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Edwards Calls For Larger Effort Against Poverty

By Brian Early on Thursday, March 15, 2007.

Former North Carolina Senator John Edwards, a Democrat running for President, campaigned today in Manchester.

He told those gathered at St. Anselm's College, that he has a plan to eliminate poverty in 30 years.

NHPR correspondent Brian Early reports.

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Sen. John Sununu Calls for the US Attorney General to Hit the Road

By Matt Laslo on Thursday, March 15, 2007.

The question in Washington is "will Attorney General Alberto Gonzales survive?"

He is being accused of mishandling the firing of eight US Attorney Generals.

This week the pressure for him to resign has risen to a boil.

Republican New Hampshire Senator John Sununu is the first Republican to join Democrats in calling for his resignation.

NHPR Correspondent Matt Laslo reports from Washington.

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Newport Mourns the Loss of One of Its Own

By Shannon Mullen on Thursday, March 15, 2007.

In services tomorrow, family and friends will remembering the life of Army Specialist Justin Rollins, a soldier from Newport, New Hampshire who was killed in Iraq this month.

Rollins and 5 other men died when their humvees hit a roadside bomb in Samarra.

His loss has been hard on his family, and the high-school sweetheart he planned to marry.

And it’s shaken his home town, where some who knew him say military service gave his life meaning, before the war took it away.

New Hampshire Public Radio correspondent Shannon Mullen reports.

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Seabrook Ordered to do Safety Inspection

By Roger Wood on Thursday, March 15, 2007.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is requiring 40 nuclear power plants around the country to increase monitoring of their cooling systems.

The mandate comes in the wake of problems that surfaced at nuclear plant in Kansas.

And as NHPR Correspondent Roger Wood reports, the Seabrook Power Plant is on the watch list.

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