BRENTWOOD - Updated, 1:10 p.m. Sheila LaBarre made hundreds of hours of tapes of her phone conversations, including calls where she referred to herself as a black widow, and discussed adopting children to use for sex. "She responded that she's a black widow and she can devour you without even mating," an investigator said this morning, testifying about a phone call between LaBarre and a man contacted through the TeleMates dating service.

> A cunning killer, or crazy? Prosecution says LaBarre knew what she was doing (7)
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Dracut, Mass. - Updated, 7:52 a.m. Two New Hampshire men are charged in the beating and robbery of an owner of a pizzeria.

MANCHESTER - Updated, 11:17 a.m. The capital murder trial of Michael Addison, accused of the murder of Manchester police officer Michael Briggs in October 2006, will be delayed by three weeks.

A superior court judge this morning set September 22 for the start of jury selection.

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MANCHESTER - Updated, 12:05 p.m. Gregoria Tzoy-Morente, 44, took sexually suggestive photos of a naked 4-year-old relative and then dropped off the digital memory card at a local store to have them developed, police said.

Updated, 10:13 a.m. Wildlife experts are hoping to save a pair of orphaned cubs.

DURHAM - The University of New Hampshire has instituted a hiring freeze as part of a larger university-wide cost-saving plan expected to be announced today by President Mark Huddleston.

Details of the plan were kept secret yesterday, but university spokesman Kim Billings said it will not include any layoffs.

MANCHESTER - With the arid lands of Afghanistan fast becoming a memory, 13 New Hampshire Army National Guard soldiers returned home last night to the kisses and embraces of family, fellow soldiers and friends.

A high school honors student from Bedford who planned to pursue pre-law and environmental studies after graduation was found dead at his home Saturday morning.

CONCORD - Updated, 1:50 p.m. A vote on whether to adopt language the House Finance Committee approved last week failed to gain even a simple majority and was defeated 140 to 222. Debate continues, but an amendment will need 237 votes, 60 percent of House membership, to be approved for submission to voters this fall.

> School funding amendment faces tough hurdle today (2)

MANCHESTER - The three founders of EqualLogic Inc., the computer networking company that was sold to Dell Inc. for $1.4 billion earlier this year, have been named the New Hampshire High Technology Council's Entrepreneurs of the Year.

THE STATE pension system for public employees is sliding to insolvency faster than a legislator who passes a room full of state employees can switch to pander mode. And yet the state Senate is reluctant to pass the strong reforms needed.

TURNS OUT, the whole Matt Walsh thing was much ado about nothing.

> Boston Herald retracts story and apologizes