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Found Cameras

By Avishay Artsy on Friday, March 21, 2008.

Have you ever lost your camera? Or perhaps a memory stick loaded with mementos from your family vacation, romantic getaway, or child's graduation ceremony?

There's a chance those images are still out there, discovered by a stranger and posted to the Web for you to find. Pictures from digital cameras lost in such farflung locales as Greece, New Zealand and Florida have surfaced on the blog, Found Cameras and Orphan Pictures.

Beaver

Beaver

Many younger beavers look for new digs when spring comes. (Courtesy Liz Bulkley)

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It's An Uneasy Relationship

By Kevin Gardner on Friday, March 21, 2008.

New Hampshire loves its community theatres.

And it supports plenty of them.

Historically, however, the state has been less enthusiastic about professional theatre companies.

That’s begun to change a bit.

New Hampshire’s newest professional theatres – and some of its older ones - are looking for ways to tap into the energy and enthusiasm of local performing artists, and their audience.

That’s not always easy, as NHPR correspondent Kevin Gardner reports.

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Springtime for Beavers

By Rosemary Conroy on Friday, March 21, 2008.

Young beavers are leaving the lodge, and Rosemary reminds us to drive carefully.

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Close Encounter

Close Encounter

A fox surveys the scene at the base of Mount Washington's Lion Head Winter Route. (Photo courtesy nartreb)

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Best of the University Press: Crime and Punishment

By Virginia Prescott on Friday, March 21, 2008.

Writer and reviewer Matthew Battles likes to keep an eye on the latest publications from university publishers. Tuesday on Word of Mouth, he introduces us to some of the best, under-hyped books out there -- titles that otherwise might slip under your radar. Even though books written by academics can focus on subjects hundreds or thousands of years old, they often explore themes that are relevant to the modern world. In this case, Matthew found three books that center on the theme of crime, punishment, and civil rights; ideas that are being tried, tested and questioned in post-9/11 America.

Matthew Battles is author of Library: An Unquiet History .





Death by a Thousand Cuts by Timothy Brook, Jérôme Bourgon, and Gregory Blue
(Harvard University Press)







The Magna Carta Manifesto: Liberties and Commons for All by Peter Linebaugh (University of California Press)








Ovid before Exile: Art and Punishment in the Metamorphoses by Patricia J. Johnson (University of Wisconsin Press)







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Financing Food

By Laura Knoy on Friday, March 21, 2008.

High gas prices, a weak dollar, and the biofuel boom are all having an impact on what you pay at the grocery checkout counter, especially for everyday items like milk, bread, and anything made with corn. We’ll look closer at what’s driving food prices and if there’s any relief in sight.

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Senate Keeps Gambling Bill

By Dan Gorenstein on Thursday, March 20, 2008.

In an unexpected move, the Senate did not kill a bill to expand gambling.

Some senators who have often opposed the concept are taking a second look.

New Hampshire Public Radio’s Dan Gorenstein has more.

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