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By Laura Knoy on Monday, May 13, 2002.

You catch your best friend’s spouse kissing someone else-do you tell? You find a hundred dollar bill by your neighbor’s trash can-do you keep it? Randy Cohen (AKA: “The Ethicist” from The New York Times Magazine) tackles these and other everyday moral questions in his weekly column. Monday, he’ll tackle yours. www.randomhouse.com/features/ethicist.

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Donald Hall

By John Walters on Monday, May 13, 2002.

His new collection is called "The Painted Bed." Many of the poems are about his late wife and fellow poet Jane Kenyon, who died in 1995. After seven years, she remains a palpable presence, even as he begins to form other relationships in his life.

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Cigarette Taxes in Two States Affect New Hampshire Economy

By David Darman on Monday, May 13, 2002.

If the Massachusetts House gets its way, the Commonwealth could soon double the tax it levies on cigarettes, to $1.51 per pack. New Hampshire retailers say that increase could translate into higher cigarette sales in the Granite State. But anti-smoking activists in New Hampshire are preparing a media campaign to reduce smoking. NHPR's David Darman has more.

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Is Welfare Reform Working?

By Dan Gorenstein on Monday, May 13, 2002.

Congress is expected to update the 1996 welfare reform legislation in the coming weeks. That law gave states greater flexibility in their effort to move people from the welfare rolls to the workforce. New Hampshire officials say the reforms are working and they?re asking the federal government to renew the state?s program. But is the program actually working? NHPR?s Dan Gorenstein reports.

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