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Credit Alec Baldwin and Michael Bloomberg with one thing: Their blather and bombast here over the weekend may have further energized New Hampshire voters to opt for Republicans. We will concede that not all voters might react that way to these two. Some may search out Libertarian candidates, if only to say a pox on both of the main party...

CONCORD - On the campaign trail, Gov. Chris Sununu frequently refers to the state's balanced budget and the millions of dollars in surplus funds he distributed in his first two years in office.But when you look beyond the two-year operating budget to the state's long-term financial obligations, the picture is not so...

WITH ALL DUE respect to Kathy Sullivan's obligatory right-before-an-election x201cAnn Kuster is a bipartisanx201d op-ed, the entire premise is half-baked and the proof is in the x201ccookies.x201dPro Publica reports that Second District Congress Rep. Ann Kuster votes with Democrats 94.5 percent of the time. GovTrack.US...

YOU MAY have noticed yesterday that we have made some changes to our daily opinion pages. Each Monday and Thursday will feature a page of opinions other than those of the Union Leader.x201cNew Hampshire Voices'' will include letters to the editor and New Hampshire opinions. We will also run a syndicated cartoon and one...

Students at one of the nation's top colleges should not have to be told to keep their hands out of the fire.Yet each year a handful of idiots put themselves at risk by ducking under the rope meant to separate them from the Dartmouth bonfire in order to touch the flaming stack of wood, usually first-year students goaded into the...

Campbell High of Litchfield, one of two unbeaten Division III teams in New Hampshire, is back in the Union Leader High School Football Power Poll - just in time for the division's marquee game of the regular season.The Cougars, who were ranked 10th after Week 1 and sit 10th again today, will make the hour-and-a-half trek to...

Listening sessionsSessions: They are offered around the state. Call 603-271-9215 at least five days before if special accommodations are needed, including assistive listening devices or an interpreter. A list of sessions follows.Berlin: Oct. 25, 1 to 3 p.m., Berlin Senior Center, 610 Sullivan St., Berlin.Keene: Nov.

CONCORD - In response to Gov. Chris Sununu's 10-year energy plan, Democratic lawmakers and environmental groups have released a plan of their own, calling for the state to generate all of its electricity from renewable energy sources by 2040.Sununu's plan, the first update to the state's 10-year energy...

Armed mother protects children from boyfriendIf you need another example of a mother's love, look no further than Nashville, Tenn., where a woman shot her boyfriend after he assaulted her youngsters. The mom told police she fired because her children were in danger.The children corroborated the story and had injuries...

Trump says 'rogue killers' may have killed missing Saudi journalist