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President Bush says he doesn’t need congressional approval in order to strike Iraq, but some in Congress disagree. We’ll find out what the constitution says about war – and what past presidents have done. Laura talks with Francis Boyle, professor of law, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign www.uiuc.edu and Wayne Lesperance, political science professor, New England College www.nec.edu.

Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Beverly Hollingworth wants to abolish the statewide property tax and fund education with an income tax. She talks with Laura about the details of her plan and other issues she'd face as governor.

They're part business venture, part livestock exhibition and part historic tradition. But state fairs weren't always the family-friendly events they are today. We'll talk about state fairs past and present. Trish's guests are NH Agriculture Commissioner Steve Taylor www.state.nh.us/agric/aghome.html, NHPR Humanities Reporter Kevin Gardner, and Hopkinton State Fair Manager Alan Hardy www.hsfair.org.

Google, AltaVista, Yahoo-There are hundreds of online search engines available these days, and almost everybody swears by their personal favorite. We'll compare these various tools and learn how they work. We'll also discuss tips on internet searching-how to get the information you want as quickly as possible. Trish's guests are James McKim, president of ISRG, Inc. www.mv.com/ipusers/jtmckim and Nancy Hanger, a writer for Byte Magazine www.byte.com and WIRED News www.wired.com.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Keough would like to target school spending and reduce the statewide property tax. Trish talks with him about how he'd accomplish that as Governor, and where he stands on other issues.