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Study: Child Sex Abuse Rates Down

By David Darman on Friday, February 13, 2004.

A study by the Crimes Against Children Group at UNH cites a forty percent decline in the number of child sex abuse cases between the years 1992 and 2000.

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The Single Life

By Laura Knoy on Friday, February 13, 2004.

All across the country singletons will celebrate this Valentines day alone?and happy about it. These days, more and more people are postponing marriage or rejecting it all together. We'll talk about who these people are and why they are embracing the single life. Laura's guests are Ethan Watters, author of Urban Tribes: A Generation Redefines Friendship, Family and Commitment and Sasha Cagen, author of Quirkyalone.

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Bringing the World Closer Together

By John Walters on Friday, February 13, 2004.

James Cramer is President of World Learning, which provides educational and cultural-exchange programs on six continents. It's goal is to promote cooperation and understanding and it was very influential in the creation of the Peace Corps. Its academic arm, the School for International Training, has been located in in Brattleboro, VT for 70 years.

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Gay Marriage Debate Comes to NH

By John Milne on Friday, February 13, 2004.

The national debate over gay marriage is coming to New Hampshire. The Senate begins debate Tuesday on a measure that would define marriage as a union between a man and a woman. The bill would declare the state?s power to reject gay civil unions and similar arrangements. Supporters of gay marriage don?t just oppose the bill, they seek full legal rights.

New Hampshire?s political correspondent, John Milne, reports.

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Governor Aims to Inspire Entrepreneurs

By Trish Anderton on Friday, February 13, 2004.

Governor Craig Benson journeyed north of the notches yesterday to hold an entrepreneurial workshop in Berlin.

The Governor and a business professor exhorted would-be business owners to plan well, but also not to be afraid to take risks.

NHPR?s Trish Anderton reports.

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