19, 2011, in Nashua.

Mom decries probe of toddler's death

READER COMMENTS: 7

Monday marks the one-year anniversary of the death of 3-year-old Christian Jackson, whose mother is now speaking out about her frustration in the homicide case.

Simon Abi Nader, Manchester field office director for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, as he talks about website scams targeting the immigrant community.

Immigrants fall prey to wide range of scams

READER COMMENTS: 15

Scams targeting immigrants are occurring daily across New Hampshire and other states, according to local Immigration officials, who add the immigrants are targeted because the con artists they think...

Police investigate Ossipee pharmacy robbery

READER COMMENTS: 4

Police are looking for a man who walked into a Rite-Aid on Route 16 Saturday and demanded narcotics from the pharmacists.

3 stabbed in city 'altercation'

READER COMMENTS: 0

Three people, including a father and son, were stabbed in what police are calling an “altercation” that happened outside 420 Maple St. early Saturday.

ERIC BEAUDOIN

Marlborough man wanted in assault, knife threat, is arrested

READER COMMENTS: 5

KEENE - A man wanted on warrants for reckless conduct, criminal threatening with a knife and simple assault was captured this afternoon after an announcement of the month-long search led to numerous...

West side store robbed at knifepoint

READER COMMENTS: 7

MANCHESTER - A man armed with a knife robbed a west side convenience store Thursday night.

Driver facing slew of charges after two separate police pursuits

READER COMMENTS: 21

A driver is under arrest after two separate police chases from Manchester to Bow that started after a Queen City police officer tried to pull over his car after it left a known drug house, according...

21-year-old Chelsea Marie May is arraigned in the district court in Keene Thursday.

Mother accused of assaulting baby appears in court

READER COMMENTS: 19

The mother accused of felonious assault against her three-month old infant daughter has taken some level of responsibility for the baby's injuries, which include a skull fracture, broken ribs and leg...

Port City man charged with assaulting his mom in front of his daughter

READER COMMENTS: 0

A local man who appears to have been living in an office suite with his eight-year-old daughter is now being held at the Rockingham County Jail, charged with assaulting his mother in front of the...

  • Should a private prison be built at Hackett Hill in Manchester?
  • Yes
  • 46%
  • No
  • 54%
  • Total Votes: 466

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