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Colleges and Universities Worry About 'Perfect Storm'

By Dan Gorenstein on Wednesday, May 28, 2008.

Energy costs are up.

The state is projecting a 200 million dollar revenue shortfall.

A new report predicts the pool of college-age students from New England is shrinking.

And then there’s always increasing healthcare costs.

New Hampshire Public Radio’s Dan Gorenstein reports, you put it all together and colleges and universities in the state are saying it could mean big tuition hikes are coming.

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Wild Horses, You Can Take One Away

By Susan Sharon on Wednesday, May 28, 2008.

A little bit of the wild West will be rolling into New Hampshire late next week.
The Federal Bureau of Land Management has rounded up seventy wild horses and burros on public lands in Nevada and is putting them up for bid at a three-day public auction.
If you're willing to make a long term commitment to care for these animals, have at least 125 dollars and the right kind of facility, one of these animals could be yours to keep.
Maine Public Radio's Susan Sharon reports.

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