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Leonid Meteor Shower Should Provide Good Show

By Mark Bevis on Tuesday, November 19, 2002.

HOPE FOR A CLEAR SKY TOMORROW MORNING.

RESIDENTS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE MAY BE ABLE TO SEE LIGHT SHOW LIKE FEW OTHERS.

TOMORROW MORNING ABOUT 5 OR 5:30, THE EARTH WILL BE PASSING THROUGH A METEOR SHOWER.

TO FIND OUT MORE, NHPR?S MARK BEVIS SPOKE TO PROFESSOR EBERHARD MOEBIUS (EB-burr-hardt MUR-bee-us).

MOEBIUS TEACHES PHYSICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE?S SPACE SCIENCE CENTER.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE METEOR SHOWER GO THE NASA WEB SITE: WWW.NASA.GOV

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New EPA Website Lets You Track Co. Records

By Mark Bevis on Tuesday, November 19, 2002.

IS THERE A FACTORY IN YOUR TOWN YOU?RE WORRIED ABOUT?

MAYBE ITS DUMPING WASTE INTO A RIVER.

MAYBE THE SMOKE FROM ITS CHIMNEY IS JUST A LITTLE TOO DARK.

WELL, STARTING TOMORROW, YOU?LL BE ABLE TO GO TO A NEW E.P.A. WEBSITE TO FIND OUT THE COMPANY?S ENVIRONMENTAL RECORD.

THE AGENCY?S KEN BLOOMBERG TELLS NHPR?S MARK BEVIS?.IT?S PART OF AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE PUBLIC ACCESS TO EPA INFORMATION.
For More Information on the site click here: www.epa.gov/echo

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NH Doesn't Make Grade on Care for Dying

By Mark Bevis on Tuesday, November 19, 2002.

It's not the rosiest of predictions, but it's inevitable.

We're all going to die.

The question is, how well are we going to die?

What care will we receive in our last days, or last hours?

A national organization has compiled data on how well states care for the dying.

It's the nation's first state-by-state report card on the subject.

Andy Burness is with Last Acts, a coalition of health care groups and medical associations.

He spoke with NHPR's Mark Bevis.

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