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NH Roads May Not Get The Money They Need

By David Darman on Wednesday, February 4, 2004.

New Hampshire lawmakers and transportation officials are urging Congress to send 135 million dollars to the state next year.

They say they need the money to pay for a road maintenance and improvement plan that has already begun.

But their cries for funds are getting a cool reception in Congress.

New Hampshire Public Radio’s David Darman has more.

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The Super Seven

By Laura Knoy on Wednesday, February 4, 2004.

Yesterday, seven states held Primaries and caucuses that many felt might make or break the contest for Democratic Presidential candidates. We look at how these races fared, especially the much contested battles in Missouri and South Carolina. Also, if the elections in New Hampshire and Iowa affected the outcomes and what these results mean for candidates in the months ahead. Laura's guest is Dean Spiliotes, visiting scholar at the Department of Politics at Saint Anselm College and author of "Vicious Cycle: Presidential Decisionmaking in the American Political Economy." We'll also hear from Katherine Welch, news director at NPR affiliate KBIA in Columbia, Missouri; Dr. Gary Copeland, director of the Carl Albert Congressional Research Study Center at Oklahoma University in Norman; and Mark Moran, reporter at public radio station KJZZ in Tempe, Arizona.

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The Unexpected Aviary

By John Walters on Wednesday, February 4, 2004.

Every two years, the New Hampshire Writers? Project issues the New Hampshire Literary Awards. L.R. Berger earned the Jane Kenyon Award for Outstanding Book of Poetry with The Unexpected Aviary. Though this is her first published book, she has been creating poetry all her life. She talks about the book, the process of writing poetry and how one teacher and Emily Dickenson saved her life.

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