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Nader Campaign Works to Get on NH Ballot

By Rebecca Kaufman on Friday, August 6, 2004.

Over the next month, close watchers of the presidential race will have at least one eye on the Ralph Nader campaign. During that period of time, they’ll know in which states Ralph Nader’s name will appear on the November ballot. The process of getting on the ballot is straightforward if tedious one for the independent candidate…it requires thousands and thousands of signatures. As the deadline to submit those signatures approaches, New Hampshire Public Radio’s Rebecca Kaufman checked in with Nader’s effort in the Granite State.

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Five Towns to Vote on Fluoridating Water

By Rebecca Kaufman on Friday, August 6, 2004.

On September 14th, residents in Manchester, Hooksett, Goffstown, Bedford and Londonderry will vote on whether to continue adding fluoride to their water. It will be the second time Manchester has voted on the issue, and the first time for the other communities. The upcoming referendum has also provided a new forum for those on either side of the fluoride debate. For them, the question of whether or not to fluoridate couldn’t be clearer. But as New Hampshire Public Radio’s Rebecca Kaufman reports, the rest of population is a bit murkier on just what comes out of the tap.

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Business Professor Predicts Olympic Medals

By Jon Greenberg on Friday, August 6, 2004.

We have yet to see the first race, the first jump or the first throw of the 2004 Summer Olympic Games, but the results are in. Andrew Bernard, a professor at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and a colleague are predicting which countries will take home how many medals.

New Hampshire Public Radio's Jon Greenberg has more on this display of statistical prowess.

See Bernard and Busse's Olympic predictions page here.

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An Outsiders View of New England - (Rebroadcast)

By Laura Knoy on Friday, August 6, 2004.

We'll hear tales of people who left the rat race of the big city and moved to Northern New England. The stories range from first confrontations of wildlife, to syrup tapping oak trees to outhouse racing and other surprises of small town life. Laura's guests are Barrie Woodruff, an essayist for NHPR on small town life. She moved from California to New Hampshire a few years ago. Chris Bohjalian, author of many books including “Idyll Banter: Weekly Excursions to a Very Small Town”. Chris moved from New York to Vermont back in 1986 and has lived there ever since and Rebecca Rule, a New Hampshire-based writer and self proclaimed wordsmith. She is also book review editor for the Concord Monitor and has published several books.

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New Songs from a Veteran Musician

By John Walters on Friday, August 6, 2004.

Hank Decken joined his first band when he was ten years old and he's been making music ever since. He's just released a new album of songs- "Another Seven Days" - with a roots-rock sound and lyrics about good times and hard times. Hank also runs a recording studio in Rochester that's become a center for the Seacoast music scene.
[http://www.hankdecken.com] [http://www.dizzylandrecording.com]

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Bush Says Economy Improving

By Dan Gorenstein on Friday, August 6, 2004.

President Bush traveled to Stratham today and met with a few thousand supporters.

New Hampshire Public Radio's Dan Gorenstein reports.

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The Meaning of the President's Visit

By Lisa Peakes on Friday, August 6, 2004.

Morning Edition Host Lisa Peakes talks with Kerry Marsh, the Republican Chair for Cheshire County and John De Joie, the chair of the Merrimack Country Democrats about President Bush's visit to Stratham Friday. Their conversation includes a look at how their candidates' campaigns are going in New Hampshire.

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