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Unions Question Prison Volunteer Labor

By Rebecca Kaufman on Tuesday, February 25, 2003.

Manchester's School Administration Building needs a fresh coat of paint.
Faced with a tight budget, officials found one offer hard to refuse: free labor.
Trouble was the free labor was supplied by prisoners.
After complaints by local unions, the project is now on hold.
NHPR Correspondent Rebecca Kaufman has more.

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Natural Gas Prices Expected to Soar

By Mark Bevis on Tuesday, February 25, 2003.

IF YOU HEAT YOUR HOME WITH NATURAL GAS, PREPARE YOURSELF FOR YOUR NEXT GAS BILL.

NATURAL GAS PRICES ARE EXPECTED TO SOAR NEARLY 40%.

TOM KILEY IS PRESIDENT OF THE NORTHEAST GAS ASSOCIATION,

KILEY’S ORGANIZATION REPRESENTS NATURAL GAS COMPANIES IN NEW ENGLAND AND NEW YORK.

HE TELL’S NHPR’S MARK BEVIS THE REASON BEHIND GAS’S HIGH PRICE IS THE LONG COLD WINTER THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE COUNTRY.

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The Forgotten Genius

By John Walters on Tuesday, February 25, 2003.

John Bardeen isn?t a household name. Despite the fact that he is the only physicist to win two Nobel Prizes, his soft-spoken style and Middle American life have relegated him to forgotten pages of history. Until now. Bardeen?s story is told in ?True Genius: The Life and Science of John Bardeen.? One of the co-authors, Vicki Daitch, joins John to talk about his remarkable contributions to humanity and why he is largely forgotten.

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Civil Unions

By Laura Knoy on Tuesday, February 25, 2003.

The state legislature is debating a bill that would make sure New Hampshire doesn't recognize same-sex civil unions established in other states. We'll find out why supporters of the bill say it's a necessary precaution and how gay-rights activists are responding. Laura talks with Representative Dan Itse, the primary sponsor of the legislation www.state.nh.us and Beth McGuinn, co-facilitator of the New Hampshire Freedom to Marry Coalition www.nhftm.org.

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