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Obama Comes To Nashua

Not much excitement comes to our Granite State but when it's time for politics, we have some decent guests thanks to our primary status. Next week Nashua will welcome President Obama. Photo courtesy of WMUR. Senator Jeanne Shaheen pegs this as a "presidential visit", not to be confused with a "...

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Help Find Franco Garcia

Franco Garcia, a Boston College student went missing  Garcia went missing on Tuesday night and was last seen at Mary Ann's in Cleveland Circle. Garcia’s friends told police they last saw him around 12:20 a.m. The 21-year-old was wearing a long sleeved white and blue striped shirt and jeans....

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Massachusetts Marijuana Legalization Bill Up for Hearing March 6th

In November 2008, Massachusetts decriminalized Marijuana. Now, in 2012, let's legalize it. There is a hearing coming up on March 6th in Boston over a bill to legalize Marijuana. The bill is headed by Ellen Story of Amherst.  If legalization is something you would like to see happen for...

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Alert Carolina Fails To Alert Students... Again

College campuses tend to be thought of as pretty safe locations, at least in terms of larger crimes such as homicide or arson. But UNC seems to be garnering more and more attention for unexpected college crimes. The latest news from Chapel Hill has increasingly come from gun threats, murders, and...

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TCU Football Athletes Arrested

Drugs are everywhere but especially on college campuses. In residence halls, classroom, cafeterias, drug dealers are easy to find. However, in Fort Worth, TX at Texas Christian University, a drug bust planned by TCU officials and Forth Worth Police Department finally unraveled Wednesday morning....

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Dolphins Continue To Wash Ashore

Wednesday morning, a dead dolphin was found washed up on the shores of Nantucket near Madaket beach on the southwestern side of the island. This has been the first dolphin to wash up on the shores of Nantucket, although there was a spotting in the harbor last month.  Cape Cod has seen over 100...

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Will Guns Soon Be Legal On Campus?

Rumblings of New Hampshire passing a bill that would make it legal to carry a gun on campus have been going around for a few weeks now.  According to Boston.com, "The full Senate will vote on that bill and other bills to soften gun regulations on Wednesday."  Personally I think that...

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California Court Rules Prop 8 Unconstitutional

Another big win for gay and lesbian rights came today when a federal appeals court ruled the State of California's ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional. The controversial Prop 8 was a 2008 ballot measure that defined marriage as strictly between man and woman. To quote the Ninth Circuit Court...

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North Carolina Governor Seat Up For Grabs

The race is on for the Governor of North Carolina as Beverly Perdue, the first female Governor of NC, announced she will not run for re-election. In a statement Perdue released, she said that trying to run for re-election would “make it more difficult to find any bipartisan solutions.” Perdue...

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UNH Still Standing After Patriots Loss

Contrary to what UNH higher-ups thought might happen last night, UNH has not burned to the ground after the Super Bowl.  Earlier in the week an email was sent out to students warning that congregating downtown could result in arrest and/or suspension from the school, but there wasn't much of a...

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