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They’re the vehicles of choice for many Americans, but critics call them gas-guzzlers. Now, sport utility vehicles are at the center of a debate in congress over fuel efficiency and decreasing American dependence on foreign oil. Laura’s guests are Ron Defore, Communications director for the Coalition for Vehicle Choice www.vehiclechoice.org and Jim Dipeso, Communications Director for Republicans for Environmental Protection www.repamerica.org .

Judy Oberting was a dominant player at Dartmouth College when the sport was just getting started. She was also a memeber of the first US national women's team. Now, she's one of the best coaches in the business, leading the Dartmouth program to national prominence.

A new federal report says one million people are living with HIV, but many people are still not getting tested or treated. We�ll look at those numbers and how well prevention and outreach is working. Laura's guests are Jim Mackay, Executive Director of the Merrimack Valley Assistance Program, an AIDS service organization mvap@mvap.org and Dr. Jeffrey Parsonnet, Associate Professor of Medicine and microbiology and at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center http://www.hitchcock.org/dhmcentr.htm. For more information see www.cc-info.net.

In its budget proposal released earlier this month, the Bush Administration briefly mentioned a new concept for managing our national forests.

It's called charter forests.

Some environmental groups immediately attacked the idea as a give-away to logging and commercial interests.

But at the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, they are willing to entertain the notion.

Charles Niebling is director of policy and land management. He spoke with NHPR's Mark Bevis.

As the nation prepares to pays its yearly taxes, some Vermonters have an option not available to the rest of the country.
Since same sex couples in the Green Mountain State now enjoy the same legal rights as married couples, they can now file their taxes together.
Correspondent Chris Bracken reports.