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Suing Gun Makers

By Laura Knoy on Wednesday, May 21, 2003.

New proposals would limit the industry's liability for injury when someone misuses firearms or ammunition. Laura talks with Jay Simkin with Gun Owners of New Hamsphire (GO-NH) www.gonh.org and Chuck Drew with New Hampshire Cease Fire www.nhceasefire.org.

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Memorializing the Casualties of War

By John Walters on Wednesday, May 21, 2003.

James Tatum is a professor of Classics at Dartmouth. His specialty is the Iliad, the epic poem about a devastating conflict between Athens and Troy. He's made the Iliad the centerpiece of his new book on the process of remembering those lost in war. The Mourner's Song traces the process from ancient Greece to the Vietnam War memorial.

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Farmers Buy Milk Machines for Schools

By Trish Anderton on Wednesday, May 21, 2003.

For years, soft drink companies have used vending machines in schools to sell their products directly to kids. Now, some New Hampshire dairy farmers are taking on the big soda companies. Farmers in the North Country are raising money to install milk vending machines in schools. NHPR?S Trish Anderton reports.

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