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Testing the Human Transporter

By Lisa Peakes on Thursday, December 12, 2002.

Since November 18th, Amazon dot com has been offering the Segway Human Transporter for just under 5 thousand dollars. It won't be available for delivery until March, but a few are being made available to winners of an essay contest. NHPR's Lisa Peakes spoke with a winner from Exeter about his new wheels.

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More Poverty. Less Heat. Less Assistance.

By Mark Bevis on Thursday, December 12, 2002.

2nd District congressman Charlie Bass is urging President Bush not to cut low income heating fuel assistance this year.

The President has proposed cutting 300 million dollars from the fund.

This comes at a time when fuel prices are higher.

And the weather has been colder than last year.

Here in New Hampshire social service programs are already feeling the strain.

Louise Bergeron is energy director at Southern New Hampshire Services.

She tells NHPR's Mark Bevis the demand for assistance is very high.

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