Palate Cleanser: When to Eat Your Biggest Meal if You’re Trying to Lose Weight

Posted on April 6, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

According to recent research published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, focusing the majority of your attention (and calories) on one meal in particular may actually help you lose weight — and that’s lunch.

In an October 2016 study, researchers asked 80 overweight and obese women to eat the majority of their day’s calories at either lunch or dinner. After 12 weeks, the women who ate larger lunches not only lost more weight (an average of around 13 pounds compared to 10 pounds) but also lowered their blood sugar levels, and therefore also their diabetes risk, compared to those who ate huge dinners. Who would’ve thought? More…

Heather Finn | WMUR

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FBI Schools Hotel Employees on Warning Signs of Human Trafficking

Posted on April 6, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

Andover Police announced on Wednesday that detectives have recently met with managers and employees from hotels in both Massachusetts and New Hampshire to discuss problems of prostitution and human trafficking. Keep Reading…

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Kelly Ayotte Joins Board at Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp.

Posted on April 6, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

Former New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte is joining the board of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation.

Ayotte’s addition to the board was announced Monday by the company. News Corp is a media company with businesses in news, publishing, digital real estate services, and cable programming. More...

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Drought Conditions Improve Across NH

Posted on April 6, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

In the latest report Thursday morning, most of the southern half of the state is no longer in a severe drought.

The state was gripped in an extreme drought – which is more serious than a severe drought — from the end of 2016 through the beginning of 2017. Keep Reading…

KC Downey | WMUR

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NH House Freedom Caucus Exposes Jasper-Budget

Posted on April 6, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

Say what you want about the NH House Freedom Caucus, but it is undeniable that they are doing the work that the #fakenews #nhpolitics press should be doing.

More particularly, House Speaker Shawn Jasper and his minions are proposing a smoke-and-mirrors budget that actually increases spending by $21 million over the spending increases proposed by Governor Sununu in his proposed budget. Keep Reading…

Ed Mosca | Ed Mosca Blog

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Bedford High School Students Target a Union Leader Reporter

Posted on April 6, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

Rich spoke to Londonderry Lancers’ Coach Jimmy Lauzon for Sports in Our Own Backyard. They spoke about social media, telling the listeners about an incident that occurred when some Bedford High School students targeted a Union Leader reporter after he sent Tweets that they didn’t appreciate. Tune in to hear the discussion that ensued about repercussions, potential future guidelines and more. More…

Girard at Large | Audio

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Breaking: Filibuster Busted! Senate Goes Nuclear

Posted on April 6, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

The nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court overcame an initial filibuster led by Democrats as Republicans unilaterally changed Senate rules, invoking the so-called “nuclear option” so that President Donald Trump’s high court nomination can proceed. More…

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Should Manchester Make Schools a City Department, Like Public Works, Police or Fire?

Posted on April 6, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

As reported Wednesday by the New Hampshire Union Leader, aldermen voted late Tuesday night to put a question on the municipal election ballot next November asking voters if they favor making the school district a city department — and putting aldermen in charge of school finances. Keep Reading…

Paul Feely | UL

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NH Senate Goes after NHMA in Bill to Certify Town Elections

Posted on April 6, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

The [NH State] Senate voted 21-2 today to pass a bill designed to allow towns that postponed town or school elections, due to the March 14 snow storm, to ratify the results. …

Sen. Dan Feltes, D-Concord, opposed the bill on the grounds that the amended version includes language critical of legal advice the NHMA gave to towns. “It’s over the top,” he said. More…

Dan Tuohy  | UL

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Whomever Approved This Title Knows Nothing About Being “Armed to the Teeth”

Posted on April 6, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

If you hadn’t heard a man in Salem shot himself in the basement of a home that exploded. Searchers discovered some weapons, obviously. And while the media has reported on the explosion, the suicide, the man’s debts, a few booby traps, the opinions of neighbors, and other circumstances, the weapons are featured in most if not all the reporting, amplified this morning by the Union Leader headline (c/o NewHampshire.com), “Police: Armed to teeth, Salem homeowner killed himself.”

Did they, and was he?  Keep Reading…

| GraniteGrok

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