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A Cosmic Display Worth Getting Up For

By David Darman on Friday, November 16, 2001.

Residents of New Hampshire will be treated to a cosmic show early Sunday morning. Between 4 and 6 am?..the earth will be passing through dust left behind by the Temple-Tuttle comet. The result will be a meteor shower that should be worth getting up for?.that?s according to UNH Space Physicist Eberhard Moebius.
Impress your friends with this fact: The Leonid shower comes from dust left by the Temple-Tuttle comet when it passed this way back in 1766.

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Paper Takes Manchester Arena to Court

By Trish Anderton on Friday, November 16, 2001.

As the new Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester prepares to host its first hockey game tonight, a local weekly newspaper complains it?s being shut out. The Hippo Press took the arena to court yesterday, saying a contract allowing only the Union Leader of Manchester to distribute papers there is unconstitutional. NHPR's Trish Anderton reports.

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UNH Report : Juvenile Murders Have Risen Since '70

By David Darman on Friday, November 16, 2001.

A report from the University of New Hampshire says there has been an increase in juvenile murders nationwide since the 1970's. The report was released today, and says kids of different ages face different risks.

NHPR's David Darman has more.

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