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Gun Laws

By Laura Knoy on Wednesday, August 28, 2002.

Attorney General John Ashcroft is calling into question traditional views on Second Amendment rights. We'll see how that may affect gun owners in New Hampshire and look at existing laws here. Laura Speaks with Chuck Drew, executive director of New Hampshire Ceasefire www.nhceasefire.org and Jay Simkin, a director of Gun Owners of New Hampshire www.gonh.org.

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The Real Story of a Notorious Novelist

By John Walters on Wednesday, August 28, 2002.

"Peyton Place" created a furor and set records for sales in the 1950's but its creator, Grace Metalious, had a short and unhappy life. Our guest, Robert Perreault, is an expert on the history of Manchester and the life of Grace Metalious. We'll hear about her childhood in Manchester, her life in Gilmanton, and her death in Boston. For more information about Robert Perreault's talks and tours, you can go to the New Hampshire Humaities Council web page at [http://www.nhhc.org] and the Manchester Historical Society web page at www.manchesterhistoric.library

This interview originally aired in August of 2001.

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Lake Host Program Sees Success

By Carolyn Martin on Wednesday, August 28, 2002.

BOATERS LAUNCHING AT MANY NEW HAMPSHIRE LAKES THIS SUMMER HAVE BEEN GETTING A QUICK LESSON ABOUT INVASIVE PLANTS.

THEY'RE GREETED BY NEW GUARDIANS OF THE LAKES, CALLED LAKE HOSTS--PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO KEEP INVASIVE AQUATIC PLANTS OUT OF THE STATE'S WATERS.

THE KEENE SENTINEL'S CAROLYN MARTIN REPORTS.

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Energy, Trade and Climate Change

By Rick Kalb on Wednesday, August 28, 2002.

New England's governors and their eastern Canadian counterparts wrapped up their three day annual meeting in Quebec City yesterday.

The leaders endorsed resolutions to increase border cooperation and promote freer movement of trade between Canada and the United States.

They also agreed to continue their fight against global warming and improve energy cooperation.

The Resolution on Energy Cooperation should help to ensure that red tape doesn't get in the way of importing clean hyrdo-generated electricity from Canada.

NHPR correspondent Rick Kalb reports from Quebec City.

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Why Vote for Gordon Humphrey

By Josh Rogers on Wednesday, August 28, 2002.

All this week NHPR is bringing listeners stump speeches from the five leading candidates running for governor in the September 10th primary.

The candidates spoke last week at a Laconia Chamber of Commerce forum.

Forum organizers gave each candidate twenty minutes to tell voters why he or she should be governor.

Today we hear from former U.S. and state senator Gordon Humphrey, a Republican from Chichester.

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