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Monitor Minute: May 20, 2013

Monday, May 20, 2013

Monitor Minute Episode 21: May 20, 2013. The Monitor Minute is a daily run down of today’s top stories along with a preview of tomorrow’s headlines. Today’s stories include: In Pennsylvania, casino seen as a lifesaver Strong relationships, persistence keys to success for NTHI graduates Kelly Ayotte speaks to New England College graduates Bush v. Gore lawyers send off UNH … 0

Monitor Minute: May 17, 2013.

Monday, May 20, 2013

Monitor Minute 20: May 17, 2013. The Monitor Minute is a daily run down of today’s top stories along with a preview of tomorrow’s headlines. Today’s stories include:  Runners take over downtown Concord for Rock ’N Race in support of cancer center  Ray Duckler: Two fathers, two slain children and one controversial vote  Medicare data provides reminder of wide range of health care prices, payments  INTERACTIVE GRAPHIC: Medicare … 0

Obama gets personal about race, manhood in Morehouse College speech

Sunday, May 19, 2013

President Obama yesterday summoned the graduates of historically black Morehouse College to “transform the way we think about manhood,” urging the young men to avoid the temptation to make excuses and to take responsibility for their families and their communities. Delivering a commencement address at the all-male private liberal arts college in Atlanta, Obama spoke in deeply personal terms about the “special obligation” … 6

N.H. Senate panel estimates $61.4 million less in revenue than House’s budget, plus $107.2 million MET shortfall

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Senate budget writers will count on about $61.4 million less in general- and education-fund revenue from state taxes and fees than the House did in its budget for the next two years. That figure doesn’t include revenue from New Hampshire’s Medicaid Enhancement Tax, which the Senate Ways and … 0

Tougher drunken driving limits proposed

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

States may consider lowering the standard for drunken driving to the level of a single dry martini after a recommendation yesterday from the National Transportation Safety Board. The NTSB wants state legislatures to drop the measure from the current blood alcohol level of 0.08 to 0.05, about that … 0

Russia expels U.S. diplomat accused of spying

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

An American diplomat accused by Russia of spying for the CIA was ordered to leave the country yesterday after a highly publicized arrest that seemed designed to embarrass the United States and its premier intelligence service. The expulsion of Ryan Fogle was announced by the Russian Foreign Ministry, … 0

IRS hit With criminal probe of conservative targeting activities

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Federal authorities have opened a criminal investigation of whether Internal Revenue Service employees broke the law when they targeted conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, the latest setback for an agency that is the subject of withering bipartisan criticism and multiple congressional inquiries. Attorney General Eric Holder said yesterday … 0

Hassan wants N.H.’s insurance, IT commissioners to stay on the job

Friday, May 17, 2013

Gov. Maggie Hassan wants to keep two state department heads on the job. The Democrat announced today she’s nominating Roger Sevigny, commissioner of the Insurance Department, for another five-year term. She’s also nominating Peter Hastings, acting commissioner of the Department of Information Technology, to lead that department on … 0

Monitor Minute: May 14, 2013

Friday, May 17, 2013

Monitor Minute Episode 17: May 14, 2013. The Monitor Minute is a daily run down of today’s top stories along with a preview of tomorrow’s headlines. Today’s stories include: Police: Concord man charged with assaulting girl in bedroom being investigated in similar case Pembroke zoning board rules against … 0

Florida’s Rubio, potential 2016 presidential candidate, airing TV ad in N.H. to support Ayotte

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida – a potential GOP presidential candidate in 2016 – is airing a television ad in New Hampshire to support U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte for her vote last month against expanded background checks. … 2

Justice Department Obtained AP Phone Records in Leak Investigation

Monday, May 13, 2013

In a sweeping and unusual move, the Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of journalists working for the Associated Press as part of a year-long investigation into the disclosure of classified information about a failed al-Qaida plot last year. The AP’s president said yesterday that … 2

Kelly Ayotte getting supportive TV ad from potential 2016 candidate Marco Rubio

Friday, May 17, 2013

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida — a potential GOP presidential candidate in 2016 — is paying for a television ad in New Hampshire to support U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte for her vote last month against expanded background checks. The 30-second ad, “Quite,” was produced by Rubio’s Reclaim … 0

Monitor Minute: May 13, 2013

Friday, May 17, 2013

Monitor Minute Episode 16: May 13, 2013. The Monitor Minute is a daily run down of today’s top stories along with a preview of tomorrow’s headlines. Today’s stories include: Tammy Boucher of Pembroke living the sandwich generation roles of mom and daughter Homeless sue state over evictions from … 0