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Candidates propose ‘People’s Pledge’ for US House race
Two of the five declared Democratic candidates for the congressional seat set to be vacated by Senator-elect Edward J. Markey have proposed a pact that would attempt to limit outside spending in the US House race. State Senator Will Brownsberger and state Representative Carl Sciortino have both called for a “People’s Pledge” in the race to fill the Fifth Congressional District seat.
Meet the Mayoral Candidates: Keeping First Night alive
Can the mayor of Boston save First Night? And what would Boston be without music and ice sculptures at the turn of the new......
Starts & Stops
A do-it-yourself approach to bike ridership data
Ari Ofsevit, who runs the blog "Amateur Planner," was underwhelmed by state data on bike use on Longfellow Bridge. So he hatched a plan to conduct his own ridership count, Ninja-style.
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Dr. Terrie E. Inder to lead newborn department at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Dr. Terrie E. Inder will be chairwoman of the newly named Department of Pediatric Newborn Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. ...
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Religious leaders working on interfaith service
Religious leaders are working with the governor's office to develop Thursday morning's interfaith service in memory of the Boston Marathon bombing victims.

In the Cards

Wynn wins landslide in Everett
EVERETT -- City residents sent an emphatic message Saturday: They want Wynn.

War and Peace

As fighting season heats up, US commander says newly trained Afghan forces passing test -- so far
The annual summer fighting season is now well underway in Afghanistan, with nearly daily suicide bombings, assassinations, and other high-profile attacks by the Taliban and other militant groups. But one thing appears decidedly different this time around to Lieutenant General Mark A. Milley, a native of Winchester who is now on his third tour and commands the International Security Assistance Force Joint Command: the Afghans are fighting back, mostly on their own.

Science in Mind

Two planets discovered orbiting stars in a crowded cluster
In May, NASA scientists announced that the space-based Kepler telescope that has been scouring the sky for habitable worlds was in trouble. Part of the mechanism used to position the telescope had failed. Scientists were quick to praise the mission and note that even if it were over, they had more than enough data to analyze. The latest discovery from the data beamed back by Kepler came Wednesday, with the detection of two planets smaller than Neptune orbiting stars in a cluster about 3,000 light-years away.

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New Hampshire news

  • Death after NH bar assault ruled a homicide

    PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) -- Authorities are calling the death of a New Hampshire man following a dance-floor assault at a bar a homicide.(   07/01/2013 12:16 PM )

  • NH expects 13.6M out-of-state visitors this summer

    CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- New Hampshire tourism officials are estimating they will see about 13.6 million out-of-state visitors this summer who will spend about $1.9 billion.(   07/01/2013 11:47 AM )

  • Dartmouth signs onto NH Medicaid managed care

    CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- New Hampshire's largest health care provider signed contracts Monday with three health care plans to join the state's managed care network for Medicaid -- a key to getting the network operating.(   07/01/2013 11:42 AM )

  • NH residents urged to guard against mosquitoes

    CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- It's mosquito season, and the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services is encouraging people to take precautions against the West Nile Virus and Eastern Equine Encephalitis.(   07/01/2013 11:08 AM )

  • 2 teens accused of damaging NH golf course

    DANBURY, N.H. (AP) -- Two teens have been accused of driving a car onto the Ragged Mountain Resort Golf Course, causing $2,500 worth of damage to the fairway and other areas.(   07/01/2013 6:55 AM )

  • Flash flooding washes out some NH roads

    CLAREMONT, N.H. (AP) -- Some New Hampshire roads are washed out following steady rain over the weekend.(   07/01/2013 6:44 AM )

  • Fire damages apartment building in NH

    PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) -- A three-alarm fire on a street in Portsmouth, N.H., has destroyed several apartments and injured a firefighter.(   07/01/2013 6:26 AM )

  • Police looking for 2 men in NH home invasion

    LACONIA, N.H. (AP) -- Police in Laconia, N.H., are looking for two men who entered an apartment, assaulted the three men inside and ransacked the place.(   07/01/2013 6:10 AM )

  • Hesser College now called Mount Washington College

    MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) -- New Hampshire's Hesser College is taking on a lofty new name.(   07/01/2013 5:04 AM )

