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Slouching Towards Compromise

By Josh Rogers on Thursday, August 7, 2003.

State budget writers and Governor Craig Benson will meet again this morning to take up the state budget. Late last month, all agreed they were close to reaching a compromise. But as New Hampshire Public Radio’s Josh Rogers reports the numbers might not add up.

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The Big Money in Unwanted Emails

By Brian McWilliams on Thursday, August 7, 2003.

Junk e-mail has become a major aggravation for many Internet users. The unwanted electronic pitches for pornography and get-rich schemes are clogging peoples' e-mail inboxes.

What makes junk e-mail or "spam" especially annoying is that the senders are usually unidentifiable, shadowy businesses that are nearly impossible to track down.

But as NHPR correspondent Brian McWilliams found, sometimes the source of a junk email message is a company right around the corner.

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Budget Compromise Unveiled

By Josh Rogers on Thursday, August 7, 2003.

Governor Craig Benson and legislative leaders have reached agreement on a state budget. Through the use of a legislative maneuver, the deal projects 50 million dollars in new savings, but keeps spending at the same levels authorized by the budget Benson vetoed in June.

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