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New Hampshire

Apr 2004Number of votes cast in New Hampshire's Republican primary this year for write-in Democratic candidates : 8,092
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Office of the Secretary of State (Concord, N.H.)

Oct 1999Billions of gallons of water that the GOP reported released into a New Hampshire river in July for an Al Gore visit: 4
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Republican National Committee (Washington)

September 12, 2008Joe Biden made public the last ten years of his tax returns, showing that his average annual income was $244,000, of which less than half of one percent went to charity, and suggested to a group in New Hampshire that Hillary Clinton “might have been a better pick” to run with Obama.
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Tax Prof Blog

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The Telegraph

July 11, 2008Lightning struck a New Hampshire woman and exited through her nose ring, leaving her unscathed.
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Breitbart

May 22, 2008 New Hampshire banned resomation, a process that liquefies bodies.
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WMUR 9

January 11, 2008G.O.P. candidate Vermin Supreme picked up 41 votes in the New Hampshire primary, and Dennis Kucinich demanded and was granted a recount.
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New Hampshire Public Radio

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NBC11.com

January 8, 2008 John McCain and a tearful Hillary Clinton won the New Hampshire primaries.
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NYTimes.com

September 4, 2007A high school student in New Hampshire asked John McCain if the senator was too old to be president. “Thanks for the question, you little jerk,” McCain replied. “You're drafted!”
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AP via Yahoo News

November 1, 2006A New Hampshire orthodontist bought back local kids' Halloween candy for two dollars per pound.
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WSBTV Atlanta

September 25, 2006A drain-clogging teddy bear was implicated in the deaths of 2,500 trout at a hatchery in New Hampshire.
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AP via Yahoo! News

November 29, 2005In Manchester, New Hampshire, a man named Ronald MacDonald was arrested for stealing $133 from a safe at a Wendy's restaurant.
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The Union leader

August 9, 2005Police in New Hampshire found 10 stolen Segway scooters in a garage; apparently the thieves had been unable to sell them.
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TheWMURChannel.com

June 30, 2005Lightning struck a sleeping child's mattress in Kansas, sparked a wildfire in Alaska's interior, shocked a boy in New Hampshire through his video-game controller, killed both a golfer and a prisoner in Ohio, and struck the offices of the National Weather Service in Iowa.
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KTUU.com

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The Boston Channel

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WBNSTV

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TheIowaChannel.com

June 28, 2005A man in New Hampshire was arrested for hiding inside an outhouse tank.
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AP

February 26, 2005A New Hampshire crematorium was found to be throwing pacemakers and metallic hips into a dumpster.
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7 News Boston

January 28, 2004John Kerry won the New Hampshire primary.
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New York Times

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