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Last year more than 200 seniors didn't finish high school on time in Nashua.

That means 24 percent of the senior class either transferred, enrolled in a G.E.D. program, came back for a fifth year, or just disappeared.

Dropout rates have been a nagging problem in the city recently.

Nashua High School administrators recognize many students are leaving because nothing is holding them there.

In response, school officials are reorganizing.

In the first of this two part series, NHPR's Dan Gorenstein looks at what Nashua High is doing to stop failing its students.

Wal-Mart advertises low prices every day.

And these days, you can get just about anything you want there, from avocados to auto parts.

This holiday season, the retail giant has even outsold other large toy store chains.

And at a handful of stores in New Hampshire, Wal-Mart now sells gasoline.

The world's largest corporation says customers want low gas prices.

But local independent gas selles complain Wal-Mart could put them out of business.

NHPR correspondent Darrell Halen has the story.

Brainstorming sessions have become a familiar part of corporate culture.

Usually they involve a lot of people sitting in a room calling out ideas, while a moderator scribbles the suggestions on a big pad of paper.

But now brainstorming has gone high-tech.

One New Hampshire consultant says the new approach could help communities make better decisions, faster.

He’s on a crusade to bring the technology here.

NHPR’s Trish Anderton reports.

Milk processors HP Hood and National Dairy Holdings LP are planning to merge.

And those plans concern many people in New Hampshire.

Local dairy farmers say the merger could squeeze them out of business.

And 2nd District Congressman Charles Bass supports an anti- trust investigation.

NHPR?s David Darman has more.

The Verizon Wireless Arena will no longer distribute newspapers.
The Arena used to have a private agreement with the Union Leader to see only that paper.

But Manchester's Hippopress Challenged that arrangement in Superior Court and won.

Last month the judge ruled that the Arena must sell both papers or none at all.

Yesterday, the Arena's management, SMG, had all newspaper boxes cleared out.

Jody Reese is the Publisher of Hippopress.

He tells NHPR's Mark Bevis he's disappointed with SMG's decision.