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Updated, 3:31 p.m. Around 2 p.m., moments after police received a report of the robbery, state troopers and a police dog were seen running near the bank at 8 Epping St.


Updated, 2:30 p.m. A teenager is charged in the savage beating of a local man left for dead in an alley.

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Fisher Cats catcher J.P. Arencibia slides on the tarp after yesterday's rain-shortened game. (MARK BOLTON)

New Hampshire manages to get in soggy game -- and win it -- before the skies open up.

Click here to visit Kevin Gray's blog, "Gray Matter."


And with the Yankees in town, the injured Red Sox slugger is back just in time.

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Updated, 6:34 a.m. Police are investigating a robbery this morning that happened on Dubuque Street.


Updated, 8:22 a.m. A Mount Vernon Road home was destroyed in a two-alarm blaze this morning, the cause of which is under investigation.


One witness said on Wednesday that he saw lightning strike the Searles Road home.


Only a small amount of gas leaked into the building, according to District Fire Chief Bob Corbeil. No one was hurt.

One budget committee member said the reason for the organization's absence -- yesterday's massive storm -- was not an excuse because "everyone is busy." The line item was eliminated.


Town council members are standing by their decision to buy themselves laptop computers and refurbish their meeting room, a week after news of the decision sparked an outcry.

Updated, 5:04 p.m. The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission says Nashua can take over Pennichuck Water Works’s assets by eminent domain for $203 million.


Twenty million shares of the producer of solar power equipment traded yesterday on the Nasdaq stock exchange.

Congress is about to rescue mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from a mess all three institutions created. As usual, the taxpayers will be stuck with the bill.


It seems worthwhile to point out that, by Obama's own account, neither U.S. commanders nor Iraq's principal political leaders actually support his strategy.

Survey the latest news about newspapers and then understand that there's a threat here, not just for those poor souls in a struggling business, but to you. The threat is of intellectual diminution.


His presidential library has launched "Ronald Reagan Speaks for Himself," a selection of 65 among commentaries he broadcast between 1975 and 1979. These re-launched spots remain startlingly relevant, underscoring both the intractability of so many problems and the amazing timelessness of Ronald Reagan's common sense and uncommon wisdom.

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The weather may have been rainy, but the spirits of those setting up the 41st annual Stratham Fair were undeterred yesterday.


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SPORTS IN PRINT

Bruins get forward St. Pierre in trade from Blackhawks
Champion Giants feeling a lack of respect

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