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Keene class wins NH video tourism contest

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:14:16 -0400

KEENE, New Hampshire - A fourth-grade class that substituted a "Magic Segway" for the "Magic School Bus" took the top prize Wednesday in a video contest sponsored by the state Division of Travel and Tourism.

NH city sues parking meter 'Robin Hood' group

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:08:50 -0400

KEENE, New Hampshire - The city of Keene, New Hampshire, has sued a group that feeds change into parking meters that are about to expire, saying members are harassing enforcement officers.

NH prosecutors can use arson experts' testimony

Tue, 14 May 2013 09:23:15 -0400

CONCORD, New Hampshire - The New Hampshire Supreme Court says prosecutors may use the testimony of arson experts in their case against a man charged with the 1989 arson deaths of four members of a Keene family.

Family of Vt. man sues gun makers, gun shop

Sat, 11 May 2013 10:17:05 -0400

KEENE, New Hampshire - The family of a Springfield, Vermont, man who was killed when a gun he accidentally dropped fired a bullet into his head is suing the gun shop where he bought the weapon and several firearms manufacturers.

NH college graduation season under way

Sat, 11 May 2013 08:04:05 -0400

KEENE, New Hampshire - College commencement season is getting under way in New Hampshire.

Man accused of assaulting teen at NH shelter

Thu, 09 May 2013 12:10:15 -0400

KEENE, New Hampshire - A registered sex offender in New Hampshire has been accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl at a Keene homeless shelter.

NH man killed in tanker crash was hurt in shooting

Wed, 08 May 2013 09:43:14 -0400

HINSDALE, New Hampshire - Police say a New Hampshire man killed in a collision with a fuel tanker in Keene last week was the same man injured in a fatal shooting in Chesterfield last year.