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Diabetes Screening Isn’t Always Beneficial

By Dianne Finch on Wednesday, December 26, 2007.

New Hampshire is one of two states participating in an outreach program that urges seniors to get tested for diabetes.

Program advocates say that identifying seniors who have the illness - or are likely to develop it - will save lives and money.

But a researcher out of Dartmouth warns that diabetes is one disease where screening can do more harm than good.

NHPR’s Dianne Finch reports.

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Mapping the North Country So Your Car Won't Get Lost

By Chris Jensen on Wednesday, December 26, 2007.

If you've been in a late model car recently, you may have seen and maybe even used its navigation system.

It takes only a minute to enter a destination into the car's computer and,voila, the system gives you turn-by-turn directions.

NHPR Correspondent Chris Jensen took a ride in the North Country with a couple of the guys who put that information in the system in the first place.

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Primary 2008: Mitt Romney Photos

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Primary 2008: Mitt Romney Photos

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Primary 2008 Photos

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Primary 2008 Photos

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Romney Says McCain Changed Positions on Taxes, Immigration

By Josh Rogers on Wednesday, December 26, 2007.

Republican Mitt Romney is stepping up his criticism of GOP presidential rival John McCain.

New Hampshire Public Radio's Josh Rogers has more.

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Romney Responds To Newspaper Criticism

By Josh Rogers on Wednesday, December 26, 2007.

Campaigning in Henniker Wednesday Republican Mitt Romney said he's not concerned that two of the state's largest newspapers are calling him inauthentic.

New Hampshire Public Radio's Josh Rogers has more.

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Obama Fields PPO Questions

By Jon Greenberg on Wednesday, December 26, 2007.

In the course of this primary, some candidates passing through Exeter have offered to sit down with New Hampshire Public Radio's Jon Greenberg for a brief interview. Exeter is the focus of our Primary Place series and is also the epicenter of our citizen media web site, Primary Place Online.

Just before Christmas, Jon asked the members of Primary Place Online to submit their questions for Democrat Barack Obama. People of all political stripes responded. The first question Jon put to to the candidate came from a Republican who asked -- how could Obama provide for the security of the US and prevent another international catastrophy when he has no foreign relations experience. Obama challlenged the premise behind the question.

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Former Massachusetts Governor and Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney

By Laura Knoy on Wednesday, December 26, 2007.

He bills himself as a "can-do" conservative - a business leader, CEO of the 2002 Olympic Games and a Republican governor of a heavily Democratic state. But critics say Romney's positions on issues like gay rights and abortion have shifted with the political winds. We talk with Mitt Romney about his bid for the White House with just weeks to go before the New Hampshire primary.

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  • Mitt Romney, former Massachusetts Governor and Republican presidential candidate
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