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NH police investigate fatal shooting in Manchester

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:52:47 -0400

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire - Police in New Hampshire are investigating a late-night fatal shooting in a residential neighborhood in Manchester.

Manchester continues to grapple with new refugees

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:36:26 -0400

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire - After being exiled from his native Bhutan at age 4, Chuda Niroula spent the next two decades in a Nepali refugee camp with no running water, no electricity and never enough food. Almost two years ago he arrived in Manchester as one of the 60,000 to 80,000 refugees taken in each year by the U.S.

NH Institute of Art holds commencement Sunday

Sun, 19 May 2013 08:14:05 -0400

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire - Bestselling author Andre Dubus is the keynote speaker at the New Hampshire Institute of Art's commencement ceremony.

Diocese of Manchester pays $2K to settle lawsuit

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:58:15 -0400

CONCORD, New Hampshire - The Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester is paying $2,000 to settle a lawsuit accusing a priest of making inappropriate comments to a 14-year-old boy during confession.

NH gets big sentence for Maine bank robberies

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:15:32 -0400

PORTLAND, Maine - A New Hampshire man has been sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison for bank robbery, interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle and interstate transportation of stolen property.

UNH Manchester celebrates 357 graduates

Thu, 16 May 2013 04:35:18 -0400

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire - Gov. Maggie Hassan will help send off 357 graduates of the University of New Hampshire at Manchester.

NH court hears petition of teen convicted killers

Tue, 14 May 2013 13:09:08 -0400

CONCORD, New Hampshire - Robert Dingman was in a courtroom Tuesday for the first time since he was given a mandatory life sentence in 1997 for killing his parents a year earlier at age 17.

US Supreme Court rules in NH towing case

Tue, 14 May 2013 06:20:04 -0400

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire - The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that federal trucking laws don't pre-empt a state claim against a New Hampshire towing company.

4 NH convicts seek resentencing for juvenile crime

Mon, 13 May 2013 11:56:03 -0400

CONCORD, New Hampshire - One plotted the death of two Dartmouth professors. Another opted to kill his parents rather than abide by curfews and other household rules.

NH conference focuses on restoring families

Fri, 10 May 2013 05:04:44 -0400

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire - The theme of the 20th annual conference for New Hampshire's agency that helps children and families is "Restoring Families and Communities Together."

Senate rejects firearms on more federal lands

Wed, 08 May 2013 17:00:49 -0400

WASHINGTON - The Senate rejected an effort Wednesday to expand the use of firearms on some of the nation's most frequently visited federal lands, handing gun control advocates a modest success.

NH clerk punched in face over bag of crackers

Tue, 07 May 2013 12:35:04 -0400

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire - Police in Manchester, New Hampshire, are looking for a man suspected of punching a convenience store clerk in the face when he was confronted about taking a 3-ounce bag of crackers.

Home burglarized while couple out doing yard work

Tue, 07 May 2013 10:14:12 -0400

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire - A New Hampshire couple say their home was burglarized over the weekend while they were outside doing yard work.

2 NH men face kidnapping charges from mall

Mon, 06 May 2013 07:42:04 -0400

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire - Police say two men are facing charges they kidnapped a teenager from the Mall of New Hampshire in Manchester and then assaulted him in Hooksett.

Police arrest suspect in NH purse snatching

Mon, 06 May 2013 07:16:11 -0400

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire - Police in New Hampshire say they've made an arrest in a Manchester purse snatching from last month.

Neighbor credited with fire rescue in NH

Sun, 05 May 2013 08:28:04 -0400

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire - A neighbor is being credited with rescuing a 65-year-old man out of his New Hampshire home after it caught fire Saturday.

NH man charged in July boating death

Sat, 04 May 2013 11:50:18 -0400

NORTHWOOD, New Hampshire - A New Hampshire man is facing a negligent homicide charge for allegedly operating a boat while intoxicated during an accident last July that led to another man's death.

2 teenagers struck by cars in NH

Sat, 04 May 2013 09:05:05 -0400

DERRY, New Hampshire - Police in Derry say two teenage girls are in the hospital after being struck by separate vehicles on Route 28, or Manchester Road.

NH police charge 20-year-old with child porn

Fri, 03 May 2013 15:46:17 -0400

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire - New Hampshire police say a 20-year-old Manchester woman sexually assaulted a 3-year-old girl and sent images of the assault to an Air Force officer stationed in Japan.

NH man held without bail in stabbing death of wife

Fri, 03 May 2013 14:12:25 -0400

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire - New Hampshire's attorney general says a 46-year-old Manchester woman died of multiple stab wounds to the neck.

Annual dinner raises money to end childhood hunger

Wed, 01 May 2013 05:32:13 -0400

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire - More than 50 of New Hampshire's best restaurants are teaming up for a benefit dinner aimed at ending childhood hunger.

NH man charged with robbing bank twice

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:02:50 -0400

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire - A New Hampshire man has been charged with robbing the same bank twice.

NH construction firm to build Job Corps center

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:42:19 -0400

CONCORD, New Hampshire - A New Hampshire construction firm has been awarded a Department of Labor contract to build a Job Corps Center in Manchester, several years after the project was stalled by contract language that would have required the facility to be built by union labor.

NH governor creates judicial selection commission

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:34:23 -0400

CONCORD, New Hampshire - New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan is appointing a Judicial Selection Commission to advise her on judicial nominations.

NH killer apologizes to machete victim's family

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:06:44 -0400

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire - A man convicted of hacking a woman to death with a machete and maiming her daughter during a home invasion has ordered his lawyers not to argue for a reduced sentence, and said in a statement Monday that he doesn't deserve or expect forgiveness.