A group of young men is accused of targeting a 14-year-old Concord teenager and forcing him to get a lewd tattoo on his buttocks. The Concord High School freshman will likely have permanent scars, and four men have been arrested. Read the Monitor's coverage here.

The idea of expanding gambling in New Hampshire seems to surface whenever state budget writers are in a bind. Supporters say slot machines could be lucrative enough to help lawmakers avoid budget cuts or new taxes. Opponents, meanwhile, think slots might mark the end of New Hampshire as we know it, bringing crime and addiction. One thing is clear: expanded gambling remains a hot topic in the Granite State. Browse the Monitor's coverage here.

Ernest Willis is accused of raping a 15-year-old girl in 1997, impregnating her and leading to a chain events that has placed Trinity Baptist Church under intense public scrutiny. Both Willis and his alleged victim attended the Concord church, and the police believe church leadership had a hand in moving the girl out of state. Read the Monitor's coverage here.

Richard Rosen, president of Diagnostic Inc., hopes to build a $100 million power plant and greenhouse complex at the former BioEnergy site in Hopkinton. The proposal calls 20 acres of greenhouses which receive sustenance from the plant's excess heat and carbon dioxide.

According to Rosen, the power plant and nursery would bring 200 jobs to the area and about $1.5 million a year in tax revenue. Read the Monitor's coverage here.

The case of  Financial Resources Mortgage, the defunct Meredith company alleged to be at the center of a giant Ponzi scheme, has found its way into bankruptcy court, federal criminal court and the state legislature. Click here for the Monitor's coverage of what may be the largest financial fraud in state history.

Molly Hawthorn-MacDougall, 31, was shot and killed on April 29 in her Henniker home, about two weeks before she would have graduated from NHTI with a nursing degree. Roody Fleuraguste, a 22-year-old from Haiti who was staying with her husband's family nearby, was charged with first-degree murder in her death. The Monitor's continuing coverage of this case, in print and on the web, will be collected here.