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City Year New Hampshire has graduated its first volunteers.

The organization, which is part of Americorps, usually focuses its efforts on helping kids in urban areas.

This past school year was the first time City Year had come to small town America.

Two recent graduates, Jason Cheatham and Elizabeth Utley, joined NHPR's Mark Bevis in the studio to talk about what they learned this year, and how it helped.

Last winter's severe weather took its toll on some of the state's wildlife, and especially deer. In response, the Fish and Game Department wants to make some changes in this year's hunting season.

During his recent visit to Europe, President Bush faced a great deal of criticism for his administration's opposition to the Kyoto climate change agreement.

The U.S. is the largest producer of greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide.

But, the administration argues, because of its landmass, the U.S. also absorbs a great deal of the carbon it emits, and therefore deserves a credit.

Scientists call those places that absorb carbon "carbon sinks."

The most recent issue of Science magazine includes an article on carbon sinks, co-authored by UNH assistant research professor George Hurtt.

Hurtt works in the university's Institute for the Study of Earth Oceans and Space.

Hurtt described the research's findings to NHPR's Doug Macpherson.

Some business organizations are lobbying heavily against proposed increases in corporate taxes. But others are hanging back, saying they fear a worse solution, or simply saying their members don't agree on how to solve the state's revenue woes.

Many schools try to get their students real world experience, often by setting up internships or work-study programs. In Littleton, high school marketing students are actually running their own business. It's an on-line candy store. You can find it at http://www.chutter.com/