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Scott Brooks: No matter how you slice it, some say it was half-baked idea

Mayor Frank Guinta had a memorable line in a debate a couple years back, when the subject turned to pizza.

City Hall - Bonneville Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge

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Tom Fahey: Broderick says NH has 'too many courts"

Name a state agency that has more locations than Wal-Mart. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Broderick did last week -- his court system.

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Editorials
Horsing around: The racing distraction

Why does Rockingham Park want to build a slot-machine casino?

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Columns
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John Harrigan: Unthawed jump steak can also be dear meat

Longtime reader Cook Anderson dropped me a note recently about when to call it "deer meat" and when to call it "venison."

40 Under Forty
Honoring those who go above and beyond
Reader comments: 14

MANCHESTER - Gov. Lynch was on hand as the New Hampshire Union Leader's 40 under Forty were honored last night in Manchester.

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►Click here for photos from Thursday's 40 Under Forty event.



Top stories
Heavy rain, high winds again menace NH; flooding, threat of power outages loom

Weather forecasters are saying this weekend's Nor'easter has the potential to bring down trees and plunge some Granite Staters back into darkness.


35 New England vets among those honored in D.C. ceremony

Double click the window for a full-screen version of Carol Robidoux's slide show on the New England veterans' trip to Washington.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - When Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks addressed 250 veterans from around the country at the memorial constructed in the vets' honor, 35 New England veterans were there, including five from New Hampshire.


Poll: Mixed reviews for NH jobless office

About 70 percent of respondents in a UnionLeader.com poll gave the department "decent" or "good" grades.

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What You Missed in Print
City pawn shop owner arrested over hot items
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A city pawn shop owner was arraigned yesterday in Manchester District Court on two charges of receiving stolen property and police said more charges are expected against Albert Greenhalgh, 42, of 2 Ross Drive, Londonderry.

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Crime
Manchester chief: No review needed in bar brawl

Manchester Police Chief David Mara said he sees no need for an outside review of an incident this month involving four off-duty police officers in a physical altercation outside a downtown bar.

Sports
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Tim Wakefield has been performing very well this spring. (AP)
Brian MacPherson's Sox Beat: If the Sox intend to ease him out, Wake's not cooperating

With three weeks left until Opening Day, the Red Sox aren't any closer to resolving their logjam of starting pitchers.


See our High School Sports Photo Gallery for hockey championship action

Four New Hampshire schools came away from Championship Saturday wearing state hockey crowns. See complete coverage in the New Hampshire Sunday News and visit our High School Sports photo gallery for scenes of the action.

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Recent news
Lynch asked to stop toll plan
Reader comments: 32
Salem-area legislators and other officials say I-93 plan would decimate the region's economy.

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Michael Benton, 33, of Manchester is led into the courtroom in Rockingham County Superior Court for his sentencing on charges of second-degree murder and conspiracy to commit capital murder in the 2005 death of Jack Reid.
Murder victim's kin hear 'hollow' apologies
Pair who played key roles in a plot to kill Jack Reid of Derry, then helped the prosecution, speak to his relatives at sentencing.

Mall evacuated when fire erupts near food court
Reader comments: 7
Food court and other stores on the north side of the mall expected to open today.

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In today's print edition


►In NH, McCain touts Iran success, decries Obama tactics
►NH jobless rate up, but still low
►Bedford boy gets a dog with a special mission
►Forest Journal: You’ll never look at a person, or tree, the same again
►5Qs with Catherine Amidon, director of Drerup Gallery at Plymouth State University
►Regional contests decide Spelling Bee finalists
►Manchester native Gen. Robert Cone back in Iraq
►Jim Fennell: In her heart, Nancy's still dancing
►The battle for Portsmouth Regional Hospital
►Christopher Thompson's Closing the Deal: Order takers miss chances for more sales


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Memorial for ‘Granny D’ set for today.


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