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Talk with Nick Pappas, editor of The Nashua Telegraph, about the top stories in his paper for 2005.

A shortage of organic milk in the Northeast last summer seemed to suggest that consumer demand had oustripped production, and that organic farmers were giving conventional dairies a run for their money.

But a study released last month shows that even though they may get a premium for their milk, organic farmers in Maine and Vermont may be struggling.

Last year organic dairies in those two states lost money while conventional farms turned a profit.

MPBN's Fred Bever reports.

If analysts have it right, The Sober Worm is coming.

It's not the latest threat to the state's maple sugar crop.

But it may be a threat to your computer.

The sober worm is a computer virus and its scheduled to hit on January 5th.

Rameses Martinez is Director of Malicious Code Operations at a Reston, Virginia-based company called I-Defense.

He tells NHPR's Mark Bevis that malicious code experts like himself have been watching the Sober Worm for years.

Morning Edition's Lisa Peakes speaks with Felice Belman, editor of the Concord Monitor, about the paper's top stories for 2005

Running the Department of Corrections is considered to be one of the hardest jobs in state government.

Former Hampton Police Chief Bill Wrenn has become the department's 8th Commissioner in the past ten years.

Problems run rampant at the DOC....everything from low employee morale to decrepit buildings to a high recidivism rate.

Wrenn promises he's up to the task.

But New Hampshire Public Radio's Dan Gorenstein reports that his commitment to the job hardly makes him unique among his predecessors.