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N.H. Court Orders Alleged 'Cupid Of Chaos' Polygamist To Have No Contact With His Wives

A 43-year old man accused of being married to multiple women across multiple states will be released pending trial. Michael Middleton, who appeared in Strafford County Superior Court on Friday, was ordered to pay $1,000 cash bail, wear an ankle bracelet with GPS tracking ability, and have no contact with any of his wives. Middleton made headlines across the country last month when the man dubbed the “Cupid of Chaos” was arrested in Ohio on charges of bigamy. Law enforcement in New Hampshire...

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A 43-year old man accused of being married to multiple women across multiple states will be released pending trial.

Michael Middleton, who appeared in Strafford County Superior Court on Friday, was ordered to pay $1,000 cash bail, wear an ankle bracelet with GPS tracking ability, and have no contact with any of his wives.

Middleton made headlines across the country last month when the man dubbed the “Cupid of Chaos” was arrested in Ohio on charges of bigamy.

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Three years ago, Samuel and Rachel purchased a wooden crate manufactured by inmates at the New Hampshire State Prison, but they wondered: was it ethically made? 

This is the third episode in our four-part series on mass incarceration in New Hampshire. Explore the full series here. 

Strafford County and Southern Maine residents are rallying to support families affected by a deadly fire in the Maine town of Berwick earlier this month.

Officials say Berwick Fire Capt. Joel Barnes, 32, died saving the lives of other firefighters at the four-alarm apartment fire in Berwick, just over the state line from Somersworth.

Fifteen fire departments from both states responded to the fire, which is still under investigation.

Since then, flags have flown at half-staff around the area, and signs outside nearby fire departments have paid tribute to Barnes.

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New Hampshire State Police say a Massachusetts skier died after a collision with another skier Friday at Cannon Mountain.

Ski patrollers found Jeremy Keiran, 39, of Somerville, Mass., unresponsive on a section of the Middle Ravine Trail. Keiran died from his injuries on the mountainside. 

The other skier, 48-year-old Robert Slocum of Newburyport, Mass., suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries in the collision. He was taken to Littleton Regional Hospital for treatment.

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Peter Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, made another stop in New Hampshire Friday as he contemplates a 2020 presidential campaign.

 

He told the crowd at St. Anselm College’s Politics and Eggs that issues like climate change are personal for him as a millennial. At 37, he's possibly the youngest candidate in a crowded field of Democrats. 

 

First responders across New Hampshire are participating in a grant program that uses mobile units to connect people struggling with substance use disorders to treatment and recovery services. It’s called NH Project First.

Lt. Brian Keyes has already been doing this kind of work for the past two years as the recovery coordinator for the Laconia Fire Department. He says in recent years the department has responded to many more overdose calls than actual fires.

  Four years ago, some fourth-graders from Hampton Falls were met with disappointment as they watched House lawmakers tear apart a bill they crafted with the help of their teacher. The bill was to make the red-tailed hawk the official state raptor of New Hampshire, but it failed to pass in the House of Representatives.

 

This year, the same children, now eighth-graders, are bringing the bill back.

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Every other Friday on Morning Edition NHPR’s Sam Evans-Brown tracks down answers to questions about the environment and outdoors for our listeners in a segment we call “Ask Sam.”

Brendan from Tuscon asks: “A couple of years ago in the fall I saw what looked like a migratory flock of birds, based on their V-shape, flying north and it got me thinking: are there any animals that chase colder weather rather than warmer weather like most species?”

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The New Hampshire Supreme Court has sided with online travel websites in a dispute over collection of the state's rooms and meals tax.

The state sued Expedia, Priceline, Orbitz and Travelocity in hopes of recovering hundreds of thousands of dollars it claims it is owed because it collects taxes only on the lower, wholesale rate the companies pay hotels instead of the higher, retail price they charge consumers.

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