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State Continues to Struggle With Domestic Violence

By Dan Gorenstein on Wednesday, December 29, 2004.

As of December 29th / December 30th, 18 people have been murdered in New Hampshire in 2004.

Two-thirds of those homicides are a result of domestic violence.

That's in keeping with the pattern the state has seen over the past 14 years and are in line with national figures.

While a relative few people are murdered annually, New Hampshire Public Radio's Dan Gorenstein reports, officials are anxious to improve how they deal with domestic violence.

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Benson Calls Current Use Change a Threat

By Josh Rogers on Wednesday, December 29, 2004.

Governor Craig Benson is pledging to fight a proposed rule change that could increase property taxes on forest land enrolled in the state's current use program. Advocacy groups for land conservation and the timber industry, meanwhile, support the change.

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