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October home sales were up 8 percent, compared with sales in the same month last year.

The housing market welcomed a bigger share of first-time buyers and single women this past year, a new homebuyer survey shows.

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Updated, 8:03 a.m. Michael Moriarty, 26, is accused of punching an officer in the face and trying to get out a gun out of an officer's holster. The incident happened while Moriarty's girlfriend was being arrested for assaulting him, police said.


Updated, 11:30 a.m. Robert Hale III, 45, may be traveling in a gray Chevy S-10 pickup truck with New Hampshire license plates 259-8874 on it. Police said he was last seen in Colchester, Conn.


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Autumn Savoy is the fifth person to be arrested in connection with an Oct. 4 murder and home invasion, though he is not accused of being at the home where Kimberly L. Cates was killed in her bed.

Coverup: Police say Hollis man discussed murderous attack (31)

Talk high school football with Salem head coach Jack Gati for even a few minutes and you're bound to hear his season-long mantra: The next game is the biggest. What's upcoming -- the Division I championship -- tops them all.

Pick up a print copy of Friday's Union Leader for Marc Thaler's complete "First and 10" analysis and his picks for this weekend's championship games.

Click here to visit Marc Thaler's 'Moving the Chains' high school football blog
Click here to view our Fall 2009 High School Sports galleries.


Betsey Dodge, a founding member of the town's conservation commission, is praised for her dedication to New Boston.

Crash claims New Boston official (16)


A trusted town employee is accused of selling surplus police cruisers and plows and pocketing the cash.

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After the verdict, Todd Peters said "I didn't do this" as Dixie King, Timothy King's mother, comforted Edith Riley's daughter Rebbecca Lesperance. (BOB LAPREE)

Updated, 2:03 p.m. A judge this morning sentenced 36-year-old Todd Peters to two consecutive life sentences, without possibility of parole, in the bat beating murders of Edith Riley and Timothy King.


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After the verdict, Brooks looked back at his family. (KIMBLE)

Updated, 11:45 a.m. The guilty verdict is the fifth and final one tied to Jack Reid’s murder four years ago inside a Deerfield horse barn. The killing was carried out at the behest of millionaire businessman John “Jay” Brooks. His son Jesse helped recruit and pay the perpetrators.

Prosecution: Murder 'was a Brooks family affair'


While slot machines remain the focus of expanding gambling legislation, the middle of the gambling floor of a rebuilt Rockingham Park would be earmarked for table games such as roulette, blackjack and poker, the developer said last night.


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From left, Christina Zurline, Jisel Rand and Brittany Miller, all of Derry, waited for seven hours at the Flagship Cinemas yesterday for "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" movie to begin. (BRUCE PRESTON)

Ask any of the hundreds of moviegoers who showed up for last night's "New Moon Celebration" at a movie theater what it is about this particular story that appeals to female fans of all ages around the globe, and they will tell you it's the bittersweet tale of forbidden love.


Pan Am Railways President David Fink says it's too early to speculate what caused Tuesday's wreck. New Hampshire Rail Authority chair Peter Burling wonders whether there was a defect in the Pan Am track.



Updated, 10:50 a.m. City Councilor Brian Tapscott lost his seat when votes were counted last month but he came out the winner by two votes yesterday in a recount.


The New Hampshire congressman said a provision from a House health care reform plan that bans the use of federal funds to cover abortions will restrict access. However, he stopped short of saying he would not vote for the plan.

Four state agencies are coordinating efforts to enforce laws that require most workers to be classified as employees and not as independent contractors.

If you've ever wondered just how out of touch university faculty can get, look no further than the behavior of the University of New Hampshire's faculty union during its recent contract talks.

Respecting the rights of all means that I respect your right not to eat meat or to eat meat from a supermarket and not to hunt. I expect the same respect.

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WIDER 101?: Recommendation for road widening is in new plan
Jurors in Brooks trial ask about phone records
Music Festival musicians file unfair labor complaint
Littleton businesses tout opportunites
Woman arrested on warrant after Bow crash
WheelsNH.com: High-end hybrids; Remembering the Edsel
Avenues: All the space you want in Hudson home
It's a game per day for busy Monarchs
Allen Lessels' College Hockey: Wildcats trying to carry momentum

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Salem MMA fighter Dan Keefe comes home tonight. In Sports.

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IN THE NEWS TOMORROW

Bed bugs: There's a problem in Epping and Amherst.
President Kennedy: A Derry man's boyhood meeting with JFK.
Veterans Count: Coverage of their Bedford breakfast today.

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