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A Letter from Iraq: 2nd Lt. Sam Weber

By Mark Bevis on Friday, March 9, 2007.

About 150 members of New Hampshire's National Guard's 36-43rd Company are in their 5 month of deployment in Baghdad.

They are guarding a detention center.

In our weekly series of interviews with members of the 36-43rd, NHPR's Mark Bevis has been talking to the soldiers about their lives in Iraq.

Today he speaks with 2nd Lieutenant Sam Weber

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A Bill for the Dogs

By Dan Gorenstein on Friday, March 9, 2007.

Lawmakers will hold a hearing Monday on a proposal to ban dog racing in the state.

Tension is running high on both sides.

Supporters say the greyhounds live in poor conditions and are exposed to brutal injuries for nothing more than sport.

The race tracks strongly deny that claim.

Opponents warn that the measure threatens state revenue and over 150 full-time jobs.

New Hampshire Public Radio's Dan Gorenstein reports.

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