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A Letter From Iraq: Staff Sgt Robert Radcliffe

By Mark Bevis on Friday, March 16, 2007.

Each week, New Hampshire Public Radio has been checking in with members of the 36-43rd Company of the New Hampshire National Guard currently stationed in Iraq.

The Company is providing security at a detention center at Camp Victory outside of Baghdad.

Many of the soldiers are on daily guard duty.....but not all.

NHPR's Mark Bevis spoke with Sgt Robert Radcliffe.

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Governor John Lynch: A Profile in Style

By Laura Knoy on Friday, March 16, 2007.

To the critics, Lynch’s way of governing is overly safe, driven by political polls and prone to flip flop. To his supporters, he’s open minded, bipartisan and an excellent manager. We’ll examine the Lynch way of governing, see how it’s different from his predecessors and how it effects our public debates on the issues. Laura's guests are Jeff Feingold, Editor for the NH Business Review and Brad Cook, Manchester Attorney and former counsel for the New Hampshire State Republican Committee. We'll also hear from Rep. Fran Wendelboe, (R) from New Hampton; Rep. Mary Jane Wallner, (D) from Concord and House Majority Leader; Gene Chandler, Former Speaker of the House and currently the Republican Policy Leader in the House and Mark Fernald, Former Democratic State Senator and Gubernatorial candidate.

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Unions Express Anxieties Over the Verizon/Fairpoint Deal

By David Darman on Friday, March 16, 2007.

Verizon’s proposed sale of its land line business in Northern New England isn’t going over very well with two unions that represent some of the workers.

In fact, the unions have adopted a slogan called, “Stop the Sale” to convince regulators to scuttle the deal.

But Fairpoint Communications, the company looking to buy the business for 2.7 billion dollars, wants to assure the unions they have nothing to worry about.

New Hampshire Public Radio’s David Darman has more.

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Kelp Forests

By Scott Fitzpatrick on Friday, March 16, 2007.

Kelp is an important part of the marine ecosystem off the Gulf of Maine - and it grows like an underwater forest.

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The Women of Twelfth Night

By Liz Bulkley on Friday, March 16, 2007.

Shakespeare didn't write enough roles for women. That's what director Bill Coons believes so he's cast the Parish Players' production of Twelfth Night with all women. We're going to look at the current production and the bard's light and bright romantic comedy. We'll explore questions about identity, and the nature of love and attraction -- and what is real.

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