NH OUTLOOK ROUNDTABLE EDITION, Friday, 4/5/2002
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Here's a look at other stories making news this Friday.
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Two of the best colleges in the country are located right here in New Hampshire.
US News and World Report just released it annual college rankings, and it includes Dartmouth and the Franklin Piere Law center.
Dartmouth was ranked 47th in engineering and ninth in business
schools. Dartmouth Medical School was ranked 22nd in primary care
and 34th in research.
The law center, in Concord, was ranked third for intellectual
property law, which deals with the ownership of ideas.
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Two student housing buildings at Notre Dame College are going to be put to good use. The head of Manchester Neighborhood Housing Services, a low-income housing organization, says his group is buying both properties.Together, they contain 39 student apartments. The properties will be available next spring. They'll be remodeled and will likely have fewer apartments. Notre Dame is closing at the end of this school year.
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Enterasys Networks of Portsmouth is undergoing some major restructuring. The company announced the resignation of its Chief executive officer and two other top executives and higher than expected losses. The market reacted this morning, as the company's stock fell 60 percent in the first two hours of trading to a dollar-65 a share. The government has been investigating it and some affiliates for alleged accounting irregularities. Enterasys is the main successor to the former Cabletron Systems.
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Here's a look at some of the other numbers.
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Brookstone\15.98\+0.95\Enterasys\1.34\-2.80\Granite Bank\28.33\+0.63\Presstek\6.70\+0.89\Teradyne\37.00\-1.20\NH Stocks\Source: yahoo.com
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Dow Jones\10271.64\+36.47\NYSE\590.76\-0.25\American Stock Exchange\898.61\-5.00\Nasdaq\1770.03\-19.72\S&P 500\1122.73\-3.61\Wall Street\
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We're headed into the weekend wondering what we can expect? We checked in with Steve Bailey at the Mount Washington Observatory to see what conditions were like on Mount Washington and to get a full report on the weekends weather.
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Mt. Washington Observatory\Friday on the Summit\Partly sunny, light snow showers and freezing fog\Visibility: 80 miles to 100 feet\High: 23\Peak Gust: NW 21 mph
Overnight\Statewide\Cloudy \Chance of snow showers\Lows: 15 to 25\Winds: N 5 to 10 mph
Saturday\North\Chance of snow showers\then partly sunny\Highs: 30s\Winds: N 10 to 15 mph
Saturday\Central\Chance of snow and rain showers\then mostly sunny\Highs: Low 40s\Winds: N 10 to 15mph
Saturday\South\Chance of rain showers \then partly sunny\Highs: Low 40s\Winds: N 10 to 15mph
Sunday\Statewide\Mostly sunny \then increasing cloudiness\Highs: Low 40s\
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Every Friday night we bring you a weekend calendar of events around the state.
Have pen and paper handy because here they are.
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OUTDOORS\Intragalactic Cardboard Sled Race\April 6\Newbury\603 763-2356
CHILDREN'S ART\A Celebration of Imagination and Creativity\April 6\Henniker\603 428-2485
FAMILY FUN\Shrine Circus\April 4 - 7\JFK Mem. Coliseum, Manchester\603 225-5372
OPEN HOUSE\UNH Greenhouse\April 5 & 6\UNH, Durham\603 862-3200
FAMILY\New Hampshire Railroads and Trolleys\April 7 \Concord\603 228-6688
FAMILY FUN\Snake Squeeze\April 6\Auburn\603 668-2045
LECTURE\Abandoned Communities in the North Country,\April 7\Lancaster\603 788-3352
EXPO\Made in NH - Try It and Buy It\April 12 -14 \Manchester\888-647-8674
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Monday on New Hampshire Outlook.
understanding the crisis in the middle east. Get the Palestinian and Israeli perspective.
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That's all for this edition of Outlook. Thanks for joining us.
For all of us here at New Hampshire Public Television, I'm Allison McNair.
We'll be back Monday at 10. We leave you with images from the "Breath of Spring" flower show.
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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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Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook.
Understanding the crisis in the middle east.
Join us tonight at 10:00 only on New Hampshire Outlook.
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Monday on New Hampshire Outlook.
Understanding the crisis in the middle east.
Join us Monday at 10:00 only on New Hampshire Outlook.
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Tension in the mideast has increased dramatically over the last few weeks. To get a better understanding of the conflict between Israel and Palestine, we spoke earlier to Philip Walker of AMID EAST and Zvi Szafran of New England College.
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Next on New Hampshire Outlook.
Journalists from around the state join us to put the week's top stories into perspective.From the sentencing in the Dartmouth Murders to an annual tax some New Hampshire residents don't even know about.
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Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook.
Join us tonight at 10:00 only on New Hampshire Outlook.
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Natural gas prices could be on their way down. KeySpan Energy Delivery says it will file rates Monday that are expected to be almost half of summer's rates. The states other natural gas supplier, Northern Utilities, has suggested slightly lower rates for the summer. KeySpan says prices are low because the warm winter prompted low demand, which reduces prices.
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N.H. lawsuit to be aimed at priests
-- A Nashua lawyer plans to file a
lawsuit over new allegations of decades-old abuse by priests.
Mark Rufo says the suit will focus on the alleged misconduct of
at least four priests. Rufo would not release their names, but said
one of them was listed among the 14 priests named by the Diocese of
Manchester in February.
Rufo said he has at least eight solid cases of abuse. And he
says he's received so many additional claims from around the state
that he could not estimate the total number of victims the suit
will ultimately involve.
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Another major terrorist attack could happen according to Afghan leaders. Speaking to forum at Daniel Webster College Haroun Amin, who leads the newly reopened Afghan embassy in Washington, says a neglected Afghanistan produced September eleventh. He said if the international community wants to walk away from his country, there will be another. And that the country needs international help to rebuild the devastation caused by 22 years of war.
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Chema drops out of congressional race
-- Another Republican is dropping out of the
race for Congress in New Hampshire's First District.
Retired Army officer Michael Chema is expected to make an
official announcement Monday, but several GOP sources are telling
The Union Leader he already has told campaign staff members.
Chema campaign manager Chris Williams said Chema will not
comment until Monday.
Chemas campaign signs have been removed from the windows of his
campaign office in Manchester.
Former Executive Councilor William Cahill left the race
Wednesday morning.
Four candidates are still in the race. They are Jeb Bradley of
Wolfeboro, Fran Wendelboe of New Hampton, Sean Mahoney of
Portsmouth and Gary Hoffman of Bedford.
Martha Fuller Clark of Portsmouth is the only Democrat seeking
the seat.
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