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NH Fisher Cats are Bringing in the Fans

By Jim Jeannotte on Friday, July 9, 2004.

PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL HAS REACHED THE MID-WAY POINT OF THE SEASON.

ON TUESDAY MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL IS SCHEDULED TO HOLD ITS ANNUAL ALL STAR GAME.

AND THE RED SOX ARE TRAILING THE FIRST PLACE NEW YORK YANKEES.

THE MANCHESTER FISHERCATS ARE ALSO IN SECOND PLACE.

AND TEAM OFFICIALS ARE PLEASED WITH THE BIG CROWDS COMING TO THE BALLPARK.

NEW HAMPSHIRE PUBLIC RADIO'S SPORTS CORRESPONDENT JIM JEANNOTTE REPORTS ON WHAT EFFECT THE STATE'S NEWEST MINOR LEAGUE TEAM, THE FISHER CATS, ARE HAVING ON THE LOCAL COMPETITION.

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Intelligence, WMDs and Lessons Learned

By Laura Knoy on Friday, July 9, 2004.

Right after today's show, The US Senate Intelligence committee will release its report on how the CIA handled information on Iraq?s Weapons of Mass Destruction. We?ll look at the politics of this report, and what history can teach us about intelligence, war and past mistakes. Laura's guests are Thomas Trout, Professor of Political Science at the University of New Hampshire and Eugene Gholz, Assistant Professor and Director at the Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce at the University of Kentucky.

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Kafka for Kids and Books for Farm Animals

By John Walters on Friday, July 9, 2004.

David Elliot's book The Transmogrification of Roscoe Whizzle is an adaptation of Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis. He talks about how he chose this unusual subject, and about some of his other works.
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It took years for Deborah Bruss to catch the attention of a publisher and see her book reach print. The final product, Book, Book, Book, is about a bunch of farm animals who visit a library in search of something to do. Deborah talks about her book and what it takes to get published.

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