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Seabrook Officials say Nuke Plant is Safe

By Roger Wood on Tuesday, December 18, 2001.

Seabrook officials say the nuclear power plant is as safe as can be from a terrorist attack. Correspondent Roger Wood reports.

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The Full Story of The Lord of the Rings

By John Walters on Tuesday, December 18, 2001.

"The Lord of the Rings" is one of the best-selling fantasy series of all time and the movie version hits the big screen tomorrow. Michael Stanton is a professor at the University of Vermont and he has just written a book entitled, "Hobbits, Elves, and Wizards: Exploring the Wonders and Worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings." Stanton says that "The Lord of the Rings" is only a small part of the fictional world that was created by J.R.R. Tolkien. He discusses the trilogy and the man who wrote it.

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Overweight Americans

By Laura Knoy on Tuesday, December 18, 2001.

Normal weight adults are now a minority in the US and childhood obesity is at an all time high. The Surgeon General says being overweight is not just a personal issue, it's a pressing public health problem. Laura's guest is Margo Wootan, Director of
Nutrition Policy at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, a consumer group based in Washington DC www.cspinet.org.

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Judicial Performance Audit Hangs In Limbo

By Josh Rogers on Tuesday, December 18, 2001.

Lawmakers? attempt to performance audit the state court system has hit another snag. A legislative committee has voted to table a court -approved audit proposal because of concerns about its restrictive scope.

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Water Rules the Day

By Dan Gorenstein on Tuesday, December 18, 2001.

Governor Jeanne Shaheen, today (yesterday), proposed three bills aimed at improving state water law. NHPR's Dan Gorenstein reports, the package introduces incentives and more strict regulations to better manage the natural resource the governor calls the oil of the 21st century.

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