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Wal-Mart Strains Police Services in Small Towns

By Amy Quinton on Thursday, December 8, 2005.

Town officials in Epping New Hampshire recently denied a request by the Wal-mart Supercenter to stay open 24 hours on Christmas Day.

Epping police say their department is already strained answering emergency calls at the Wal-mart – the extra hours would only exacerbate the problem.

As New Hampshire Public Radio’s Amy Quinton reports, the debate has small towns like Epping weighing whether the big box retailers are paying their fair share of the cost of providing services.

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Holiday Cooking with Mary Ann Esposito and How to Chop an Onion

By Shay Zeller on Thursday, December 8, 2005.

Mary Ann Esposito is the host of TV's longest running cooking show, "Ciao Italia." She'll give us the inside scoop on how creating holiday foods can be more pleasure than pressure. She'll also take us inside the pages of her new book "Ciao Italia: Pronto."

And, we'll turn to producer Tod Maffin to find out the best way to cut an onion without destroying your eyes. Tod's podcast How To Do Stuff is dedicated to finding the best way to approach ordinary tasks.

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Gay Marriage Commission Reaches Conclusion...But Not Consensus

By Laura Knoy on Thursday, December 8, 2005.

From the beginning the state commission was sharply divided and its final report reflects that--a majority of members call for a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, while the minority accuses the entire process of being biased and flawed. We’ll look at these diverging, deeply emotional opinions and the future of the commission’s work. Laura will be joined by Raymond Buckley, a member of the Gay Marriage Commission and Vice Chairman of the New Hampshire Democratic Party and Scott Earnshaw, Vice Chairman of the Gay Marriage Commission.

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