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Bodies Found In Ohio May Be Gehring Children

By NHPR Staff on Friday, December 2, 2005.

The remains of two bodies discovered in Ohio may be those of two New Hampshire children missing for more than two years.

Reporter Julie Grant of WKSU has more.

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I-93 Expansion Gets Communities Thinking About Growth

By Rebecca Kaufman on Friday, December 2, 2005.

The widening of I-93 is scheduled to begin in the spring of 2007….and with it will come growth along the highway's corrider. The state's population is expected to grow by 10s of thousands over the next decade because of the road alone. To prepare for this growth, the State's Department of Transportation is holding public meetings for the 26 towns and cities likely to be affected.The first session was held Thursday evening in Manchester. New Hampshire Public Radio’s Rebecca Kaufman attended the event and filed this report.

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Potential Loss of NH's AIDS Funding

By Kerry Grens on Friday, December 2, 2005.

World AIDS Week concludes today.

Events around the globe brought attention to the needs of the millions of people living with AIDS and HIV.

Health officials and politicians proclaimed greater fiscal commitments to battling the disease.

Yet New Hampshire is facing the potential of losing nearly all its federal funding to care for people living with AIDS and HIV.

New Hampshire Public Radio’s Kerry Grens reports.

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A Serious Look at Comic Books

By Shay Zeller on Friday, December 2, 2005.

Collectors and dealers will gather in Manchester this weekend for a comic book convention (or "Comicon"). We'll talk with some local artists and publishers about the culture and business behind the art form. Major motion pictures have helped graphic novels gain main stream attention and respect lately. But still, it may be harder than ever for smaller publications to get noticed.

Shay's guests are:
James Sturm, Cartoonist and Director of the Center for Cartoon Studies
Matt Talbot, Co-Writer and Inker for the comic book Johnny Raygun
Ralph DiBernardo, Publisher and Owner of Jetpack Press

The song at the end of the show is "The Comeback" by the Swedish band the Shout Out Louds. It's off their album Howl Howl Gaff Gaff

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Raising the Drop-Out Age

By Laura Knoy on Friday, December 2, 2005.

More than two-thousand teenagers drop out of New Hampshire schools every year and for more than a hundred years, they've been allowed to do it once they turn sixteen. A new proposal by Governor Lynch would change that age to eighteen. He hopes to lower that dropout number, but critics of the idea say that a lot more work is needed. Laura's guests are Nate Greenberg, Londonderry School Superintendent and Senator Iris Estabrook, a Democrat from Durham who is co-sponsoring the dropout legislation.

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