Two men and a dog aboard a fishing boat were rescued Saturday night after their boat was rapidly taking on water about 3 miles off Hampton Harbor, the Coast Guard said. More…
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While many of you out there may not know of the issue between satellite provider Dish Network and Hearst television, the ongoing feud between the two should stand as an object lesson.
Back on March 3rd, Hearst blacked out Dish from carrying its local TV stations in 26 cities across the US. That certainly affected us here in New Hampshire as well in Maine, Vermont, and Massachusetts as the local ABC affiliate stations, all owned by Hearst, were removed from Dish.
The issue? More…
Former chairwoman of the Federal Election Commission Ann Ravel recently spoke at an event at UC Berkeley titled “Future of Democracy” where she discussed the possible need for regulating political speech and ads on social media. More…
Arrests of people caught trying to sneak into the United States across the Mexican border plummeted in March to the lowest monthly figure in more than 17 years, the head of the Department of Homeland Security reported.
That’s a likely sign that fewer immigrants are trying to make the trek into the United States.
Secretary John Kelly said the steep decline in arrests is “no accident” and credited President Donald Trump’s approach to illegal immigration. More…
In the last three months, Trump has issued executive orders directing agencies to rewrite Obama-era climate rules and find two rules to repeal for every new rule created. He’s also directed each agency to name a regulatory reform officer and create a task force to carry out his regulatory agenda.
The president has also signed 13 resolutions passed by Congress under the Congressional Review Act that overturned rules the Obama administration finalized before leaving office.
Here’s a look at the top regulations Trump has targeted. More..
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As Skip points out here, the odds are good Gov. Cuomo’s $15/hour min. Wage is a root cause.
The entire cafeteria staff will be laid off at an upstate New York community college and replaced with food-dispensing machines.
The Times Herald-Record of Middletown reports nine full-time and three part-time workers will be laid off after the spring semester at the State University of New York’s Orange County Community College. More…
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Chick-fil-A is coming to the food court at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but some students are not happy about it. Several students at the Catholic university have complained the fried chicken restaurant, which has the reputation of being extremely kind and generous to customers, will make them feel unsafe…more
Two local women were arrested on prostitution charges as part of an Operation Granite Hammer sweep in Nashua this week, according to police. Arrested during the sweep were Amber Barton, 18, pictured left, of Waterville Drive in Merrimack, and Crystal Barton, 37, of North Street in Manchester. More…
| Patch
And not just because Mark Zuckerberg went to Harvard.
Regular use of social media network Facebook, which reached 1.2 billion users earlier this week, can leave users feeling sad or unfulfilled, according to a study from Yale University. More…
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