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State Prepares for Iraqis' Arrival

By Dan Gorenstein on Wednesday, October 31, 2007.

Over the next year some 12,000 Iraqi political refugees are expected to be resettled in the United States.

New Hampshire is likely to receive 100 to 150 of them.

But people charged with preparing for the refugees’ arrival worry they might not be well received.

New Hampshire Public Radio’s Dan Gorenstein reports.

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John Edwards Speaks in Peterborough

By NHPR Staff on Tuesday, October 30, 2007.

Former North Carolina Senator and Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards held a town hall meeting at the Peterborough Town Hall, answering questions on foreign policy, the environment and a number of other issues.

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Nashua's Race for Mayor

By Sheryl Rich-Kern on Tuesday, October 30, 2007.

Nashua’s Mayor Bernie Streeter retires from office this January, after serving two, four-year terms.

And the race to replace him is expected to be close.

The top two vote getters in September’s non-partisan primary – Donnalee Lozeau and Jim Tollner – face off on November 6.

NHPR Correspondent Sheryl Rich-Kern reports.

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Vampires!

By Liz Bulkley on Tuesday, October 30, 2007.

Vampires are everywhere, but you don’t need to creep around in dark shadows and coffin-filled basements to find them. They live on our cereal boxes, in our lexicon and – of course – in our popular entertainment. Tonight on the Front Porch, we look at the history and lore of the fashionable undead and how they’ve infiltrated our mainstream culture.

Our guest is Eric Nuzum, author of The Dead Travel Fast: Stalking Vampires from Nosferatu to Count Chocula and Director of Programming and Acquisitions for National Public Radio.

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The Challenges of Charter Schools

By Laura Knoy on Tuesday, October 30, 2007.

Three years after the state’s first Charter School opened...these alternative public schools show a mixed report card. A few are thriving, but others struggle with perennial funding issues...and for some, this legislative session could be make-or-break for their futures.

Guests

Kimberly Casey, Democratic State Representative from East Kingston, Member of the House Education Committee and Chair of the Charter School Oversight Committee
Mark Joyce, Executive Director for the NH School Administrators Association
Bill Wilmot, Head of School for the Seacoast Charter School in Exeter and Consultant on Charter Schools in New Hampshire. Bill also spent time in Massachusetts as a consultant and teacher for charter schools and ran the middle school portion of a charter school there as well.

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Groups Urge New Hampshire Regulators to Reject Fairpoint Deal

By David Darman on Tuesday, October 30, 2007.

Groups opposing Fairpoint's plans to buy Verizon's northern New England telephone network came to Concord today.

They brought a wheelbarrow full of postcards urging regulators to squash the deal.

New Hampshire Public Radio's David Darman has more.

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Rochester School Grapples With No Child Left Behind Rules

By Dianne Finch on Tuesday, October 30, 2007.

The controversial No Child Left Behind Act – sometimes referred to as the nation’s “report card” - is up for reauthorization this year.

While lawmakers in Washington debate over its value and track record – educators in New Hampshire and elsewhere continue to grapple with its myriad of standards and procedures.

NHPR’s Dianne Finch visits a school in Rochester that has failed to meet yearly progress goals under No Child – and is paying the consequences.

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Edwards Takes Aim at Clinton

By Jon Greenberg on Monday, October 29, 2007.

For months, Republican presidential candidates have singled out Hillary Clinton for criticism. Now, her Democratic rivals, including John Edwards, are likely to draw sharp distinctions.

New Hampshire Public Radio’s Jon Greenberg has more.

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