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• John DiStaso's Granite Status: Is Ovide surging? A new poll suggests he's got momentum
  A Colorado pollster has a new poll suggesting Lamontagne could be emerging as front-runner Kelly Ayotte's prime challenger in the Republican U.S. Senate primary race. […]
• Nine-hour Belmont standoff ends with arrests
  BELMONT - A nine-hour standoff during which three shots were fired from inside a home at 672 Union Road ended at around 7:30 this morning with the arrests of two people who had been inside the home. […]
• AP: Storm watch canceled in NH as Earl weakens
  CONCORD - It appears New Hampshire is avoiding major problems from Hurricane Earl. […]
• West Side apartment building uninhabitable after fire
  MANCHESTER - Residents of a three-story building at 346 S. Main St. lost everything in their apartments in a Thursday night fire that left the building so structurally damaged it is too dangerous for them to enter the building again. Manchester Fire Chief Jamie Burkush said the cause appears to be electrical in origin and is "absolutely not arson." […]
• Labor Day weekend expected to cap a busy summer
  Sunshine proved to be its own economic stimulus this summer. And Hurricane Earl or not, New Hampshire's travel and tourism industry anticipates a bright and busy Labor Day holiday weekend. […]
• State revenues up slightly for fiscal year's first 2 months
  CONCORD - The state is enjoying a small surplus of revenues after two months of the 2011 fiscal year, which began July 1. […]
• Peterborough woman 'frazzled' by Discovery Channel gunman
  MANCHESTER - Some 24 hours after police killed a gunman who had taken hostages in her workplace, Melissa Shepard was again on New Hampshire soil, ready to relax and forget an ordeal that had her scampering to safety through offices and stairwells. […]
• Only in Print: Alstead farmers battle over land
  ALSTEAD - The state has started eminent domain proceedings against an Alstead farmer who, with the help of the state, built his farm back up after it was destroyed in the floods of 2005. For more on this story, pick up a copy of today's print edition of the New Hampshire Union Leader, on newsstands today. Or check out our e-Edition. […]
• NH soldiers come to aid of Afghanistan villagers
  PAKTIKA PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Recent heavy rains in Paktika province left a wake of death and destruction. Soldiers of 3rd Platoon and Headquarters Platoon, Company C, 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry (Mountain), 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team quickly mobilized to answer a call for help. […]
• Union Leader/WMUR debates begin Sept. 7
  Just before the Sept. 14 primary, the New Hampshire Union Leader and WMUR-TV will present five debates featuring major candidates for the Republican and Democratic nominations for the state's top offices. […]
• Pit bull attacks its new owner
  CANDIA - A local man was taken to the hospital Thursday night after his family's recently adopted pit bull clamped on his arm as he was trying to keep the family cat away from the dog, his wife said. She said the dog was adopted three weeks ago and replaced a docile female pit bull the family owned for years which had recently died. […]
• DWI charge follows crash into car, fence, stairs, house
  A city man accused of driving drunk on Bartlett Street Wednesday night, hitting a parked car, going through a wood fence, knocking out wood entrance stairs of a house and finally coming to a stop after hitting another house, pleaded innocent to all charges yesterday. […]