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Moving Mussels

By Mike Arnold on Friday, August 29, 2003.

Mike Arnold talks with Ethan Nedeau, owner of BioDrawVersity. Nedeau recently led a team of biologists on a mission to relocate rare Dwarf Wedgemussles found in the Connecticut River.

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State Lists Schools In Need of Improvement

By Dan Gorenstein on Friday, August 29, 2003.

The New Hampshire Department of Education has released this year’s list of schools that have tentatively been identified as in need of improvement.

These schools have failed to meet No Child Left Behind testing standards two years in a row.

New Hampshire Public Radio’s Dan Gorenstein reports.

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NCLB: States See More Impact on the Horizon

By Jon Greenberg on Friday, August 29, 2003.

In every state, No Child Left Behind has begun to touch how schools function. New Hampshire Public Radio’s Jon Greenberg has this look at how the new law is playing out elsewhere.

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Segway Summits Mt. Washington

By Trish Anderton on Thursday, August 28, 2003.

Yesterday marked a milestone in the history of the Segway Human Transporter. The brainchild of New Hampshire inventor Dean Kamen made its first official climb up Mt. Washington, the highest mountain in the northeast. Three riders took turns piloting the Segway up the Mount Washington Auto Road. NHPR�S Trish Anderton was there.

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UNH Gains New Respect

By Doug MacPherson on Wednesday, August 27, 2003.

Last week was a pretty good week for the University of New Hampshire.
The federal government formally recognized the school�s excellence in marine research. The publisher of an influential guide to colleges announced it no longer recognized U-N-H as a �party school.� �Welcome� signs went up all over campus, to mark the arrival of what school officials say is one of the strongest freshman classes ever.
In many respects, The University of New Hampshire appears poised to take its place among the best research universities in the nation.
But the folks back home don�t seem all that impressed.
New Hampshire Public Radio�s Doug MacPherson reports.

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The John Edwards Bus Tour Stops in Littleton

By David Darman on Tuesday, August 26, 2003.

Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards spent the last six days riding his "Real Solutions" bus around New Hampshire.

Edwards and his family took the trip to meet face to face with Granite State voters.

Last Friday, NHPR's David Darman caught up with the Edwards bus in Littleton, and files this report.

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Kucinich: The Home Town View

By Jon Greenberg on Tuesday, August 26, 2003.

Ohio congressman Dennis Kucinich is a contender for the Democratic nomination. Kucinich does not shy from the label of liberal reformer. He supports a single-payer health care system. He has voted against every free trade agreement. He is a vigorous opponent of the war in Iraq.

Those are the issues he talks about on the campaign trail. But for voters in his home district of West Cleveland, Kucinich is known for different reasons. During the primary, New Hampshire Public Radio is talking with home town reporters. NHPR?s Jon Greenberg spoke with Tom Diemer, Washington Bureau Chief for the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

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Best New Hampshire Swimming Holes

By Doug MacPherson on Friday, August 22, 2003.

It?s hard to imagine Summertime in New Hampshire without swimming. Most people are content to swim in the ocean or in a lake or even in a backyard pool. Then there are the self-described ?purists? -- those who will swim only in the fast- moving, pristine waters of what is traditionally known as a swimming hole. Pancho Doll is one such purist. He?s written a guide to swimming holes from Virginia to Maine.
Day Trips with a Splash "Northeastern Swimming Holes" contains more than 200-entries, eight of them in New Hampshire. New Hampshire Public Radio?s Doug MacPherson recently accompanied Doll on a visit to a swimming hole Doll recommends in Sandwich.

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Campaign Softball Tournament

By Raquel Maria Dillon on Friday, August 22, 2003.

Dean beat Lieberman. Edwards is out after losing to Gephardt. And Kerry slaughtered Graham 15-to-2?
No, it?s not the latest presidential primary poll, it?s campaign softball season. New Hampshire campaign staffers and interns make up the co-ed teams.
This afternoon at Manchester?s Derryfield Park, the last teams left standing ? Dean, Gephardt, Kerry (and Team Lieberman, the wildcard) ? will play for the championship. New Hampshire Public Radio?s Raquel Maria Dillon attended a game earlier in the season.

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Mushroom Boom

By Lisa Peakes on Friday, August 22, 2003.

NHPR's Morning Edition host Lisa Peakes talks with the president of the Sandwich Area Mushroom Club about how lots of heavy rains have affected mushroom growth.

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