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Canadian Dollar Rise Could Help NH

By Amy Quinton on Friday, November 12, 2004.

The Canadian dollar is the strongest it's been in more than a decade compared to the U-S dollar. While the American greenback is still worth more, the change could mean more Canadians spending time and money in New Hampshire. New Hampshire Public Radio's Amy Quinton reports.

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James Sturm

By John Walters on Friday, November 12, 2004.

Comic artist and graphic novelist James Sturm joins John Walters to discuss his medium and his plans for the Center for Cartoon Studies. It's a new graduate art school devoted to the medium of sequential arts in White River Junction, Vermont. www.cartoonstudies.org

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Anadromous Fish and NH's Dammed rivers

By Iain MacLeod on Friday, November 12, 2004.

NH is home to a number of anadromous fish who come in from the ocean to spawn in New Hampshire's rivers. The only problem is that their path to their breeding ground is anything but clear.

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The Life and Legacy of John James Audubon

By Laura Knoy on Friday, November 12, 2004.

The ultimate painter of birds, Audubon's work put a humanistic, colorful and almost three-dimensional side to his subjects in an age where most of the world did not take birds too seriously. His work sparked a newfound excitement in the relatively unknown science of ornithology. Audubon was born a Frenchman but his story is uniquely American, a story a man reinventing himself to find success at a time when our country was finding its national character. Laura's guest is Richard Rhodes, author of "John James Audubon: The Making of an American"

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North Country Inns Looking for New Clientel

By Trish Anderton on Friday, November 12, 2004.

The City of Philadelphia grabbed national headlines earlier this year when it launched a marketing campaign to lure gay and lesbian tourists.

But a similar effort is happening in a smaller and quieter way in New Hampshire’s North Country.

NHPR Correspondent Trish Anderton reports.

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