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House Passes Parental Notification Repeal

By Josh Rogers on Wednesday, March 7, 2007.

After a lengthy and at times hot-tempered debate, the New Hampshire House voted 226 to 130 to repeal the law requiring that a parent by notified before a minor gets an abortion.

After the vote, dozens of republicans filed formal protests to underscore their opposition.

New Hampshire Public Radio's Josh Rogers has more.

A Job Fair for Ex-Cons

By Brian Early on Wednesday, March 7, 2007.

An early economic forecast of last month's jobs climate predicts the American economy added 57 thousand jobs in February.
That's far fewer than the 100 thousand jobs the Labor Department is expected to report on Friday.
The numbers come from Automatic Data Processing, which reports that most of the job growth came in the service sector.

But those increases were dampened by losses in goods-providers and manufacturing.
Still unemployment levels are low for most of New Hampshire.
But ex-offenders struggle to find jobs after being released from prison.
And research shows that those who stay unemployed are much more likely to commit new crimes.
Federal probation officers recently held an event to bring employers and ex-offenders together.
NHPR Correspondent Brian Early reports from Manchester.

Charles Darwin and The Evolution of Evolution

By Liz Bulkley on Wednesday, March 7, 2007.

Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection led to one-hundred fifty years of heated debate. Because of that polarization, the nuances of Darwin's work are often overlooked and misunderstood. Tonight, we'll look closely at the two decades it took the scientist to publish his Origin of Species, and we'll check out an exhibit in Boston that walks people through Darwin's thought process.

Our guests are:

David Quammen, author of several books, including the recent The Reluctant Mr. Darwin

Lucy Kirshner, manager of discovery spaces at the Museum of Science in Boston. The museum is currently home to the travelling exhibit, Darwin.

Target Iran

By Laura Knoy on Wednesday, March 7, 2007.

The path that the United States is currently taking in regards to Iran will inevitably lead to war and would be a bigger mistake than engaging in the war in Iraq. So says Scott Ritter, former United Nations weapons inspector and author of a new book called Target Iran: The Truth About the White House’s Plans for Regime Change. Ritter is in New Hampshire this week speaking at several events in conjunction with New Hampshire Peace Action.