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Next on New Hampshire Outlook. a landmark conviction in a manchester lead poisoning case. The governor asks state departments for spending cuts AND President Bush called it a relic of the cold war. Find out from the experts what the US withdrawal from the ABM treaty could mean. |
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Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. I'm Allison McNair. |
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It's being called a landmark lead poisoning case. For the first time in the country, a property manager as been convicted of failing to provide required hazard warnings in a case involving the death of a two-year-old girl. James Aneckstein and his company, J-T-A Real Estate Brokerage and Management, pleaded guilty to charges they forged, backdated and falsified forms that said tenants had been given infomation about lead hazards. A two year old tenant died last year after being exposed to lead paint and dust in the apartment. NH US Attorney Bill Morse explains the significance of the case. |
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Two environmental groups say an area southeast of Concord has become a "hot spot" of mercury contamination. "Clean Water Action" and New Hampshire's wildlife federation conducted studies measuring the toxic metal in fish and loon populations. They say areas downwind of incinerators and coal-fired plants have the highest levels of mercury contamination in the state. The Merrimack Station power plant in Bow is reportedly the largest source of that contamination. That's based on the amount of coal the plant burns each year. They say loons in lakes south and east of the plant- including Swain's Lake, Mendum's Pond and parts of Lake Massabesic have an 89% chance of suffering from mercury poisoning. |
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Doug Bogen, NH Program Director, Clean Water Action. "We find this particularly alarming that we are at Ground zero for mercury contamination in the whole country. Now, in a way that's not surprising, we are at the tailpipe if you will for emissions throughout the country. But what this research is showing is this is a disproportionate impact there's mercury right in this area, it's not falling out in in other parts of the state or other parts of the country, it's falling out right here in south-east New Hampshire." |
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The groups wants upcoming mercury reduction bills in the House reworked. Clean Water Action wants reduction standards set and a potential loophole closed so plants that fail to comply will not be able to buy pollution "credits" from other plants if they fall short of the standard. |
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Three New Hampshire Supreme Court justices were told "no" in their pursuit of reimbursments for legal fees incurred during last year's impeachment proceedings. In October - the Executive council denied requests from Supreme Court Justice David Brock, Justice John Broderick and retired Justice Sherman Horton. The legal fees totalled about 2 million dollars. Wednesday, the council denied the justices request for a rehearing on the matter. |
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In response to the slowing economy, Governor Jeanne Shaheen has asked her department heads to cut spending by 1 percent effective January first. The cut will not require staff cuts and will not affect public health and safety services. She said the cuts will save about five million dollars for the second half of the fiscal year. The cuts must be approved by a legislative fiscal committee. |
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Last week, President Bush announced that the U-S was pulling out of the Anti-Ballistic Missle treaty. While some had predicted a landslide of negative fallout as a result of that move, others were surprised that the reaction was so mild from Russia and China. To find out what we've lost and gained by abandoning the ABM treaty, we spoke with Professor Tom Trout of the UNH Political Science Department and Professor Kurk Dorsey UNH History Departmment. |
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A split decision on wall Street as the Dow Jones rose on good economic news, but the Nasdaq lost ground. |
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The Dow ended up 72 points. The Nasdaq lost 22 points. And The S and P 500 was up better than six points. Dow Jones Industrials\10070.49\+72.10\NYSE\585.12\+4.56\AMSE \830.85\+5.13\Nasdaq\1982.89\-21.87\S&P 500\1149.56\+6.64\Wall Street \ |
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Here's a look at stocks of interest to New Hampshire investors. M-B-N-A gained a dollar and a quarter a share, Oxford Health lost a dollar thirty-six. Teradyne slipped a dollar sixty-seven, Texas Instruments dropped a dollar ninety-one, and Tyco International gaines a dollar and twenty-one cents. |
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It looks like there could be more snow in our future. We checked in with Katie Hess at the Mount Washington Observatory to see what we can expect. |
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Mount Washington Observatory\Wednesday On The Summit\Freezing fog, and blowing snow becoming mostly clear\High: 13 degrees\Peak gust: NW 94 mph\Visibility: 100 feet to 60 miles Overnight\Statewide\Mostly cloudy\Lows: North - Mid 20s \South - lower 30s \Winds: Light Thursday\North\Cloudy \Then snow showers \Accumulation: 1" or less\Highs: Lower 30s Thursday\Central and Coastal\Cloudy then rain showers \Possibly mixed with rain\Highs: Mid to upper 30s\Winds: Light becoming W 10 mph |
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Each new storm increases the chances of a power outage. Whether we are prepared for it or not, there are some things we can do to make sure being without electricity is an adventure, not a calamity. Jim Van Dongen from the New Hampshire Office of Emergency Management showed us what we need. |
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On the next New Hampshire Outlook - Who will treat YOU in an emergency? Behind the scenes of the Granite State's EMS system |
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That's it for this edition of our program. We'll see you next time on New Hampshire Outlook. |
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Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook. President Bush called it a relic of the cold war. The ABM treaty is a thing of the past. We'll look at the implications tonight at 10:00 only on New Hampshire Outlook. |
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OnCam:Ally Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook. Who will treat YOU in an emergency? Behind the scenes of the Granite State's EMS system.Tonight at 10pm only on New Hampshire Outlook. |
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High tech help could be on the way to prevent car-wildlife collisions on our highways. New Hampshire has joined with eleven other states to help finance the project. The Western Transportation Institute of Bozeman, Montana, is studying devices to detect elk, deer, moose and other large animals near roadways. If the research shows detection systems would work, equipment would be set up along one-mile stretches of road shown to be particularly dangerous. If an animal trips sensors, a light would flash on animal-crossing signs along the road, warning drivers. AP |
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The Executive Council approved a request to nearly double the state's contract for children's health insurance Wednesday. The New Hampshire Healthy Kids Corporation offers health care for kids ineligible for Medicaid and not covered by a parent employer's plans. The contract will increase from ten million dollars to more than 19 million dollars, and will be extended to June 30th, 2003. New Hampshire has an estimated 26-thousand uninsured children. |
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The agreement for buying northern New Hampshire forestland has been extended three months. The Trust for Public Lands had planned to buy the 171 thousand acres by the end of this month, but says delays in appraising and reviewing title to the land have pushed the deadline into March. The Trust is buying the land to hold it off the market while lawmakers, the congressional delegation and private groups come up with the money to take it over. |
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Portsmouth is replacing the nationally recognized D.A.R.E. anti-drug program with a more comprehensive school program. Portsmouth Middle School will try the three-year Life Skills Training curriculum that follows students throughout their middle school years. Data on the Life Skills program shows a dramatic reduction in drug and alcohol use by high school kids who have participated in the training. |