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New Hampshire stories: 109 news summaries

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Global Warming Didn't Cause New England Tornadoes

Scientists link extreme events to bad weather 'block'

Jul 25, 08 2:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two tornadoes have ripped through New England in the last few days, killing a New Hampshire woman and doing serious property damage. But don’t blame global warming for the uncharacteristically violent climate: local climatologists tell the Boston Herald equally extreme weather struck the region in the ‘30s and... More »

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climate change • weather • global warming • New Hampshire • tornado • severe weather • New England • climatologists • Rhode Island

 Clinton: 'We Stand 
 Shoulder to Shoulder' 

Dems unite in—where else?—Unity

Jun 27, 08 1:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama finally took a stage in support of the same candidate today—with Clinton asserting that it was time for the “36 million Americans who supported us” to stand in solidarity behind Obama, the Washington Post reports. "We are not going to rest until... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • New Hampshire • Election 2008 • party unity

Artist Tasha Tudor Dead at 92

Children's illustrator claimed to be reincarnation of 19th-century wife

Jun 21, 08 4:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tasha Tudor, the children’s illustrator known for her bucolic watercolors and old-fashioned lifestyle, died Wednesday at her Vermont home. Called a 19th-century Martha Stewart, Tudor's art appeared in nearly 100 books and countless greeting cards, plates, dolls, and quilts. The New York Times once applauded her for capturing... More »

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New Hampshire • Vermont • obituary • children's books

 Gay Episcopal
 Bish Weds Partner 

Civil union in church with 20-year partner

Jun 9, 08 6:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - New Hampshire's openly gay Episcopal bishop has tied the knot with his longtime partner in a civil union. Undercover police were among the 120 guests at the private ceremony in case of trouble, reports the Concord Monitor. The civil ceremony by a justice uniting Bishop Gene Robinson and his partner... More »

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gay marriage • New Hampshire • Episcopal Church • Anglican Church • Mark Andrew • Gene Robinson • civil union • Anglican church conference • Lambeth Conference

Racist Hate Mail Probed at NH Prep School

'Bang bang get out,' threaten letters sent
to black students

Feb 21, 08 3:27 PM CST
(Newser) - Police, the FBI, and the US Postal Service are investigating hate mail sent to black students at an elite prep school, the New York Times reports. Sources say students at St. Paul's School in New Hampshire received letters containing their photos from the school's directory with the words "bang... More »

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New Hampshire • racism • student • prep schools • hate mail • St. Paul's School

¿Como Se Dice ‘Caucus’ En Español?

Nevada's booming diversity makes it a whole new ballgame from Iowa or NH

Jan 19, 08 2:13 PM CST
(Newser) - Iowa and New Hampshire may get most of the crowning glory, but Nevada's demographics make its "First in the West" contest a significant political battleground, the Las Vegas Sun says. As the state caucused today, the hometown paper polishes off the differences between the Silver State and its two... More »

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Iowa • New Hampshire • Democratic caucus • Nevada • Hispanic • Nevada caucus • racial diversity • ethnic diversity

Rudy's Camp Beseeches Donors

Campaign reportedly low on funds after Florida advertising spree

Jan 13, 08 12:16 PM CST
(Newser) - Rudy Giuliani's campaign is urgently requesting funds, the New York Daily News reports, seemingly contradicting the camp’s denials of financial hardship. While staffers are going without paychecks this month—voluntarily, they say—Giuliani’s campaign manager emailed a plea to prospective donors yesterday. “I am asking you... More »

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Florida • Rudy Giuliani • Iowa • advertising • New Hampshire • America's Mayor • campaign fundraising • Sunshine State • snowbirds • election

Count 'Em Again, Says Kucinich

Cites 'irregularities,' calls for New Hampshire recount

Jan 11, 08 8:01 AM CST
(Newser) - Longshot Democratic hopeful Dennis Kucinich wants the ballots recounted in the New Hampshire primary, The Hill reports. While he's not under any illusions that a recount would boost his own number—less than 2%—significantly, he says in a letter to the NH secretary of state there are “serious... More »

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New Hampshire • Dennis Kucinich • poll • voting • New Hampshire primary • Election 2008

OPINION

She Got Out
of Jail Free

Times scribe: Clinton got 'sympathy vote' from women who recognized her vulnerability

Jan 10, 08 2:37 PM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton had a “horrendous week” in the lead-up to Tuesday's New Hampshire primary—and won not on merit, but on a “sympathy vote” from women who saw themselves in her, exhausted and “overdosed on multitasking.” The New York Times’ Gail Collins argues that women recognized... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • New Hampshire • sympathy • New Hampshire primary • Gail Collins

Wounded Romney Vows Fight

Supporters crest-fallen, candidate faces critical Michigan hurdle

Jan 9, 08 11:46 AM CST
(Newser) - Rushing through a 7-minute concession speech last night after he came in a disappointing second again, Mitt Romney turned immediately to Michigan, which looks like make-or-break for the former governor. Aides blamed the loss on the mauling Romney got in anti-endorsements in New Hampshire newspapers, and “authenticity” issues they... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • New Hampshire • Michigan • Republican presidential primaries • Election 2008

