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New Hampshire National Guard Serves in Iraq

Members of the 36-43rd Company of the New Hampshire National Guard hold up a banner from Freedom Elementary School while serving in Iraq. The 36-43rd served nearly a year at Camp Victory in Baghdad, guarding a detention facility. (Courtesy New Hampshire National Guard)

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Where the Insects Are

By Scott Fitzpatrick on Friday, February 2, 2007.

Despite the New Hampshire cold, there is one thing to be grateful for in the winter... no insects. But do they really just disappear?

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Super Bowl Ad Winner Says It's All Downhill From Here

By Lisa Peakes on Friday, February 2, 2007.

Morning Edition's Lisa Peakes talks with Gino Bona about the values that drove his creative process in making a winning Super Bowl ad.

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A Letter from Iraq: Spc. Matthew Molburg

By Mark Bevis on Friday, February 2, 2007.

In Washington, the US Senate is struggling over the language in a bipartisan resolution condemning the Bush Administration's planned troop buildup in Iraq.

Lawmakers are expected to debate the non-binding resolution next week.

In Iraq, life goes on for the soldiers stationed there.

Each week, NHPR's Mark Bevis has been speaking with members of the 36-43rd Company of the New Hampshire National Guard.

The soldiers are guarding a detention facility at Camp Victory outside Baghdad.

Today we hear from Specialist Matthew Molburg.

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Suing the Paint Companies

By Jon Greenberg on Friday, February 2, 2007.

In our final segment on childhood lead poisoning, we meet a lawyer who has approached the problem from a new direction.

Neil Leifer with the Boston firm of Thornton and Naumes was part of a team of lawyers who represented the State of Rhode Island in a suit against three national paint companies. In February of last year, a jury found the companies liable for creating a public nuisance by manufacturing and marketing lead-based paint.

New Hampshire Public Radio’s Jon Greenberg has more.

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A Kinder, Gentler Super Bowl

By Abby Goldstein on Friday, February 2, 2007.

For thirteen years, NPR's weekly show Only a Game has previewed the Super Bowl with a collection of Haikus that seeks to merge the delicacy of Japan's simplest form of poetry with America's brawniest head-crunching and money-laden field battle. Bill Littlefield, the host of Only A Game, joins us to talk about the tradition; we'll hear some winning works from the past, and Bill will read some of his own works of art. And yes, there'll be some discussion of the Sunday game as well.

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University System of NH Chancellor Stephen Reno

By Laura Knoy on Friday, February 2, 2007.

Stephen Reno, Chancellor of New Hampshire's University System, which includes the University of New Hampshire, Plymouth State University, Keene State College, and Granite State College (formerly the College for Lifelong Learning), joins us to talk about higher education in the Granite State.

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