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Gregory Floyd is Back in Court

By Chris Jensen on Friday, April 11, 2008.

It has been 11 months since Liko Kenney killed Franconia police officer Bruce McKay.

There was a third character in that tragedy last May, a passerby named Gregory Floyd.

Seeing Officer McKay in trouble, Floyd killed Kenney.

The Attorney General's office exonerated Floyd for that killing,

But Floyd's got a history of getting into trouble and on Tuesday, he's once again headed for court.

NHPR Correspondent Chris Jensen has the story.

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New Rules for Atlantic Fishing

By Shannon Mullen on Friday, April 11, 2008.

New England's groundfish stocks are showing signs of fragile recovery after decades of over-fishing.

But the strict federal rules behind that recovery have forced many fishermen out of business in ports from Maine to Rhode Island.

And fishermen are starting to agree - the only way to salvage their way of life is to radically change the way they do business.

As NHPR Correspondent Shannon Mullen reports, one fishing community in Massachusetts is taking the lead.

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