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Poll: Republican Gabriel Gomez is nearly tied with Democrat Edward Markey in US Senate race
Gabriel E. Gomez, the Republican nominee for US Senate in Massachusetts, is nearly tied with his Democratic opponent, US Representative Edward J. Markey, according to a poll released Friday. Gomez, who scored an upset victory over two rivals in the Republican primary on Tuesday, has the support of 40 percent of likely voters in the June 25 general election, compared to 44 percent for Markey, according to the survey by Public Policy Polling.
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Beth Israel Deaconess, Cambridge Health Alliance form partnership
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a downtown Boston hospital aggressively courting health providers in the suburbs, has formed a partner ...
The Big Picture
Daily Life: April 2013

Articles of Faith

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

Gambling commission opens Southeastern Mass to commerical casino developers
The state gambling commission today voted 5-0 to lift the freeze on commercial casino development in Southeastern Massachusetts, and will solicit bids from gambling companies interested in competing for development rights in the region. The freeze had been established by lawmakers to give the Mashpee Wampanoag time to make progress on a tribal casino in the region.

War and Peace

Top spy orders review of intelligence prior to Boston bombing
The nation's top spy on Monday requested a broad review into "the US government's handling of intelligence information leading up to up to the Boston Marathon bombings," according to an internal memo, the latest sign that top officials are concerned that critical warning signs may have been missed that could have prevented the worst terrorist attack on American soil since 9/11.

Science in Mind

Social networks after an emergency: who did you text after the Boston Marathon bombings?
Researchers at Northeastern University are asking people to download an app that will help them understand how, exactly, we communicated and connected in the aftermath of a tragedy. Did we call the people we are in touch with most frequently, or were we flooded with voicemails and messages from people we haven't spoken to in weeks?
Winners of the 2013 New England Venture Capital Association Awards
The New England Venture Capital Association held its first-ever awards party tonight in Harvard Square. These were the winners....
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New Hampshire news

  • NH remembers Old Man with moment of silence

    About 200 people gathered Friday on the 10th anniversary of the Old Man of the Mountain's fall, their faces turned upward toward the rock out of which his granite visage once jutted. They were there for a ceremony in White Mountain National Forest: a moment of silence, messages from New Hampshire's federal legislators, and a short speech by state Senator Jeff Woodburn. But more importantly, they were there for the Old Man, in whose honor Governor Maggie Hassan and the Executive Council declared May 3 ''Old Man of the Mountain Remembrance Day.''(   05/04/2013 12:00 AM )

  • N.H. woman charged with child assault and porn

    New Hampshire police say a 20-year-old Manchester woman sexually assaulted a 3-year-old girl and sent images of the assault to an Air Force officer stationed in Japan.(   05/04/2013 12:00 AM )

  • NH fuel tanker crash kills 2

    KEENE, N.H. (AP) -- New Hampshire police have identified the two people killed when their vehicle collided with a fuel tanker in Keene. (   05/03/2013 5:33 PM )

  • NH remembers Old Man with moment of silence

    FRANCONIA, N.H. (AP) -- About 200 people gathered Friday on the 10th anniversary of the Old Man of the Mountain's fall, their faces turned upward toward the rock out of which his granite visage once jutted. (   05/03/2013 4:16 PM )

  • NH police charge 20-year-old with child porn

    MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) -- New Hampshire police say a 20-year-old Manchester woman sexually assaulted a 3-year-old girl and sent images of the assault to an Air Force officer stationed in Japan. (   05/03/2013 3:46 PM )

  • Maine panel hears case for marijuana legalization

    AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- With other states already starting to allow the legal use of marijuana, Maine needs to get ahead of the issue and legalize, regulate and tax the sale of the drug, lawmakers were told Friday. (   05/03/2013 2:52 PM )

  • NH officers charge 2 men with poaching baby eels

    CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- New Hampshire Fish and Game officers have two men in custody and two buckets of baby eels as evidence of what they say is part of an international eel-poaching operation believed to be driven by a worldwide shortage of eels. (   05/03/2013 2:24 PM )

  • NH man held without bail in stabbing death of wife

    MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) -- New Hampshire's attorney general says a 46-year-old Manchester woman died of multiple stab wounds to the neck. (   05/03/2013 2:11 PM )

  • NH investment firm seeks Alcoa's NC dams license

    RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- A New Hampshire investment firm is challenging Alcoa Inc.'s bid for a new federal license to operate dams along one of North Carolina's largest rivers, demanding that federal regulators recognize circumstances have changed since the relicensing process started more than a decade ago. (   05/03/2013 2:06 PM )

