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Presidential Race 2004

By Laura Knoy on Friday, May 16, 2003.

The Presidential Primary is several months away and already the candidates are coming through New Hampshire on their way to the White House. We'll talk about what issues are important and who's seeking the oval office. Laura's guests are John Milne, NHPR Political Correspondent, and Dante Scala, Professor of Politics at St. Anselm College.

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The Music of Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia

By John Walters on Friday, May 16, 2003.

Doug Irvine is a musician, composer and instrument builder who lives in Lyndeborough, New Hampshire. His primary interest is the music of the Middle East and re-creating the sounds and instruments of its early civilizations. He's composed music for a museum exhibit of Egyptian artifacts and produced a CD called "Ambient Egypt." We meet Doug, and sample some of his compositions and talk about his travels.

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Bogged Down in New Hampshire

By Iain MacLeod on Friday, May 16, 2003.

Iain MacLeod explains what a bog is, where to find them, what kinds of interesting things you'll find when you get there.

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NH Freedom: The Newest Game in Town.

By Rebecca Kaufman on Friday, May 16, 2003.

Football fans waiting for the fall should know the Patriots are not the only game in town.
The Freedom, New Hampshire?s semi-pro football team, are half-way through their regular season. Saturday they will be in Rhode Island taking on the Riptide. NHPR correspondent Rebecca Kaufman was down on the sidelines with the Freedom at a recent home game in Manchester. She files this report.

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'Tis the Season for West Nile Virus

By Mark Bevis on Friday, May 16, 2003.

The warm weather is slowly returning to New Hampshire.

And with spring comes black flies and mosquitoes.

And for the past several years, mosquitoes have brought with them news accounts of West Nile virus.

Dr. Jose Montero is the chief of disease control at the Department of Health and Human Services.

He says state officials will continue to monitor for the spread of the disease.

But he tells NHPR's Mark Bevis chances are good we'll see an increase in the number of people affected.

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