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Vermont's Bernie Sanders faces GOP Challenger

By Kevin Forrest on Wednesday, October 6, 2004.

In all the Congresssional races this year in New Hampshire, comfortably incumbent Republicans face Democratic challengers.

Across the Connecticut River, however, voters face a mirror image.

Republicans are the challengers.

And one of Vermont Representative Bernie Sanders' opponents is making some serious charges.

The Vermont Standard's Kevin Forrest reports:

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Nader Stumps in New Hampshire

By Drew Wilkins on Wednesday, October 6, 2004.

Ralph Nader stumped at the University of New Hampshire on Tuesday to garner student support for his independent presidential campaign.

Nader had a rough ride to get on the ballot in New Hampshire, but he was successful, and that worries many Democrats.

NHPR's Drew Wilkins has more.

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Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!

By John Walters on Wednesday, October 6, 2004.

Paul Lally has been the man behind the curtain for almost all of his life: Whether it was as a kid, providing the voices for the family pets, or as a producer, allowing two of Public Television's most beloved personalities to shine.

Paul has spent much of his career working with the talented Fred Rogers on Mr Roger's Neighborhood and Mary Ann Esposito on Ciao, Italia. But Paul is a talented personality in his own right.

For many years he hosted "The Gentle Giant" and other PBS programs for children. His gift for storytelling is captured in his newly re-released CD, A Fairy Tale Comforter for Children

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Groups Work to Register New Voters

By Rebecca Kaufman on Wednesday, October 6, 2004.

From community organizations to rock stars, various groups are involved in major campaigns this year to get people registered to vote on November 2nd.

And recent reports from around the country seem to suggest that the wide ranging efforts are paying off.

In states where the presidential race is hotly contested like Pennsylvania and Ohio, election officials are saying they are inundated with hundreds of thousands of new registrations.

And even in smaller battleground states like New Hampshire, there's no shortage of groups on the hunt for new voters.

New Hampshire Public Radio's Rebecca Kaufman has the story.

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Lynch: Benson Surplus A Sham

By Josh Rogers on Wednesday, October 6, 2004.

Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate John Lynch says Craig Benson is wrong to say the state ended the fiscal year with a surplus. Lynch says Benson is hiding an 18 million dollar shortfall in the state's health insurance fund.

New Hampshire Public Radio's Josh Rogers has more.

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Vice Presidential Debate Recap

By Laura Knoy on Wednesday, October 6, 2004.

On Tuesday, Vice President Dick Cheney and Senator John Edwards square off for the one and only Vice Presidential debate. Many don't take this contest of words and issues as serious as the Presidential debates, yet in such a tight election, this debate for the second highest office could tip the scales for either President Bush or Senator John Kerry. We'll recap last night's debate and see who came out on top. Laura's guests are Dante Scala, Associate Professor of Politics at Saint Anselm College and author of "Stormy Weather: The New Hampshire Primary and Presidential Politics" and Tim Walch, Director of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum, in West Branch, Iowa and editor of At the President's Side: The Vice President in the 20th Century.

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