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Seacoast Voters Share Their Views on Primary Candidates

By Dianne Finch on Tuesday, August 28, 2007.

Portsmouth and Rye share an alluring seacoast known to attract tourists from around the nation. But from a political perspective –the neighboring communities are quite different.

Rye has the highest percentage of registered Republicans of any Seacoast community -- 37%. Portsmouth has a similar distinction – but on the Democratic side with 38%.

NHPR’s Dianne Finch went to Rye and Portsmouth to get a sense of what voters are thinking about.

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State Releases Reports on Schools' Progress

By Mark Bevis on Tuesday, August 28, 2007.

New Hampshire's Department of Education has released the Adequate Yearly Progress reports for the state's public schools.

The reports are required by the Federal No Child Left Behind Act to allow the public to see how well the state's schools are performing.

Commissioner Tracy tells NHPR's Mark Bevis that the state's schools did pretty well.

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The Untold Story of West Coast Jazz

By Liz Bulkley on Tuesday, August 28, 2007.

Jazz from the West Coast was tremendously popular in the 1950s, but it also caused lots of controversy. To this day, some say a distinct West Coast sound never existed. Others say West Coast jazz mainly appealed to whites and reflected the racial segregation of the jazz world in those days. In this half-hour documentary, jazz journalist and producer Reese Erlich explores these controversies and the incredible music of that era.

This story comes to us via the Public Radio Exchange.

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Rwanda Genocide Survivor

By Laura Knoy on Tuesday, August 28, 2007.

One woman's story of genocide. A Rwandan Tutsi, she survived for three months hidden in a bathroom while her family and countrymen were killed in one of the worst cases of genocide in modern history. We'll hear her miraculous tale of survival and the power of forgiveness.

This program originally aired February 2, 2007

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