  • New NH minimum size limits for commercial fishing

    DURHAM, N.H. (AP) -- Commercial fishermen are being allowed to catch smaller cod, haddock and other groundfish in New Hampshire coastal waters.(   07/01/2013 4:10 AM )

  • Fire damages shops, displaces residents

    A three-alarm fire in downtown Portsmouth, N.H., Sunday afternoon damaged three street-level shops and displaced several people living in six residential units in the three stories above the retailers, according to fire officials. The fire's cause is unknown, but the blaze ruined the four-story building at from 38 to 38A Daniel St. housing a barbershop, an optical store, and a small art gallery, said Portsmouth fire Captain Richard Murphy. Firefighters from more than a half-dozen nearby communities helped to douse the blaze, Murphy said.(   07/01/2013 12:32 AM )

  • Electric rates going down in NH

    MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) -- New Hampshire's largest electric utility says its rates are going down.(   06/30/2013 2:33 PM )

  • NH oil company owner sued for alleged harassment

    CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- The owner of a New Hampshire heating oil company is being sued on charges he violated federal law by sexually harassing two female employees and firing one of them.(   06/30/2013 12:00 PM )

  • NH Health Dept pairs with Medscape

    CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services is partnering with a health news and information website to improve the way it distributes urgent public health messages to health care professionals.(   06/30/2013 10:48 AM )

  • NH historic hotel holds tag sale

    WHITEFIELD, N.H. (AP) -- A historic hotel in the White Mountains of northern New Hampshire is selling off part of its history as it looks to unload everything from sinks to sofas no longer in use.(   06/30/2013 9:46 AM )

  • White Mountains artist-in-residence has free talk

    CAMPTON, N.H. (AP) -- A photographer who is an artist-in-residence in the White Mountain National Forest is delivering a free talk about the history of photography in the White Mountains.(   06/30/2013 8:35 AM )

  • NH's woman's disappearance "suspicious"

    CHARLESTOWN, N.H. (AP) -- Police continued on Saturday to search for a New Hampshire woman who they believe may be injured or dead.(   06/29/2013 6:19 PM )

  • NH Police: Suspicious item _ fryer _ deemed safe

    CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- Police say a small deep fryer placed near a fuel pump caused a scare at a gas station in Concord, N.H.(   06/29/2013 6:03 PM )

  • NH Catholics invited to make pilgrimage to Berlin

    MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) -- For the second year in a row, New Hampshire Bishop Peter Libasci (lih-BAH-she) is leading a pilgrimage of Catholics to Berlin to celebrate the Feast of Saint Anne and pray for an increase of vocations to the priesthood and religious life in the Diocese of Manchester.(   06/29/2013 3:02 PM )

  • Registration still open for Mt Washington race

    PINKHAM NOTCH, N.H. (AP) -- Registration is open until Tuesday for a bicycle race up the Mount Washington Auto Road.(   06/29/2013 1:30 PM )

  • Feds seek decade for NH woman over Rwanda genocide

    CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- Beatrice Munyenyezi entered the United States in 1998 as a Rwandan refugee with three young daughters who told U.S. Customs officials she took no part in the 1994 Rwanda genocide and instead was a survivor whose relatives were among the 800,000 killed.(   06/29/2013 12:20 PM )

  • 2 NH women charged in Gonic robbery

    ROCHESTER, N.H. (AP) -- Two New Hampshire women have been indicted on charges of robbing a Gonic convenience store in April.(   06/29/2013 9:32 AM )

  • Vt. home invasion suspect arrested in NH

    KEENE, N.H. (AP) -- A man wanted in a home invasion in Vermont has been arrested in New Hampshire.(   06/29/2013 8:36 AM )

  • Man sentenced for manslaughter in baby assault

    CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- The New Hampshire attorney general says 47-year-old man has been sentenced to prison for manslaughter for an assault on a baby more than 20 years ago that led to the child's death as a teenager.(   06/28/2013 7:37 PM )

  • Police search for missing NH woman

    CHARLETOWN, N.H. (AP) -- Police are searching for a missing Charlestown, N.H., woman who they believe may have suffered physical harm or death.(   06/28/2013 7:24 PM )