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Governor John Lynch's office says federal officials have changed their minds about approving disaster aid for Merrimack and Strafford counties affected by last month's tornado.

The two counties had been left out of the original aid declaration, despite being included in the Governor's request.

They join Belknap, Carroll and Rockingham counties which had already been declared eligible for public assistance.

That tornado killed one woman and damaged more than a hundred homes when it ripped through the Granite State nearly four weeks ago.

It took 40 seconds for it to decimate the Deerfield nursery that Leslie and Peter van Berkum had spent 20 years building.

Now they're up and running again, but their business will never be the same.

NHPR Correspondent Elaine Appleton Grant visited the nursery to see how it was faring three weeks after the storm.

She files this report.

Among the athletes competing in the Beijing Olympics is a native of Manchester.

At 44, Joanne Dow is the oldest member of the U.S. Olympic track and field team.

New Hampshire Public Radio’s Avishay Artsy reached her by phone at their training center in the coastal city of Dalian, where she’s preparing for her Olympic debut.

Today on Word of Mouth, we’ll meet a researcher who’s taking a neurological look at brains across socio-economic lines, and find out why our memory keeps some bits of information just out of reach. Then, a new documentary follows the members of an Iraqi heavy metal band following the U.S. invasion of their country. And, holy bananas! The world’s favorite fruit may face extinction.

(Photo by Bonnie Shulman)