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My Doctor The Car: A Ride That Could Detect Heart Attacks
Ever used one of those machines at the gym where you can place your hands on the grips and it'll track your heart rate? German scientists -...
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The Nuclear Clock is Too Accurate For This Universe
The atomic clock is so accurate that, had it been running since the Big Bang, 13+ billion years ago, it would only be off of "real" time...
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The Folk Show

Letters from Heaven---Bill Morrissey
Singer/songwriter and Tamworth resident Bill Morrissey has died at the age of 59. He was born in Hartford Connecticut on November 25, 1951 and died...
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Take it From Dr. King
We paid tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. on The Folk Show with a number of folk songs that were popular during the civil rights movement. We...
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Working it Out

Personal Income Rises in 2nd Quarter
The federal Bureau of Economic Analysis reports that personal income in New Hampshire rose 1% in the second quarter (March-June).  The grand...
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Slight Uptick in Medicaid/Nutrition Assistance Rolls in August
Medicaid enrollment was essentially unchanged in August but the number of people receiving help buying groceries (the Supplemental Nutrition...
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Inside NHPR

Top Stories: Week of November 7
A round-up of the top ten most visited stories on NHPR.org and StateImpact - New Hampshire.
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Top Stories: Week of October 31
A round-up of the top ten most visited stories on NHPR.org and StateImpact - New Hampshire.
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EarthTalk

"Wet Cleaning" vs. Dry Cleaning
EarthTalk® E - The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: Some drycleaners I’ve seen offer “wet cleaning” as opposed to dry...
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Which Light Bulbs Are the Greenest?
EarthTalk® E - The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: What are the greenest light bulbs to use? I hear there has been a lot of backlash...
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Word of Mouth

Senator Kelly Ayotte Should Doll Up Her Office
As one of the nation's top experts on U.S. Senate office decor, no one is more pleased than me that New Hampshire's Kelly Ayotte decided to...
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Whatever you do, DON'T call it a pie!
I learned a little trivia while watching the film Answer This in preparation for today's interview with writer and director Chris Farah. For...
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Look How Cute the Wallaby Is!
Today's story on resurrected proteins developed by Australian scientists to fight superbugs pointed to the wallaby as the source for their idea...
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Brace yourself for what Andrew Ridgely looks like today...
Thanks, @JohnSellers, for blowing my mind. While responding to his Twitter confession of his former Wham! love with my own (somewhat current) Wham...
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9/11 and Ten
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