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The Selling of the New Hampshire Lottery

By Dan Gorenstein on Thursday, March 11, 2004.

The New Hampshire Lottery is celebrating its 40th anniversary this week.
In 1964, New Hampshire became the first state in the 20th century to offer a lottery. Since then, 39 other states have followed New Hampshire's lead. State lottery officials like to point out, since it began, the games have generated about 860 million dollars for education. But as New Hampshire Public Radio's Dan Gorenstein reports, there's a lot more to the lottery than paying for schools.

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Ordinary Perils

By John Walters on Thursday, March 11, 2004.

You might think, after reading Ann Robinson's book of short stories, that her friends and family have stopped speaking to her. But she insists that Ordinary Perils is only loosely based on people she knows- the rest of the scandals are her own doing. Ann Robinson has created a cast of women in transition, dealing with small events that can have a profound impact on the lives of everyone around them. Ann has lived in the Monadnock Region since 1967.

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The Minimum Wage Debate

By Trish Anderton on Thursday, March 11, 2004.

At five dollars and fifteen cents an hour, New Hampshire has the lowest minimum wage in New England. Lawmakers failed last week to raise the wage by $1.50 over three years. Now a new amendment is on the table for a smaller one time raise. We'll look at both sides of the minimum wage debate. Trish's guests are Republican State Representative Lee Slocum, a member of the house Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services Committee and Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Minimum wage. Democrat State Representative Terie Norelli, who co-sponsored the minimum wage bill.

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