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FTAA ~ should be FAIR not Free

By Pat Barss on Wednesday, December 3, 2003.

I am surrounded by active Teamsters who (for the Primary anyway) are supporting Gephardt. They hope that they can give him a stong showing in New Hampshire - pretty sure he will win Iowa but I believe in the end will support whatever Democratic Candidate is nominated - They do not support FREE TRADE - believeing that it will take jobs away from hardworking Americans!

The Cold Truth

By Eric Woolson on Wednesday, December 3, 2003.

Today's the day when the real battle begins for candidates stumping in the Iowa presidential caucuses. Sure, they've been on the trail for months. But today marks our first measurable snowfall for most of the state, and that's when things get interesting. The candidates go from just battling each other to battle each other and the elements.

Three to eight inches of snow -- which is what we received through the central part of the state -- has a way of slowing down caravans, like John Edwards' 25-county blitz, and grounding small planes that carry candidates to the towns with airports too small for even the smallest jets.

The Taking

By John Walters on Wednesday, December 3, 2003.

The Taking by J.D. Landis is a novel of love and obsession in a lost landscape. It takes place in the 30s, in the area of Massachusetts that?s about to be lost in the making of the Quabbin Reservoir. A young woman moves in and gets involved in a tangle of relationships with a minister, his wife and a mysterious young man. J.D. Landis will talk about his novel and his first career as an editor for a New York publishing house.

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Canada Drugs

By Laura Knoy on Wednesday, December 3, 2003.

More and more Americans are finding cheaper prescriptions across the border in Canada. Now some cities and states including New Hampshire would like to do the same. But others warn that drugs from the True North may not be safe. Today, we'll debate the idea of importing prescription drugs from Canada. Laura's guests are David Gross, A Senior Policy Advisor with the AARP?s Public Policy Institute. Jeff Truit, Media spokesman for Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, PHRMA. Michael Albano, Mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts and Roland Lamy, Senior Consultant and Principal at the Helms Company, based in Concord.

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AG Promises Thorough and Independent Probe

By Josh Rogers on Wednesday, December 3, 2003.

Governor Benson offers first public comments about $885,000 state contract now under investigation.
His remarks came on the heels of AG's assurance that inquiry "would follow the facts where they led."

NHPR's Josh Rogers has more.

NHPR's series on Linda Pepin and the Choicelinx contract earned a 2004 Sigma Delta Chi Award for Radio Investigative Reporting from the Society of Professional Journalists.

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Clark Says US Should Submit to International Law

By Jon Greenberg on Wednesday, December 3, 2003.

Periodically this primary season, New Hampshire Public Radio has been bringing you extended comments from the democratic presidential candidates. Last night at St. Anselm College in Manchester, General Wesley Clark fielded questions from about 75 students.

One of them raised the issue of the Bush administration?s handling of more than 600 detainees at Guantanamo Bay. He wanted to know if the men captured during the war in Afghanistan should be treated as prisoners of war.

New Hampshire Public Radio?s Jon Greenberg has more.

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Students Question Clark at St. Anselm

By NHPR Staff on Wednesday, December 3, 2003.

General Wesley Clark talks about why the US should submit to international law, his approach to affirmative action, his opposition to No Child Left Behind and many other issues. Questions were submitted by high school and college students from around the country as part of America's Youth Forum 2004 sponsored by the Institute of Politics at St. Anselm and USA Today.

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