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Community Life After 9/11

By Laura Knoy on Monday, September 9, 2002.

After the attacks, there was a sharp increase in volunteering, charitable giving, and church-going. We'll find out how much of this goodwill has lasted and how much we've gone back to our old ways. Laura's guests are Robert Putnam, professor of Public Policy at Harvard University and author of "Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community." and Lewis Feldstein, president of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation.

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Two Turning Points in American History

By John Walters on Monday, September 9, 2002.

The world changed on September 11th, 2001 and also on December 7th, 1941- the attack on Pearl Harbor. Kurk Dorsey is a historian at the University of New Hampshire. He talks about how the two events have shaped government policy and our society and what lessons we might take from the response to Pearl Harbor.

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There's More to Racing than NHIS

By Jim Jeannotte on Monday, September 9, 2002.

This coming week, thousands of racing fans will flock to New Hampshire International Speedway in Loudon to see their heros in action. But throughout the summer months, thousands to to Lee USA, Star Speedway, Monadnock and half a dozen smaller tracks. They go for their weekly racing fix. These tracks are the training ground for young drivers including women. NHPR Correspondent Jim Jeannotte has the story.

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GOP First District Candidates Final Day

By Dan Gorenstein on Monday, September 9, 2002.

For Republican candidates for New Hampshire?s First Congressional District shook hands, waved signs, interrupted people?s lunches, and smiled a lot yesterday. Four others spent at least part of their day denouncing their rival John Stephen?s candidacy. Just one day before the primary, NHPR?s Dan Gorenstein reports candidates in the crowded first were still trying to gain some name recognition and connect to the large number of undecided voters.

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