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Dale Collinge (left) stands with his attorney as Judge Richard McNamara walks through the yard where Collinge shot and killed his girlfriend, Karen Boelzner, in November 2011 on the first day of his trial for second-degree murder; Monday, May 20, 2013. Collinge admits that he shot Boelzner that night.

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Trial kicks off for Pembroke man accused of fatally shooting girlfriend

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Just minutes after Karen Boelzner was shot dead, her boyfriend stood in clothes covered in her blood and described himself the same way prosecutors are trying to label him at his trial. “I am a murderer,” Dale Collinge told an officer Nov. 13, 2011. The sentence, projected on the courtroom wall at the start of Collinge’s trial yesterday, is considered … 0

Barbara Keshen of the New Hampshire Civil Liberties Union speaks to a group of homeless outside the Merrimack County Superior Court Monday May 20, 2013 in Concord, N.H. Keshen is representing three homeless men kicked off city land and is challenging a "No Camping" order on public lands. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Homeless get more time to sue over evictions from state land

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Three homeless men have received more time to file a lawsuit arguing they have a right to camp on state land. Their attorney, Barbara Keshen of the New Hampshire Civil Liberties Union, said her lawsuit filed earlier this month was a temporary measure to prevent evictions from state land without a formal hearing. … 1

Radical Islamist movement Ansar al-Shariah supporters clash with Tunisian police officers after Tunisia's Interior Ministry on Friday banned their annual conference supposed to be held in Kairouan, in Ettadhamen, near Tunis, Sunday May 19, 2013. Massive numbers of Tunisian police and army surrounded Tunisia's religious center of Kairouan to prevent a conference by a radical Islamist movement that has been implicated in attacks around the country. (AP Photo/Nawfel)

Tunisian feminist arrested for alleged provocation

Monday, May 20, 2013

A Tunisian feminist who scandalized her country by posting topless photos of herself online has been arrested after allegedly sneaking into Tunisia’s holiest city disguised in a veil, then trying to get undressed during a protest. On Sunday, Amina Tyler – a 19-year-old member of the Ukrainian feminist group FEMEN, which uses nudity … 0

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Winni Derby instates lie detectors for winners. Dakota Wright, 17, of Laconia, a Bishop Brady student, skipped prom to fish the derby with his father Mark and won in the overall salmon category. He will have to take a lie detector test at some point to verify that he caught it in Lake Winnipesaukee.

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Fishermen subject to scrutiny at annual Winni Derby

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Diocese of Manchester settles with parents over sexual comments lawsuit

Friday, May 17, 2013

The Pembroke parents who accused a Concord priest of making inappropriate sexual comments to their son during the sacrament of confession will be paid $2,000 to settle the lawsuit they filed in February, according to a spokesman from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester. The settlement, reached Wednesday, … 1

Bulger prosecutors want criminal checks on jurors

Friday, May 17, 2013

Federal prosecutors in the upcoming racketeering trial of Massachusetts’s reputed gangster Whitey Bulger want to do criminal background checks on potential jurors. In a court filing yesterday, prosecutors cited the case of convicted killer Gary Sampson, who was sentenced to death for carjacking and killing two Massachusetts men … 0

Albuquerque police officers search for a suspect who apparently kidnapped a five year old near Near Indian School Wednesday afternoon, May 15, 2013. The mother of the kidnapped victim chased the kidnapper to Southeast Albuquerque where she struck his car near the corner of Kathryn and Ortiz. The man had pushed the girl out of the car shortly after grabbing her. The girl was not injured. (AP Photo/The Albuquerque Journal, Roberto Rosales) Mandatory Credit

Mom in N.M. chases down child abductor; man arrested

Friday, May 17, 2013

A mother whose 4-year-old was being abducted chased the suspect down and crashed her vehicle into his car, triggering a manhunt and the arrest of the suspect, the Albuquerque, N.M., police said yesterday. The young girl was playing … 0

Local & State news briefs: May 17, 2013

Friday, May 17, 2013

The police in Merrimack said a road rage incident led to one driver squirting another with suntan lotion. The police said a woman honked her horn when the car in front of her didn’t move as a traffic light turned green. WMUR reported the driver ahead of her, … 0

Men charged in scrap metal theft from abandoned Concord building

Friday, May 17, 2013

Two men were arrested Tuesday after the police said they were seen stealing scrap metal from an abandoned building off Storrs Street in Concord. Manuel Vazquez and David Anderson, who are both homeless, were arrested and charged with … 1

Fraternity risk for drinking deaths rises after court ruling

Friday, May 17, 2013

A national fraternity with chapters on more than 125 campuses must stand trial over the drinking death of a Wabash College freshman, an Indiana court said in a ruling that may force the organizations to take more responsibility for misconduct at chapter houses. The Indiana Court of Appeals … 0

O.J. Simpson testifies in bid to win freedom

Friday, May 17, 2013

More than four years after the world last heard from O.J. Simpson in court, one of the nation’s most famous prisoners spoke again yesterday in a bid to win freedom from a sentence that could keep him behind bars until he dies. Simpson took the stand in Las … 0

Police: Massachusetts trio burglarized string of South End homes for drug money

Friday, May 17, 2013

Three Massachusetts residents charged with breaking into a string of South End homes Tuesday targeted Concord after they saw recent news reports about crimes in the city and believed the police would be too busy with those cases … 1

Jurors find Jodi Arias eligible for death penalty

Friday, May 17, 2013

The same jury that convicted Jodi Arias of murder one week ago took about three hours yesterday to determine that the former waitress is eligible for the death penalty in the stabbing and shooting death of her one-time … 0

Boston Marathon fund releases victim compensation formula

Friday, May 17, 2013

Everyone killed or injured in last month’s Boston Marathon bombings will receive some compensation from the $30 million in donations pledged for victims so far, according to a formula released yesterday by the administrator of the One Fund Boston. The protocol issued by Kenneth Feinberg lists no specific … 0

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