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ArchivesThe Battle over MtBEBy Laura Knoy on Tuesday, October 21, 2003.Earlier this month, New Hampshire became the first state to file suit against several oil companies, blaming them for the fuel additive contaminating the state's water supply. The lawsuit highlights a broader national struggle over energy policy. Our guests include Nancy Girard, Vice President of the Conservation Law Foundation , and Scott Segal, an attorney who represents MtBE manufacturers in Washington, D.C. listen:
 Sen. Sununu Backs Bill to Reform Patriot ActBy Judith Smelser on Tuesday, October 21, 2003.New Hampshire Senator john Sununu is co-sponsoring legislation that he says would shore up civil liberties protections under the Patriot Act. Congress passed the law six weeks after the September 11TH attacks. Since then critics have grown increasingly concerned about the new surveillance powers the law gives the government. Senator Sununu says the bill he's supporting would put new checks on those powers. But he says it would not erode the government's ability to fight terrorism. NHPR's Washington Correspondent Judith Smelser reports. listen:
It Was No SurpriseBy Eric Woolson on Tuesday, October 21, 2003.The rumblings a couple weeks ago were that Wesley Clark wasn't going to last very long in the Iowa caucuses, what with liberal Gov. Tom Vilsack publicly questioning Clark's "Democraticness." And those rumblings were absolutely right. Clark made it official Sunday; he's skipping Iowa. Our TownBy John Walters on Tuesday, October 21, 2003.Everyday life, love, and death in a small New Hampshire town- those are the main themes in Our Town, the classic play by Thornton Wilder. Our Town takes place in Grover's Corners, a town believed to be modeled after Peterborough. Wilder was a fellow at the McDowell Colony in Peterborough several times. There is a new production of Our Town on Broadway and on PBS starring Paul Newman and new editions of all of Wilder's novels and plays are being released by Perennial Classics. We talk with Tappan Wilder, Thornton Wilder's nephew and literary executor, about the enduring play and the man behind it. listen:
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