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Record Oil Prices Likely to Drive Up the Cost of Staying Warm

By Mark Bevis on Monday, August 22, 2005.

Oil prices rose again today (Monday)

Sabotage in Iraq led to a power failure on an oil pipeline stalling more than 1.6 million gallons and sending the price of crude oil higher.

Drivers are feeling the pinch most directly at the gas pump.

But it won't be long before high oil prices will be reflected in heating bills.

NHPR's Mark Bevis has more.

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Yankee Magazine Celebrates 70 Years

By Lisa Peakes on Monday, August 22, 2005.

Morning Edition's Lisa Peakes talks with Yankee Magazine President Jamie Trowbridge about the magazine's 7oth Anniversary "Best Of" issue.

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Hot Air Ballooning in New Hampshire

By Shay Zeller on Monday, August 22, 2005.

Hot air balloon pilots in other parts of the country say you have to be crazy to try to fly in New Hampshire. The state's rough terrain makes it incredibly difficult to find a safe place to land once you go up. But crazy or not, Dale Riley has been doing it for years. We’ll hear about some of his adventures and why the hobby holds such a strong attraction for some people.

New Hampshire Public Radio reporter Amy Quinton recently took her first trip in a hot air balloon, and she took her microphone with her. We'll hear the sounds she gathered during the 24th annual Pittsfield Balloon Festival.

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WaterWater: A week of stories and programs investigating a resource that we all use. Jon Greenberg uncovers the past, present and future of the Merrimack River. The Exchange examines the state of our drinking water, and Word of Mouth talks with scientists trying to reduce the impact of development on stormwater.

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The Story of Jonathan Daniels

By Kevin Gardner on Monday, August 22, 2005.

At a time of the Watts riots, Selma marches, and great tensions between blacks and white, Jonathan Daniels, a twenty-six year old white Keene born Episcopal seminarian went south to join the civil rights movement. While protecting a young black woman in Alabama, Daniels was shot and killed by a white law enforcement officer. The shooter would later be acquitted and Daniels considered the first martyr of the civil rights movement from New England. Forty years after his death we look back at the life of Jonathon Daniels and at this volatile time in history. Kevin's guests are Larry Benaquist, Chair of Film Studies at Keene State College and William Sullivan, co-collaborator with Benaquist on a documentary on Jonathan Daniels called "Here Am I, Send Me: The Journey of Jonathan Daniels". We'll also hear from Jack Pratt, who was Legal Counsel for the Commission on Religion and Race for The National Council of Churches in the early 1960's.

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