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Keene Rapper in the Limelight

By Dan Trudeau on Friday, April 6, 2007.

Keene, New Hampshire; underground hip-hop music — most people would struggle to find the connection.

But reporter Dan Trudeau has the story of one Keene native who spent his New Hampshire youth writing rhymes … and his early adult years bringing his raps to crowds across the country.

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Note to State: Earn Your First in the Nation Status

By Jon Udell on Friday, April 6, 2007.

The story of this election cycle is big states moving their primaries up to increase their electoral clout. A scant two weeks might come between voting in New Hampshire and delegate-rich states such as California and New Jersey. This has prompted much concern in the Granite state over the relevance and the future of the first in the nation primary.

Commentator Jon Udell understands those concerns but suggests that maybe the best way to defend the New Hampshire primary is to use new media to show the rest of the country what makes it worth protecting.
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A Letter from Iraq: Sgt. Steven Dillon

By Mark Bevis on Friday, April 6, 2007.

Members of the New Hampshire National Guard's 36-43rd Company, currently in Iraq, don't spend their days in battle or on patrol.

They've got a mission guarding a detention center in Baghdad.

But as NHPR's Mark Bevis has learned, guarding prisoners can be more stressful than facing combat.

In this latest interview with members of the 36-43rd, we hear from Sgt. Steven Dillon.

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Does New Hampshire Have the Right Mix of Jobs?

By Jon Greenberg on Friday, April 6, 2007.

The most recent government figures show that incomes in New Hampshire are growing, but at the slowest rate of any New England state. In fact, New Hampshire ranks among the lowest ten states nationwide.
To find out what’s behind these numbers, New Hampshire Public Radio’s Jon Greenberg spoke to Robert Tannenwald, Director of the New England Public Policy Center at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.

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