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Climate Change and Birds

By Rosemary Conroy on Friday, February 23, 2007.

Many birds that were rare in New Hampshire decades ago are showing up regularly, and some say global warming is the reason why.

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Global Warming Resolution Coming to 180 Town Meetings

By Donna Moxley on Friday, February 23, 2007.

Voters across New Hampshire will be asked to think globally during local town meetings this year.

Dozens of towns have included on their agendas a non-binding resolution to raise awareness of global warming.

It's part of a plan by a coalition of environmental groups to influence the debate during the primary season.

And a Keene High School teacher has been using the initiative as a teaching tool.

The Keene Sentinel's Donna Moxley reports.

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Lawmakers Push to Extend Governor's Term

By Dan Gorenstein on Friday, February 23, 2007.

Some lawmakers want to amend the state constitution and double a governor's term from two to four years.

But to critics a two-year gubernatorial term is as sacred as the state's motto or its tax structure.

New Hampshire Public Radio's Dan Gorenstein has more.

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A Letter from Iraq: Sgt. Chris Leblanc

By Mark Bevis on Friday, February 23, 2007.

Each week since October, NHPR's Mark Bevis has been checking in with members of the 36-43rd Company of the New Hampshire National Guard currently guarding a detention center in Baghdad.

Today he speaks with Sgt. Chris Leblanc.

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Poet Ross Gay

By Liz Bulkley on Friday, February 23, 2007.

Ross Gay's new book of poetry Against Which is attracting some buzz. Ross is a Philadelphia-based poet whose heritage figures prominently in his work. His father was black, his mother is white and his writing is full of a rare poetic energy. In his own words, "There's a part of poetry that is essential and indispensable to my life." We'll talk with Ross about the ways his own poetry can radically alter his views. Ross Gay teaches New England College's MFA program in Poetry.

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Previewing Oscar '07

By Laura Knoy on Friday, February 23, 2007.

From "Little Miss Sunshine" and "Letters from Iwo Jima" to "The Departed" and "The Queen", we're looking at what movies might be bringing home gold and which ones may be left out in the cold. It's a preview of the 79th Annual Academy Awards, airing this Sunday, February 25th. Laura's guests are Garen Daly, artistic director of the Peterborough Community Theatre and frequent film commentator for The Exchange; and Amy Diaz, Executive Editor and movie reviewer for The Hippo Newspaper.

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