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Hostage Crisis Shines Light on State Services

By Dan Gorenstein on Tuesday, December 4, 2007.

According to his attorney, Leland Eisenberg was so desperate to get psychiatric help; he took six people hostage at Hillary Clinton’s campaign office in Rochester last Friday.

Leading up to the incident, Eisenberg’s wife says he had been drinking for three weeks.

Mental health advocates say the case shows how difficult it is to get treatment, especially for someone with both emotional and substance abuse problems.

State healthcare officials agree services don’t meet demand.

New Hampshire Public Radio’s Dan Gorenstein reports.

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Romney Brings A Predecessor On The Campaign Trail

By Josh Rogers on Tuesday, December 4, 2007.

Republican Mitt Romney was joined on the campaign trail today by another former Massachusetts governor - William Weld.

New Hampshire Public Radio's Josh Rogers has more.

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Could West Coast-Sized Forest Fires Hit New Hampshire Forests?

By Chris Jensen on Tuesday, December 4, 2007.

The fires earlier this fall in Malibu have died, but the pictures are still with us.

Red-orange flames more than 30 feet high.

Aircraft and firefighters struggling as thousands of acres of forests and hundreds of homes burned

That story is common out West.

But even though the North Country doesn’t suffer such disasters, local officials do plan for them.

NHPR Correspondent Chris Jensen has the story.

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