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High Hopes and Thin Slate at Democratic Convention

By Josh Rogers on Monday, June 5, 2006.

As 2006 campaign season gets underway Democrats can point to a popular Governor, and an increasingly unpopular Republican president. How those factors will inform the coming elections was a common topic as Democrats gathered last weekend for their annual convention.

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The Stacks and Attics of Our Institutions

By Shay Zeller on Monday, June 5, 2006.

Museums around the world put their best pieces on display, but that's only a fraction of what they own. We're going to snoop the stacks and attics of some of our state's most treasured institutions to see what's going on behind the public art scene. And we'll get the skinny on the Currier’s latest acquisition. It’s a still life by William Harnett that was part of a contemporary art exhibit at Boston's MFA -- in 1883. Our guests include Susan Stricker, Director of the Currier Museum of Art; Tom Hardiman, Keeper at the Portsmouth Athenaeum; and Brian Kennedy, Director of Dartmouth's Hood Museum of Art .


A Royal Dessert, 1881, by William Michael Harnett

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AIDS at 25

By Laura Knoy on Monday, June 5, 2006.

What was originally considered a disease for gay men, drug users and a guaranteed death sentence has become a global epidemic... and for many in the western world, a manageable disease. As AIDS turns quarter century this week, we’ll look back at the history of HIV, from transmission to treatment, to our awareness of the disease and look to what may be ahead for the next twenty five years of AIDS. Laura's guests are Wendy Fenari, Assistant Director for the Southern New Hampshire HIV/AIDS Task Force. Lynne Weihrauch, A nurse practioner at Dartmouth Hitchcock in Nashua, who works exclusively with AIDS patients. Annie Ball, a Merrimack County resident who has been HIV positive for 16 years. Five years ago Annie was diagnosed with AIDS. We'll also be joined by Gerry Scoppettuolo, Manager of the Cambridge Health Alliance in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a comprehensive HIV counseling and testing site.

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