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  • State trooper shoots man near Salem fires

    State police say that while firefighters were putting out the blaze, neighbors reported seeing a distraught man in a field near the fires. Capt. Thomas Garbedian of the state police says the man acted more irrationally when a trooper approached him, and the trooper shot ...

  • 2 Vt. groups get money for housing advice

    MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Two Vermont community action agencies have won federal grants to help advise people on meeting their housing needs and avoiding foreclosures. The Central Vermont Community Action Council and Bennington-Rutland Opportunity Council will help people find housing, make more informed housing choices or keep their current homes. The money is part of $40 million in funding ...

  • Deadline approaches to reach NH budget accord

    CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- Time is running out for House and Senate budget negotiators to reach accord on a spending plan for New Hampshire for the two years starting July ...

  • Maine man charged in teens death to be arraigned

    Twenty-year-old Kyle Dube (DOO'-bee), of Orono (OHR'-uh-noh) was indicted on murder and kidnapping charges in last month’s asphyxiation death of Nichole Cable. He was due to be arraigned Wednesday at the Penobscot Judicial ...

  • Congressional delegation hosts Experience NH

    CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - The state’s congressional delegation is hosting the fourth annual ‘‘Experience New Hampshire’’ reception in ...


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Crash (1996)

It's rare that a controversial film deserves all the heated debate and hype surrounding its release, so when a film like David Cronenberg's "Crash" comes along, it's a shock in the truest sense. Here is a film that is genuinely disturbing, but not for the reasons you would immediately think of. While the sexual lives of the characters are deviant and often times repulsive, it's the film's cold, ca ... ...

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  • Korean chefs learn all about Maine lobster

    During their five-day visit that began Monday, the chefs are getting a hands-on education about Maine’s signature seafood by going out on a lobster boat, touring processing plants and attending a lobster-cooking class and an industry ...

  • Sanders Vt. has high average student loan debt

    MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders says a new report shows that the average student loan debt of college students in Vermont is higher than the amount in most other states. Sanders says only six other states had higher average student loan debt amounts. The independent senator says the report released from the Joint Economic Committee on Tuesday shows that 63% of college ...

  • 4 RI students to do Nature Conservancy internships

    CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. (AP) - Four Central Falls high school students are among those selected to participate in a national environmental group’s program to expose urban youth to nature and conservation ...

  • US Rep. Capuano bill would limit car black boxes

    BOSTON (AP) - U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano is co-sponsoring a bill he says will give car owners more control over so-called ‘‘black box’’ ...

  • Belsito to be sworn in as new Conn. state rep.

    Republican Sam Belsito of Tolland is scheduled to take the oath of office on Wednesday in the Hall of the House of Representatives. Merrill will deliver the oath to the recently elected representative of the 53rd Assembly District, which includes Ashford, Tolland and ...

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