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

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Updated, 4:03 p.m. Police are looking for Jeremiah Grant, 28, of Rochester and Sizaida Maldonado, 28, of Dover in connection with the robbery of Popeye’s Convenience Store.


Updated, 11:23 a.m. Thieves made off with a 9 mm handgun, a shotgun and a bounty hunter's badge and jacket in a burglary last August of a Kimball Hill Road residence.


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Robert Hale III escaped from the county jail by cutting open the ceiling in his cell, giving him access to an attic area that led to an unoccupied, under construction addition. Once there, he broke a window to make his getaway.

Updated, 10:08 p.m. Patrice Bergeron scored the only goal of the shootout and the Boston Bruins snapped a three-game slide, beating the Thrashers 4-3 on Thursday night.


Updated, 2:49 p.m. The Cardinals ace, Bedford resident and Trinity High of Manchester grad was runner-up to the Giants' Tim Lincecum.

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SAVOY

Autumn Savoy, 20, knew that two friends murdered a Mont Vernon mother during an Oct. 4 home invasion, but lied to investigators by saying they spent the night with him and tried to help dispose of evidence, prosecutors said yesterday.


Concerned citizens who tried to track their tax dollars on the White House's Recovery Act Web site would have been confused to learn that New Hampshire had not two, but six congressional districts.

Follow the money: NH dollars detailed (5)
The White House's Recovery.gov Web site
New Hampshire's Office of Economic Stimulus Web site


Updated, 5:42 p.m. Betsey Dodge was chairman of town's conservation commission.


Updated, 1:00 p.m. Samuel Goodbread, 12, was found shortly before 8:30 a.m. on Laurel Street with his Labrador retriever, Molly.

The Senate Majority Leader’s plan would expand coverage to 94 percent of Americans through a government-run health insurance option — allowing states to opt out — while taxing some "Cadillac" plans.

After shunning the Dalai Lama in September, President Obama must have shocked the Red Chinese when he spoke firmly for human rights.

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Democrats' health bills depend on forcing individuals to buy insurance or face severe fines or imprisonment.

GRANITE STATUS: With Mahoney out, Senate field appears set
In Troy, a farewell to a fallen Marine
SHNU women's defense stymies St. Anselm, 53-33
Monarchs suffer rare home loss to Norfolk
Women's hockey: UNH, Harvard tie
‘Messiah’ performances planned in Mont Vernon

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Lego League Robotics at Bishop Brady High Saturday.

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