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Next on the Friday Roundtable edition of New Hampshire Outlook.High school journalists from around the state give us their perspective on the headlines as well as school issues such as dress codes and discipline. |
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Good Evening. I'm Allison McNair. Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. We'll get to tonight's teen roundtable after this summary of today's news. |
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Two new polls are showing different trends in New Hampshire's governor's race. An American Research Group poll shows Gordon Humphrey and Jeanne Shaheen in a statistical tie in the race for governor. Those results clash with a Concord Monitor poll showing Shaheen with a growing lead over Humphrey - 51 to 42 percent with a four percent margin of error. Andy Smith, Director of the U-N-H Survey Center explains the challenge of polling so close to an election. Andrew Smith, Director/U-N-H Survey Center: "The biggest problem when you're doing pre-election polling is determining who the electorate is going to be. its easy to ask people what they are going to vote for. The difficult thing is trying to figure out who is going to show up at the polls and that's where methodological differences come into play. It tends to be more expensive to figure out who the voters are, you have to take more time and ask them some questions about their behaviors. but we're finding the race is tighter than it was two weeks ago. The campaign seems to be effective in narrowing that gap that Governor Shaheen has enjoyed over him." The congressional polls show Martha Fuller Clark and Barney Brannen attracting undecided voters, but still trailing against incumbents John E. Sununu and Charlie Bass. |
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Last night we told you about the nationwide mock election. Millions of children across the country and here in New Hampshire participated in mock debates, did research and campaigned for weeks in preparation for the vote. A computer malfunction has the national numbers still be counted, but early returns show George Bush the choice of young people across the country. Here in New Hampshire, the choice was the same. With 75% of the votes tallied, Bush leads Gore 49 to 42 percent. In the race for Governor, Shaheen has 52 to Humphrey's 35-percent. Incumbent Sununu was chosen by New Hampshire students. He has 53-percent to Martha Fuller Clark's 38%. Charlie Bass would also keep his job if the student vote was official. He tops challenger Brannen 53 to 33-percent. |
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The government is sending New Hampshire more than two million dollars for highway projects. One million dollars is earmarked to build highways on public lands. Other projects included in the grant are improvements to scenic or historic roads, community transportation and development problem solving and state-of-the art bridge construction. |
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The University of New Hampshire Crimes Against Children Research Center has received a one and a half million dollar federal grant to continue its work. Some of the money will go toward the Center's studies of Internet crimes against children. Additional federal money is going to upgrade police communications and to programs tracking criminals who try to exploit children through the internet. |
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That's our news summary. Tonight's special Teen Roundtable is coming up in just a few minutes. But first, here's a look at your weekend weather forecast. |
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Every week at this time we bring you our Roundtable edition of New Hampshire Outlook. Journalists from around the state come together and give their perspective on the week's headlines and news developments. This week we're bringing you a special High School Jouranlist edition of roundtable. I met with three students earlier today in Concord. OUT: |
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1:00 ALLISON MCNAIR/NH Outlook 14:13 1:18 CHRIS BAXTER/Falcon Chronicle 8:40 1:52 NICK REJACK/Winnachronicle 8:10 2:15 MEGAN KALLMAN/ConVal Current 7:14 |
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In Business News. computer users in the Keene area will soon have a new Internet service provider. A Maine company, Prexar, has bought Monadnet from M-C-T of Hopkinton. The ISP serves about 7 thousand customers with dialup, high-speed access and web services. A Plaistow man who says he suffered physical and mental pain when he bit into a corn muffin and a piece of a hypodermic needle punctured the inside of his mouth. While not commenting on the suit, a Dunkin' Donuts manager at the shop in Lawrence, Mass. says his store is 100-percent safe for consumers. New Hampshire's food bank is putting out a call for holiday donations. Executive Director Al Trembley says his group is about four thousand turkeys short of what it will need this season. He says corporate donations usually make up a large part of their turkey supply, but so far, no companies have come forward with help. |
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Coming up on Monday's New Hampshire Outlook. Everything you wanted to know about this year's flu season. Is there a shortage of flu vaccine? Who should get one? Find out about the biggest threat to our health this winter. |
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That's all for this edition of Outlook tonight. Thanks for joining us. Stay tuned for Meet the Candidates. We'll be back Monday at 7:30. |
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Thanks to our founding sponsors who have provided major funding for the production of New Hampshire Outlook: New Hampshire Charitable Foundadtion Public Service of New Hampshire Alice J. Reen Charitable Trust Putnam Foundation Stratford Foundation |
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Antique trail motorbikes and all-terrain vehicles, as well as vehicles used to maintain trails would need to be registered under rules being proposed by the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department. A public hearing on the issue will be held on November 21st at Fish and Game headquarters. Written comments can be made on the proposed change through December first. |
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A New Hampshire casket company has won a court case that will allow it to sell its coffins in Mississippi. A federal judge struck down a Mississippi law allowing only licensed morticians to sell caskets. It opens the state to independent dealers. Casket Royale Incorporated of Hampton Falls filed the suit after the state ordered it to stop selling caskets directly to the public. The company said some Mississippi funeral homes mark up the price of caskets as much as 300 percent. |
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National group attacking Shaheen -- A national conservative group is targeting Governor Jeanne Shaheen in a mailing that says she supports - what it calls - "the radical homosexual lobby." Tens of thousands of postcards sent to likely voters this week show a photo of a man kissing another man on the cheek. The message printed next to the photo asks if that is Shaheen's vision for New Hampshire. The director of the Washington group that sent the cards says they are part of a nationwide effort to oust politicians who support gay rights. He said Republican Gordon Humphrey had nothing to do with it. Gay rights haven't been an issue in the campaign, but Shaheen has been criticizing Humphrey for anti-gay statements he made as a U.S. senator in the 1980s. Humphrey says he regrets his comments. When asked yesterday whether he would ever hire a gay person, Humphrey refused to answer. Shaheen spokeswoman Judy Reardon said the refusal was unaccptable, because state law prohibits discrimination in employment based on sexual orientation. AP-NY-11-03-00 0708EST |