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Janet Evanovich is one of the biggest names in crime fiction. She has a series of novels featuring Stephanie Plum, a bounty hunter from Trenton, New Jersey. You may have seen the brighly colored books with a titles that contain the number of the book in your local book store, or drug store, or gas station. Her books are everywhere. Her most recent is "Hard Eight." Janet lives in the Upper Valley. Her combination of hard-nosed crime and slapstick humor has won her a huge and loyal audience. Keep up with Janet and Stephanie at www.evanovich.com.

Republican Gubernatorial nominee Craig Benson teamed up with law enforcement officials today to call for a better child protection system in New Hampshire. Correspondent Roger Wood reports.

The New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies released a report today/Friday that candidates for state office should look at……
According to the report, most of the increase in the state’s budget over the past decade took place in six key areas of spending.
And those areas are controlled not by those writing up the budget…but by state and federal law.
The Center’s Co-director Doug Hall explained the reports findings to NHPR’s David Darman. For a copy of the report go to www.nhpolicy.org

Jeff Palmer is a native of Dover. He used the familiar scenes of his hometown in his first feature-length film, "On the Fringe." It's a serious look at the lives of four men living on the fringe of society and battling the effects of a painful experience. Jeff talks about his film and his five-year struggle to make it. More at www.onthefringemovie.com

While Congress debates homeland security and the possibility of war with Iraq, nursing homes are keeping a worried eye on the federal Medicare budget. A ten-percent cut in skilled nursing payments is scheduled to go into effect Monday. That money pays for specialized care for some of the sickest nursing home patients. The facilities are hoping Congress cancels those cuts before adjourning. NHPR?s Trish Anderton reports.