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CONCORD - Sen. Hillary Clinton draws large crowds in Berlin, Concord

MANCHESTER - Sen. Hillary Clinton told UnionLeader.com yesterday that her 2002 vote for a resolution authorizing the invasion of Iraq was "not a vote for a pre-emptive war," but instead a show of support for further United Nations weapons inspections.
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Sen. Hillary Clinton said yesterday she will ignore her own national party's rules and campaign in New Hampshire even if the first-in-the-nation primary is set for a date that does not comply the party's predetermined calendar.

NASHUA - A mother punished three of her children by holding their heads under water until "I'd see their head flip-flop,'' according to court documents in a case of alleged abuse.
MANCHESTER - After a year of pounding the East Coast pavement and pumping up her professional resume, aspiring starlet Jodi Katz has made a bold career move - 3,000 miles due west of her Manchester home - to Beverly Hills, Calif.
POLITICS

NASHUA - Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee told a small lunch crowd at Daniel Webster College yesterday the next President has to recognize the war in Iraq's true gravity.
CRIME
PORTSMOUTH - The leader of The Middle Door swinger's club is due to be arraigned on simple assault charges Feb.26.
BUSINESS
MANCHESTER - About a dozen New Hampshire employers signed onto a Bush administration plan to improve the quality and lower the cost of health care yesterday following a pitch for the "Value Driven Health Care Initiative" by Secretary of Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt.
SPORTS

MANCHESTER - Updated, 3:04 a.m. Tim Jackman and guest star Kevin Dallman scored while goaltender Jason LaBarbera was "in total denial" mode for the Monarchs 10th straight victory last night.
The Lowell Devils' five-game unbeaten streak ended with a thud as the Monarchs won, 2-0. LaBarbera earned his sixth shutout of the season and the 27th of his career in the AHL.
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