First Votes Tallied in Little State that Could Rock Nation

NH primary now
packs serious punch

Jan 8, 08 6:41 AM CST
(Newser) - A primary that could have been little more than an afterthought is grabbing center stage today as America breathlessly awaits results in a suddenly surprising race. And New Hampshire results will likely be just as intriguing as Iowa's tally. Nobody can be certain whether the state's many Independent voters will... More »

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New Hampshire • New Hampshire primary • Election 2008

Obama Takes 13-Point NH Lead

McCain holds slim lead over Romney, Huckabee jumps to 3rd

Jan 6, 08 7:16 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama stung Hillary Clinton with a shocking double-digit lead in New Hampshire today, according to two polls. One put him ahead by 13 points. Obama leads Clinton 41% to 28% in a USA Today survey, and 39% to 29% according to CNN, both a far cry from yesterday's tie.... More »

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Mitt Romney • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • New Hampshire • Mike Huckabee • poll • New Hampshire primary

So Much for Clinton's
Air of Inevitability

Obama's message of change sits better with voters

Jan 4, 08 8:55 AM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton is suddenly an underdog and must now prove she has the same resilience her husband showed after a sluggish start in the primaries 15 years ago. The strategy of running as an incumbent  didn't play with Iowans, Margaret Carlson notes on Bloomberg. "The folks in Iowa didn't... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Iowa • New Hampshire • Bill Clinton • Iowa caucus • Democratic presidential primaries

Confident Rudy: Iowa, Schmiowa

Insists skipping early states all part of the plan

Jan 4, 08 4:09 AM CST
(Newser) - Before the Iowa vote dropped him in sixth place, GOP hopeful Rudy Giuliani told reporters he had no regrets about mostly skipping the state, New York Newsday writes. As other candidates were making a final push in Iowa, Giuliani was already in New Hampshire. He quickly moved on to Florida... More »

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Rudy Giuliani • New Hampshire • Republican candidate • Iowa caucus • Election 2008

Surging McCain Leads in NH Poll

And two others show a dead heat with Romney

Jan 2, 08 11:46 AM CST
(Newser) - John McCain has shot to the top of the GOP field in New Hampshire, with a 31% to 25% lead over Mitt Romney in a new Suffolk University poll. "Many of the Republican candidates have been talking about faith," quipped the lead pollster, “but it looks like... More »

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Mitt Romney • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • New Hampshire • poll

31 States Ring In New Laws
for New Year

From minimum wage hikes to approval for  kangaroo-hide shoes

Jan 2, 08 3:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Anyone planning to import shoes made of kangaroo hide into California can legally begin this year—but they'd better not try to sell any foreign-made US flags in Minnesota. Both states are among 31 that launched a host of new laws beginning New Year's Day, some of them rather unusual,... More »

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California • gay marriage • law • New Hampshire • New York • Minnesota • airline passengers

Conservative Anglicans Plan Splinter Summit

US bishop blasts gay clergy cover-ups

Jan 1, 08 7:05 PM CST
(Newser) - Widening the Anglican gay divide, conservative leaders unveiled plans today for a summit to challenge the traditional Lambeth conference this summer, the Guardian reports. Planners of the Global Anglican Future Conference wrote on their website that Anglicans are "divided into liberal and conservative factions" and will likely splinter over... More »

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New Hampshire • gay priests • Anglican Church • Jerusalem • church • Archbishop of Canterbury • Church of England

NH Rings in Civil Unions With New Year

First primary state becomes 4th to recognize same-sex vows

Jan 1, 08 2:55 PM CST
(Newser) - At midnight, New Hampshire became the fourth state to allow same-sex civil unions, and more than 40 couples came from across the state to ring in 2008 with vows under the State House arch, the Concord Monitor reports. Planned as a small ceremony for about 20 couples, the event... More »

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gay rights • gay marriage • Civil unions • New Hampshire

Another NH Paper Slams Romney

Union-Leader lambastes Mitt as a phony conservative

Dec 26, 07 6:21 PM CST
(Newser) - Hot on the heels of Sunday’s Concord Monitor “undorsement,” another New Hampshire newspaper has issued a blistering indictment of Mitt Romney. A Union-Leader editorial says Granite Staters are unconvinced by Romney’s “expertly rehearsed sales pitch,” because despite having “all the advantages: money, organization,... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • New Hampshire • GOP • conservative • Martin Luther King Jr. • New Hampshire primary • Concord Monitor • newspaper endorsement • Granite State • union leader

NH Paper Gives Mitt the Anti- Endorsement

Concord Monitor officially backs
Not Romney

Dec 23, 07 3:13 PM CST
(Newser) - Newspapers roll out endorsements every election cycle, but there’s nothing traditional about the Concord Monitor’s anti-endorsement today—the New Hampshire paper urged its readers to vote for someone, anyone, other than Mitt Romney. The paper calls Romney “a disquieting figure who sure looks like the next... More »

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Mitt Romney • newspaper • New Hampshire • New Hampshire primary • endorsement • Election 2008

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