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Encountering Young Animals

By Rosemary Conroy on Friday, July 2, 2004.

With Spring and most mating seasons out of the way, you may notice lots of young animals running around. Sometimes, they may even appear to need help. Rosemary Conroay explains that doing nothing is often the best solution.

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Governor Visits Jac-Pac Workers

By Raquel Maria Dillon on Friday, July 2, 2004.

Many Jac-Pac workers were recent immigrants and refugees for whom English is a second-language. NHPR's Raquel Maria Dillon reports on the special worker assistance center for Jac-Pac workers.

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Summer Boating

By Laura Knoy on Friday, July 2, 2004.

Summer is here and it's time to hit the beaches and lakes. With the coming fourth of July weekend, hotspots like Newfound Lake and Squam Lake will be filled to the brim with boaters, swimmers and skiers. We'll look at how you can stay safe and legal when out on the lakes this summer. Laura's guests are Tony Cardoza, Program Coordinator for the Boating Education Program within the NH Marine Patrol Bureau and Lt. Tim Dunleavy, a marine patrol officer with the Division of Safety Services.

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The X President

By John Walters on Friday, July 2, 2004.

It is the year 2055 and America is entangled in a devastating world war and losing badly. As the threat of homeland invasion grows stronger, the United States is desperate to change the tide, anyway it can.

Enter Sal Hayden, official biographer of a former president known as BC, now 109 years old and all but forgotten. Charismatic, controversial, and always willing to feel another person?s pain, BC?s political career, like his personal life, is marked by both uncanny triumphs and key blunders?some of which may have doomed the U.S. to defeat. Recording his story has not always been easy, but it has been straightforward. That is, until the day Sal is asked to rewrite it and not just on the page.

That?s the premise of the new novel, The X President, by Philip Baruth. Philip talks about the Clinton years and his inspiration for his tale of politics and spin.

This inteview originally aired November 2003

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