SEABROOK - Updated, 7:33 a.m. A crash at the Exit 1 offramp of I-95 yesterday evening claimed the life of an Exeter boy.

NASHUA - Manchester police officer Ryan Nardone was sued by a man who claimed he was punched in an incident at a bar last year. Nardone was off-duty at the time.

> Officer's trial in 2009 bar fight set for May 10 (53)
> City policeman faces felony charge (70)
> City police captain assigned beating inquiry (99)

WENTWORTH - Updated, 10:30 p.m. According to investigators, Mary Philbrick, 31, had been reported missing by her fiance on Monday, three days after she was last seen by her mother.

BEDFORD - Speaking at last night's Lincoln-Reagan Gala in Bedford, he says America is better served if current health care reform plans fail.

> Click here for breaking news this weekend on the health care debate from UnionLeader.com's news partner, Politico.com

WEARE - The town's police chief has expressed interest in hiring an outside attorney to prosecute the department's criminal cases, but that's not sitting well with the current prosecutor.

CONCORD - Transportation Commissioner George Campbell recommended against the idea in a letter to Gov. John Lynch.

CONCORD - The state attorney general has concluded 10-year-old Patric McCarthy died in White Mountains of hypothermia. His family claims otherwise.

> New AG to review boy's mountain death (10)
> Investigator insists child was killed (19)
> Oct. 18, 2003: Boy found dead after hundreds scour forest

MANCHESTER - Catholic Medical Center and Dartmouth-Hitchcock have opted not to apply for a federal designation for their jointly operated West Side clinic, despite the potential for higher Medicaid rates.

This week, the AP did a "fact check" story on Obama's claim that health-insurance premiums will drop if his reform becomes law.

DURHAM - Updated, 7:25 p.m. Second-ranked Astros had to go to two overtimes to beat No. 1 Winnacunnet.

> Click here to view New Hampshire Union Leader photographer Mark Bolton's pictures from the Class L boys' hoop title game.