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A bill that would change the way long term care is offered to Medicaid patients squeaked through the House today.

BASEBALL'S OPENING DAY IS SUNDAY AND THE BOSTON REDSOX ARE PLAYING THEIR LONG-TIME RIVALS.....THE YANKEES.... IN NEW YORK.

BUT THIS YEAR, THE SOX ENTER YANKEES STADIUM AS THE WORLD CHAMPS.

IT'S BEEN 86 YEARS, AND WRITER LOIS SHEA CONFESSES THAT EVEN SHE GAVE UP HOPE.

It?s a term most linked with Bush's plan around privatizing Social Security, but the current political philosophy of an "ownership society" stretches to home buying, health care, even education. Although this idea is nothing new, it still has it ardent supporters and fervent detractors. We'll explore the ideas around the ownership society, what it means and what it says about the political ideology of those who are for and against it. Laura's guests are Charles Arlinghaus, President of the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy. Joe Keefe, Former Chair of the New Hampshire Democratic Party and President of New Circle Communications and Dean Spiliotes, Research Fellow for the Department of Politics at Saint Anselm College

It hasn't made much of a splash here in New Hampshire yet, but the drug still has Granite State authorities worried. We'll talk about how meth has traveled across the country, popping up everywhere from rural towns to urban cities, and why it's so addictive and dangerous. Laura is joined by Joe Harding, director of alcohol and drug policy for the state, and Ray McGarty, director of Southeastern New Hampshire Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services. We will also hear from Stephen Dnistrian, Executive Vice President at Partnership for A Drug-Free America.

Erica Knight of Plainfield plays violin in the Upper Valley Music Center string orchestra. She says in addition to the joy of playing, music helps her in math.