  • NH delegation united against sales tax

    CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- Though some have been more outspoken than others, all four members of New Hampshire's congressional delegation now say they oppose a bill that would require shoppers to pay sales tax for online purchases. (   05/03/2013 1:03 PM )

  • NH GOP lawmaker apologizes about bombing comments

    CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- A Republican New Hampshire lawmaker under fire from her party is apologizing for her comments about the Boston Marathon bombings and lack of pain on a victim's face. (   05/03/2013 11:24 AM )

  • NH police warn of man who threatened arrest

    HUDSON, N.H. (AP) -- The Hudson Police Department says it wants people to be aware of an incident in which a man threatened to arrest another driver after getting him to stop by flashing his lights while driving in the New Hampshire community. (   05/03/2013 7:47 AM )

  • Utility chief say NH's Northern Pass will be built

    CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- A top official with a utility working to build the Northern Pass power line through northern New Hampshire says a new proposed route for the project is going to be announced in July. (   05/03/2013 7:00 AM )

  • Vt. police make arrest in old hit and run

    HARTLAND, Vt. (AP) -- Vermont State Police say an arrest has been made in a five-month-old hit and run that seriously injured a man who was struck while putting gas in his truck on U.S. Route 5 in Hartland. (   05/03/2013 6:36 AM )

  • NH cops say no one in car found submerged in river

    NASHUA, N.H. (AP) -- New Hampshire emergency responders say there was no one inside a car found submerged in about 10 feet of water in the Merrimack River in Hudson. (   05/03/2013 6:24 AM )

  • Family of missing journalist to speak in Boston

    BOSTON (AP) -- The New Hampshire-based family of a journalist missing in Syria is speaking about him at a Boston event celebrating "World Press Freedom Day." (   05/03/2013 5:03 AM )

  • Mass. Air Guard conducted training over N.H.

    If it sounded a little busy in the skies above parts of New Hampshire and Massachusetts, it was because some fighter jet pilots were taking part in a training exercise. F-15 fighter jets from the 104th Fighter Wing in Westfield, Mass., were conducting maneuvers with Civil Air Patrol propeller aircraft on Thursday.(   05/03/2013 12:00 AM )

  • N.H. Senate rejects chemical cremation

    CONCORD, N.H. The New Hampshire Senate rejected a proposal Thursday to legalize a chemical cremation process that dissolves human remains into a soapy liquid, citing fears that the byproduct could enter the groundwater if not disposed of properly. The Senate voted 16 to 8 against a House-passed bill that would have legalized a process known as alkaline hydrolysis.(   05/03/2013 12:00 AM )

  • NH's Old Man noted in Congressional, state records

    CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- New Hampshire lawmakers both in Washington and Concord are honoring the Old Man of the Mountain 10 years after the granite profile tumbled to the ground. (   05/02/2013 7:03 PM )

  • UNC-Chapel Hill to compensate Folt $520K, benefits

    CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) -- The incoming chancellor of the country's oldest public university will enjoy several benefits beyond her $520,000 annual salary when she moves from the Ivy League to North Carolina this summer. (   05/02/2013 4:53 PM )

  • NH civic groups: Casinos book best entertainers

    CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- The executive director of the Capitol Center for the Arts told a special House gambling panel Thursday that a proposed New Hampshire casino would outbid her nonprofit and others like it for the top entertainment acts needed to survive. (   05/02/2013 4:48 PM )

  • NH revenues $48M above projections in April

    CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- New Hampshire's year-to-date tax collections are finally in the black -- thanks to strong business tax receipts and money from a national tobacco settlement. (   05/02/2013 4:25 PM )

  • 2 rescued at NH's Hampton Beach

    HAMPTON, N.H. (AP) -- Police say at least two people have been rescued after being knocked into the water by breaking surf at New Hampshire's Hampton Beach. (   05/02/2013 4:21 PM )

  • NH Senate rejects marijuana decriminalization bill

    CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- New Hampshire won't join neighboring Maine and Massachusetts in decriminalizing possession of small amounts marijuana after the Senate rejected what it called a deeply flawed proposal removing criminal penalties for possession of up to a quarter ounce of the drug. (   05/02/2013 4:07 PM )

  • NH Senate rejects chemical cremation of bodies

    CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- The New Hampshire Senate rejected a proposal Thursday to legalize a chemical cremation process that dissolves human remains into a soapy liquid, citing fears that the byproduct could enter the groundwater if not disposed of properly. (   05/02/2013 3:44 PM )